Yeast Rolls

I found this recipe on the blog, Sweet Tea and Cornbread.  It is by far the best and easiest yeast roll recipe I have tried.  The rolls are light and fluffy and really require little hands on work.  I took half a recipe to a gathering the other day and every one was eaten!

Yeast Rolls
Ingredients

6 cups all purpose flour

1 package yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)

1/2 cup warm water

2 cups milk

3/4 cup oil

3/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Warm milk in microwave for 5 minutes, let cool.
2. Sift 5 cups of flour into a large mixing bowl.
3. Dissolve yeast in the warm water.
4. Add oil, sugar and salt to the milk and mix together.
5. Add the milk mixture into the flour.
6. Add the yeast mixture to the flour.  Stir it all together.
7. Coat the top of the dough with a thin layer of oil.
8. Cover with cloth and let rise for 2 hours or until doubled.
9. Sprinkle 1/2 cup flour onto counter or pastry cloth.
10. Put dough on top of the flour and cover with the other 1/2 cup of flour.
11. Knead until the dough forms a ball.
12. Roll the dough 1/4 inch thick and cut the rolls using a small or medium sized biscuit cutter.
13. Melt 1 Tablespoon of butter in each of your 4 round cake pans or 2 Tablespoons of butter in 2 9X13 pans.
14. Line the rolls in the pans, but not touching.  They will need room to rise.
15. Allow rolls to rise for at least 30 minutes.
16. Bake in a 425 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
17. Brush the tops with melted butter as soon as they come out of the oven.

Notes
This recipe makes 30-40 rolls depending on how large you make them.

Don't need 30 or 40 rolls?  Freeze the dough!  Once you get to step 14, stop.  Once the rolls are in the pan, you can throw them in the freezer.  Pull them out, thaw them on the counter for a few hours before baking and begin again at step 16.

I know it seems like a lot of work, but it really isn't!  There is a lot of wait time from rising, but the steps are easy to follow.

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Is home made worth it?

6 cups all purpose flour = $.60

1 package yeast = $.38

2 cups milk = $.485

3/4 cup oil = $.328

3/4 cup sugar = $.188

1 teaspoon salt = $.007

One recipe of yeast rolls costs $1.99.  When I made the rolls with my medium cutter, I made 30 rolls with a little left over dough.  So, one roll costs $.07.

Sister Schubert's rolls cost $3.99 and you only get 16 rolls.  Each roll would cost $.25.
Brown and serve rolls cost $1.50 and you only get 12 rolls.  Each roll would cost $.11

Homemade instead of Sister Schubert's
If you cook rolls once a week, and cooked enough rolls for each person to have one, you would save $.48 for a family of four.  In one month you would save $1.92.  You would save $23.94 in a year.

Homemade instead of brown and serve
If you cook rolls once a week, and cooked enough rolls for each person to have one, you would save $.20 for a family of four.  In one month you would save $.80.  You would save $9.60 in a year.

Summery
Sister Schubert's Roll = $.25
Brown and serve roll = $.11
Homemade yeast roll = $.07