| A few weeks ago, while checking out at the grocery store, I impulsively purchased a holiday-bread themed magazine. What caught my attention was a homemade "take-and-bake" roll recipe. It called for baking the rolls at a very low temperature, 300ºF, just until the rolls reached an internal temperature of 175ºF; then cooling and freezing. When you were ready to bake, you simply popped that pan in the oven. As one of the most frequently asked questions I receive this time of year is "How can I make _____ ahead?" I was excited to try the method on my favorite buttermilk pull-apart rolls. Sadly, the method did not work. This is what the rolls looked like post parbaking and freezing: I was too disappointed upon pulling the baked rolls from the oven to remember to snap a photo, but the baked rolls didn't look much different. All was not lost, however, as the exercise did make me make a few teensy changes to that buttermilk roll recipe, namely adding a touch more flour from the start, to make the dough more manageable to work with, and a touch more salt as well. I love a roll on a holiday table and these pull-apart rolls are particularly festive, perfect for swiping through pools of gravy and cranberry sauce, ideal on subsequent days for leftover turkey sandwiches. You can make them the same day or you can place the assembled pan of rolls in the fridge the day before you plan on baking them. Overall the recipe is simple, but if the idea of shaping and rolling is a page turner for you, I have a few more ideas (popovers! biscuits!) below 🍞🍞🍞
It's Here! Thanksgiving Menu 2024Friends, I've finally updated my Thanksgiving post. You'll find recipes for my favorite stuffings, potatoes, pies, rolls, sauces, and sides in the post, and find a few highlights below. Also here are two Google Docs to help you plan 🎉🎉🎉
3 Easy Bread RecipesNo-Knead Dinner Rolls (baked in a muffin pan, no shaping required!)
Lofty Popovers (if you can make pancake batter, you can make these!)
Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits (no yeast, no fuss!)
How to Brine and Roast a TurkeyI've updated my How to Brine and Roast a Turkey with new photos and notes 🦃🦃🦃🦃
PS: This Javelin Instant-Read thermometer is very reasonably priced and very good: You'll want it when you're testing that bird for doneness! Roasted Turkey Stock (Wings, Make Ahead) How to Make Pie Dough + How to Parbake It Simple Salad wtih Shallot Vinaigrette or this Citrus-Shallot Vinaigrette
Butternut Squash Lasagna (A show-stopping vegetarian entree.) Sister Pie's Salted Maple Pie
Bourbon Pecan Pie (No Corn Syrup) PS: Perfectly Moist Pumpkin Bread 🎃🎃🎃 Large-Batch Citrus-Shallot Vinaigrette
In Friday's pizza newsletter, I shared a recipe for large-batch citrus-shallot vinaigrette, for all of your holiday table needs 🎉
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