This is the most reliable and versatile bread recipe; and you do not need a bread machine. We use buttermilk in ours so we put buttermilk, butter and an egg (and garlic if we are making italian rolls) in a pot and put it on low on the stove top. We combine half of the flour, all the salt and sugar (and our italian seasons if making italian rolls) in a bowl. Then we put our water and a teaspoon of brown sugar in a measuring cup and warm it in the microwave until it reaches 110 degrees. Then we add our yeast. When the yeast has doubled we combine all the liquids with the flour mixture. We start adding the rest of the flour a little at a time until the dough is just a little tacky. We have a utility light that we use with our oven light to bring the oven temperature up to at least 100 degrees. We grease a bowl and put the dough in and then flip the dough to coat it all. We cover with a warm damp towel and let rise for an hour or until doubled.Then we separate and weigh the dough balls. We weigh ours at 25g and put 35 rolls to a pan. We use a foil roasting pan because they do rise a lot. We also just leave them in a ball shape. We put them back in the oven to rise again for a hour or until doubled. Then we take out our utility light and leave the rolls in the oven. Turn the oven on to 350 degrees and start your timer for 20 minutes. We have also made loaf bread with this recipe. This recipe never fails. Thank you for submitting, I will be making lots more.

Reviewed On: Jul. 27, 2011

Awesome doughnuts. We have made these several times for family gatherings and everybody loves them. It is hard not to just leave them at home and keep them for ourselves.

Reviewed On: Mar. 22, 2011

We used Jimmy Dean sausage and homemade biscuit mix. Did not much care for the maple flavor.

Reviewed On: Feb. 3, 2008