Mix-A-Meal Cookbook is full of mix recipes that save money and time in the kitchen, and my favorite of them all is the Hot Roll Mix and accompanying Basic Roll Dough.  My husband and I make these delicious rolls about once a week.  The best part about them is that they are extremely easy to make and require very little time.

A couple times a month, my husband and I measure out the ingredients for a large batch of Hot Roll Mix, which are placed in a plastic container on our shelf.  The mix is comprised of 10 cups of flour (white all-purpose flour, wheat flour or a combination of both), 1 cup of butter (or margarine) powder, 1/4 cup of powdered milk, 2 tablespoons of salt and 2/3 cup of sugar.  (View the website section “Recipes” for the “mini mix” of the Hot Roll Mix.)

On a day when we want to make rolls, we pull the mix container off the shelf and follow the simple recipe.  (These directions are also found under the “Recipes” section.)

To make a batch of rolls, the recipe calls for 1 tablespoon of yeast to be dissolved into 1 1/2 cups of warm water.  Then four cups of the Hot Roll Mix is added.

There are a few ways to proceed.  I find the rolls turn out the best when adding a little additional flour to the dough and kneading it for about five minutes.

I then let the dough rise for an hour in the mixing bowl.  A warm environment will help the dough rise higher (and thereby will produce more rolls).  I like to put my dough in an oven preheated to 170 degrees Fahrenheit.  If you are in an emergency situation and are using your Global Sun Oven to cook, you can also place a kitchen towel over the dough.  The towel will keep heat inside the bowl and will help the dough to rise.

I check the dough after it has risen for half an hour.  I usually punch down the dough (which also allows it to rise higher).  After the hour, I take out the bowl of dough, turn up the oven to 350 degrees, roll the dough into two-inch balls and place them on a greased cookie sheet.  If you roll them into smaller balls, keep in mind you need to put them in the oven for less time so they don’t turn out crunchy or hard.

After 15 to 20 minutes in the oven, the rolls should be ready to pull out, but use your judgment as to whether they need more time or not.  After they have cooled a little, I like to eat them with butter and honey.

And that is all there is to making hot rolls from Mix-A-Meal Cookbook.    If you keep replenishing your supply of Hot Roll Mix, you can make dough in less than 10 minutes!  After making dough, all you have to do is wait for the it to rise for an hour, form rolls and put them in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.  Rotating your food storage is not going to get much easier or more delicious than this.

Until next time,

Patty Prepared

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