Say Cheese

March 6 and 73 degrees.  I'll take it.  I am hoping to get outside to spin today.  Last night I finished plying the batt I spun the night before.  

But before I head outside, a little baking needs to be done....

 

On the Pillsbury Bread flour bag, it had a recipe for Cheese'n Carrot Sandwich Buns. It seemed like an odd combination to me, but interesting enough to try.  When I told my bff what I was going to make, she only had one word.  Why?  

In the words from Baby Mama....You know why!    

Ok, not really.  I was intrigued with the recipe. 

Since the original recipe made 18 rolls, I just made 1/2 a batch.  That way, if they turned out horrible, I only had to feed 9 rolls to my dogs.  

The recipe can be found at:

http://www.pillsburybaking.com/Recipes/Details.aspx?recipeID=3613

The rolls rose very nicely.   I was glad I used 2 baking sheets so they had plenty of room.   As I baked the, they grew even larger.  Definitely sandwich sized.  The carrot and orange zest flecks provided a nice color as the rolls turned golden brown.

End result?  Delicious.  They are not too heavy.  No overwhelming cheese or carrot flavor.  It's a keeper.

Bagel, Schmagel

By golly, I did make bagels today.  I don't know why it seemed like something that only a professional should do.  I guess because I've heard people say they've baked cookies, cakes and a few brave souls have even baked pies.  I don't know that I've ever heard someone say "I baked bagels today".  

I'm here to say, "Why the heck not!"  I used a recipe by John D. Lee that I found on the net.   It was so much easier that I thought.  Some of them, while mostly round, were somewhat lumpy.  My butt will probably look mostly round and somewhat lumpy if I continue finding such good recipes.