Parmesan Bread Sticks

Ingredients:

• 1 TBS. active dry yeast
• 1 1/2 cups warm water, divided
• 1 TBS. honey
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 3 to 4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• garlic salt

In a large mixing bowl, soften yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Add honey and salt. Add remaining 1 cup water to yeast mixture; stir in enough flour to make a soft dough. On a floured board, roll dough out into a rectangle 1 inch thick; using a sharp knife, cut into 12 to 15 bread sticks. Place sticks about 1 inch apart on a greased cookie sheet. Drizzle with melted butter and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and garlic salt. Let rise unil double in size. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes (my oven took only 13min.), depending on the thickness of the bread sticks.

Note: for crisper bread sticks, roll dough out thinner. Sticks may also be twisted before letting dough rise.

Potato Rolls

Ingredients:

• 2 packages of yeast ( 2 and 1/2 teaspoons)
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 cup mashed potatoes, cold. (you can use instant potatoes)
• 2 cups milk, scalded
• 8 cups flour
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3 eggs
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt

Soften the yeast in the 1/2 cup of warm water. In a bowl, mix together softened yeast, potatoes, milk, shortening, eggs, sugar, salt and 4 cups of the flour. Mix together with a mixmaster until smooth. Add the remaining flour 1 cup at a time and knead well until mixed. You may need to add a little more flour to make a dough that you can handle, but not more than 1/2 a cup more. Turn the dough into a greased bowl and let it raise until double. Divide the dough into thirds and roll out in a circle onto a floured board. Brush with melted butter and cut into 16th. Roll them up as you would croissants. Place rolls on a greased pan and let raise for about 1 hour or until doubled in size. Bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes.

48 rolls: I freeze these and use them as I need them. These are BY FAR the best dinner roll recipe I have ever tasted. We have also used the dough for breadsticks and pizza crust because it is sweet.