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School Lunchroom Cafeteria Rolls

“These rolls are JUST like the ones the cafeteria ladies make in the school lunch rooms! My 8 year old daughter loves the cafeteria rolls and said my recipe was even better! You can't mess these up! They are super easy and everyone will want the recipe! We eat the leftovers for breakfast or put cheese and turkey in warmed rolls for a quick lunch!”

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Reviewed: May 25, 2008

Excellent recipe. Very easy, this was my first time making bread. The rolls came out perfect so light and fluffy tasted great. I made two batche in two days, gave some away. everbody loved it!!!!!

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babyboy69

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Reviewed: May 21, 2008

Scaled to 15 for small batch. Good - but not great. Needs more flavor and umph!

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Cheryl

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Home Town: Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Living In: Northville, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2008

great rolls when fresh. found that they got a little dry after they had cooled for a while.

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Stephanie

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Reviewed: Feb. 6, 2008

I don't think that rolls can get much better. I was worried that they weren't rising, but turned out great! Halved the recipe, used .50 ounces of yeast. Soft, big, delicious-tasting with butter drizzled over them. I am NEVER resorting to BISCUITS again. ROLLS are where it's at!

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Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2008

I, like other reviewers, am wondering how it is that I really didn't like these rolls, yet others really loved them. Different strokes I guess. The rolls in my school cafeteria were amazing and these just tasted completely bland. The only flavor I could taste was the yeast, which wasn't appealing. Since it made so many, I threw out lots of rolls. My family just didn't enjoy them.

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Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2008

This is a great recipe!! I think it can be very versitile! I do think it needs a little more salt :)

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Jenwee99

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Thornton, Colorado, USA

Living In: Yorktown, Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2008

These rolls are awsome!! Makes a whole bunch of rolls! My family of five all liked it alot!! I have tried many different yeast roll recipes and by far this one is the best!! moist, perfectly brown and simple to make!!! thank you!!!!

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Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2007

This is, without a doubt, the best bread recipe I have found yet. Very light & fluffy. I added a little more sugar because I like a sweeter bread. Turned out wonderful. I will be serving these at our Christmas dinner.

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bigred1says

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Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2007

I made these rolls for my Thanksgiving dinner for the first time on 11/22/07. They were positively AWFUL! They were dry and flavorless. I think the recipe calls for way to much flour. What a waste of time and ingredients. It made 54 rolls. I had 27 people for dinner. What a flop. They went begging. They certainly weren't anything close to the school rolls we used to get which were high, light, fluffy and delicious. Don't waste your time making these.

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Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2007

unbelievable........... My ex wifes family invites me to holiday meals and assign me the Roll part... Use this recipe everytime....... perfect.... My Grandma use to be cook at high school and gave this recipe to me but it was for 250 rolls this one is just as good.

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higgar

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Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2007

These are the best! They were so easy to make and the family LOVED them! Will make again and again!

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Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2007

These rolls were good although they weren't just like MY lunchroom rolls when I was a kid! I like the more doughy, gooey soft rolls. If you're like me, reduce the bake time to 10 minutes and remove BEFORE the rolls are golden brown. I also used unsalted butter b/c the recipe didn't say either way but next time I will use salted. I also used square bake pans instead of the round.

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Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2007

interesting, but yummy!

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Holly

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Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2007

These were good and easy. I used 1/2 wheat flour and ended up not using all the dry/flour mixture, maybe a 1/2 cup or so was left. Oh and I didn't roll them out. It was just easier for me to pull chunks off and roll them into balls.

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HRS

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Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2007

These rolls are delicious,soft,most and just what I was looking for. I served these right from the oven at dinner, I made half a batch and I (about 18 rolls)I will be making them a lot. Thanks for posting the best rolls on this site. my family loved them......Terry

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Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2007

Oh my goodness, these are better than what I expected, especially with my bread talents. :) This was so easy and not time consuming at all. And it made a lot of rolls. Thank you so much this will now be my roll recipe. I may add some herbs and cheese next time to spice it up.

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Hollie

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Living In: Manhattan, Kansas, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2007

These rolls were delicious - just what I was looking for. I served these right from the oven at dinner, and they were the best part of the meal. I made half a batch (about 24 rolls) and they were all gone the next day - the kids wanted to take them to school for lunch. Thanks for the recipe, MOMMY2THREEANGELS, I'll be making these again and again and probably during the holidays too. Update: I like to scale the recipe down to 15 servings and make the dough in my bread machine. I've replaced up to 1/3 of the flour with ww flour. I don't make these as often as my kids request because I usually eat too many (the big reason why I never make a full batch). Enjoy!

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Momi

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Reviewed: Aug. 12, 2007

this recipe is awesome! these are exactly like the rolls my husband and i loved in school. i'm not much of a baker but i just followed the directions and they turned out great!

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stef

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Home Town: Columbia, Tennessee, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 1, 2007

These were exactly what I was looking for! I followed the recipe to a T (although I scaled it down by half) and they were perfect. My husband and kids couldn't eat them fast enough. I ended up making a second FULL batch the same day! Since then I've made them several times and frozen the dough once the rolls are shaped. They thaw beautifully. I have made one small change though, I started substituting whole wheat flour for 1/3rd of the white flour. They don't rise as high, but the flavor is not affected, and I'm getting some whole wheat into my kids. Thanks for a FABULOUS recipe!

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