From the Kitchen of McClendon Villa

Easy Yeast Rolls

Ingredients

1 pkg active dry yeast
1 TBSP sugar
3/4 cup warm water (approximately 110°F)
2 1/2 cups baking mix

Instructions

Add warm water, yeast, and sugar to a large bowl. Let sit until yeast and sugar dissolve.

Add baking mix and mix well.

Turn onto a lightly floured surface.

Knead for about 5 minutes, until smooth and elastic.

Shape the dough into 24 small balls.

Place on greased baking pan.

Cover and let rise in a warm area for about 30 mins. until doubled.

Bake for approximately 10 mins. at 400°F, or until golden brown.

The mission of From the Kitchen of McClendon Villa is to help remove “I can’t!” from the vocabulary of new and inexperienced cooks.

We seek to offer easy recipes, ideally frugal in nature, to help encourage self-confidence in the kitchen.

In addition to recipes, we will share tips and techniques, along with book and product reviews, to help you get to a point of “Yes, I can do it!”

Here is our first recipe video. It is from an old family recipe that I call “Aunt Charlotte’s Peanut Butter Cookies”.

Aunt Charlotte’s Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Mix all ingredients together until well blended.

Roll rounded tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and place on greased or sprayed cookie sheet.

Using a fork, press a criss-cross pattern into the dough balls.

Cook for 12-14 minutes, just until the edges start to brown.

Remove from oven and cool on cookie sheet for at least one minute before removing to a cooling rack.