Category: Breads and Rolls

This glazed zucchini bread is a great way to take a common recipe and make it special.  It also adds a delicious flavor.

First, make the zucchini bread.  My recipe calls for 3 cups of flour.

To the flour add 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg.

Into a separate bowl, shred 2 cups fresh zucchini.

Add 2 cups sugar and two eggs.

Next add 1 teaspoon lemon juice.

Pour in 1 cup of vegetable oil.

Combine well.

Add flour mixture to zucchini mixture and stir just until combined.

I picked up this amazing pan at a sale last year.  It’s heavy and sturdy and it makes a dozen tiny loaves.
I like to use it for my quick breads.

Scoop the batter into your pans.  This recipe makes 2 regular sized loaves.

Bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes for regular sized loaves.  These baked for about 20 minutes.
Be sure to check them a few minutes early so you don’t overcook them and dry them out.  Don’t they look great?

And now for the glaze.  This is where it gets delicious.
In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 6 tablespoons butter and 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon.

Add 1/4 cup water.

Cook and stir over medium high heat.  Bring to a rolling boil and then cook for another 2 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir in 1 tsp. vanilla extract.

Spoon over hot zucchini bread.  Try to cover every spot.

Isn’t it pretty!  I love the shine it adds to the bread.

Continue until all your loaves are covered.  I usually do a thin coat and then go back and coat them all again.  Let the bread cool in the pans for at least 15-20 minutes so that the bread can soak in the glaze.

Remove from pans and serve.  Oh, this is good stuff!  Hope you love it like we do!

Hopeful Homemaker’s Glazed Zucchini Bread 3 cups flour 2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg 2 cups sugar 2 cups shredded zucchini 1 cup oil 2 eggs 1 tsp. lemon juice For the glaze 6 Tb. butter 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 cup water 1 tsp. vanilla In small bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and baking powder.   In another bowl, combine zucchini, sugar, eggs, lemon juice and oil.  Add dry mixture to wet mixture and stir till combined.  Spoon into 2 loaf pans and bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes or until done.

To make the sauce, combine sugar, cinnamon and butter in small saucepan.  Add water.  Cook and stir over medium high heat until mixture comes to a rolling boil.  Cook 2 minutes longer.  Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.  Spoon over hot bread, coating multiple times until glaze is gone.  Let bread cool 15-20 minutes.  Remove from pans and serve.

Think freshly ground wheat transformed into delicious warm rolls!
It can’t get much better than that.

In my Bosch, I combined 3 cups warm water, 2/3 cups vegetable oil, and 4 large eggs.

Blend together, then add 1/2 cup powdered milk, and 1/2 cup honey.  (I didn’t have time to go get honey from my basement, so I used honey powder.  Just pretend this is a nice gooey pile of honey going in.  The powder works fine, too, in case you have some.  I really like it.)

and 1 Tablespoon salt Mix well, and now it’s time for the whole wheat flour.
This flour is straight from my grinder.  It doesn’t look very dark because it’s white wheat.
Using white wheat means I don’t have to add any white flour to the dough because it will be nice and light on its own.
If you’re using red wheat, you will probably want to have at least 1/3 of the flour be white flour.

I digress.  Add about 4 cups of wheat flour to the mixer.

And 2 1/2 tablespoons SAF Instant Yeast.

Turn on the mixer and blend until well incorporated.
Add another 3 cups of flour and watch so see the consistency of the dough.

You might need to add another cup or two, but you don’t want to add too much.
You want the dough to begin pulling away from the sides of the mixer.

Cover and let knead for 5 minutes.  Remove the dough hook and cover again.
Let rise for 10-15 minutes.  Then remove dough from mixer, divide into 4 pieces, and roll each piece out (one at a time, of course) into a large rectangle.

Using a pizza cutter, cut in half lengthwise.

Then cut each half into triangles.

Roll into crescent roll shapes.

Place on baking sheet to rise.  Cover and let rise another 10-15 minutes.

Bake at 400 for 8 minutes or until tops are just beginning to brown.
Remove from oven and brush with butter.
Enjoy with butter, or in our case this time, homemade cherry jam.


Talk about homemade goodness!  Yum!

Whole Wheat Rolls 3 cups warm water 2/3 cups vegetable oil 4 large eggs 1/2 cup powdered milk 1/2 cup honey 1 Tb. salt 7-9 cups freshly ground white wheat flour 2 1/2 Tb. SAF Instant Yeast In mixer, combine water, oil and eggs.  Mix well.  Add powdered milk, honey and salt.
Mix well, then add 4 cups flour and the yeast.  Mix again and continue adding flour until dough reaches proper consistency.  Let knead 5 minutes.  Remove dough hook and cover.  Let rise 10-15 minutes.  Roll into rolls, cover and let rise another 10-15 minutes.  Bake at 400 for 8-9 minutes.  You can also bake at 375 for a few minutes longer depending on your tastes.  They’re delicious either way!

Also up for breakfast this morning:  homemade cinnamon rolls.

Rather than walk you through the entire experience, I will refer you to my recipe for homemade rolls, as that is what I use to make my cinnamon rolls.

Hopeful Homemaker’s Homemade Rolls

Follow this recipe right up until you roll the dough out into a big rectangle.
Then, instead of cutting it into triangles to form rolls, spread about 1 Tablespoon of softenened butter over the rectangle.  I just use the back of a spoon to spread it all over.

Next, pour 1/2 cup packed brown sugar over the dough and spread out.

Now sprinkle cinnamon all over the sugar.

Next, begin with a long side and carefully roll up.

Continue rolling until it’s all rolled up.

Now you need to cut it into slices.  You can use dental floss, or you can try a shortcut.
I love to use my handy dough scraper Have I mentioned that my dough scraper is one of my all time favorite kitchen tools?  If you bake bread or rolls at all, you’ll love one.
I just press down hard and very quickly to separate the dough.

Continue until all the rolls are sliced and on the cookie sheet to rise.

See how the dough scraper kept them nice and round?

Let rise for 10-15 minutes (remember, we’re using the SAF yeast so it doesn’t take too long) Then bake at 375 degrees  for 10 minutes or until they’re turning golden brown.

Allow to cool for about 5 minutes, then frost with whatever frosting you like.
I used a cream cheese frosting this time.

Grab a fork and enjoy!  These are delicious.  Make some today!