Comments on: Thanksgiving on a Budget: Money Saving Mom’s Favorite Roll Recipe

By: tina b

tina b — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:30:13 +0000

OK, so when you let these rise overnight in the fridge, do you have to cover them any special way?? I’m new at this overnight rising thing…. thanks!

By: Lorri

Lorri — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:15:13 +0000

Oh my. These are GOOD! This is, hands down, my new dinner roll recipe from this point on. Thank you for sharing!

By: Tifani Rouse

Tifani Rouse — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:16:38 +0000

I bet these rolls would be good with some homemade cinnamon butter…yum!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:10:25 +0000

I tried this last night – I didn’t have time to do the rolls, but made a 1/2 recipe into 2 loaves of bread. No one in my family believed that there was pumpkin in the bread! (I told them after they had already eaten a couple of pieces each!) The dough was great to work with and I will be making it again soon. What a great way to “sneak” a little extra nutrition into my family’s food! THANKS!!!!

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:39:11 +0000

Oh boy, these look good! I am going to try making them. Thank you!

By: TheThriftyMama

TheThriftyMama — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:21:51 +0000

That roll recipe looks so good! I’ve been making pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, and pumpkin pie popsicles as well. I’m going to have to try this one! They look so good. Thanks for the great recipe!!

By: Melissa B.

Melissa B. — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:00:56 +0000

Perfect timing! I was just looking around for a roll recipe! Thanks for sharing and we will be sure to try this next week!

By: Davonne

Davonne — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:22:38 +0000

Those look great! I’m not in charge of rolls, but I’ve seen these on your blog before, and I think I may try them sometime this fall just for dinner. Can they be frozen? If so, should I freeze the cooked version or the dough? I’m new to freezing foods!

Also, I wanted to say that at CVS today I got $32 worth of batteries, spent $12 oop, and got $33 in ECB’s! They messed up my transaction the first time which is how I got extra ECBs, but I won’t complain because when it was all said and done, they paid me $13 to buy batteries! Thanks so much for the posts and info about the store – I’m actually learning how to do CVS!

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:12:00 +0000

Do you know if I can prepare the dough and then freeze it? Or go ahead and bake the rolls and freeze them? I wouldn’t mind trying them for Thanksgiving and then saving about 1/2 of them for later dinners. Thanks for all the great recipes you post!

By: Jackie Sayers

Jackie Sayers — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:47:34 +0000

If the wheat germ isnt used, add an additional 1/2 cup of flour, I bet the wheat germ gives the rolls an airy texture, plus the added benefit of fiber and flavor. These rolls look delicious, I want to give them a try, our family is bread eaters. Thanks.

By: Terri

Terri — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:42:52 +0000

if you want to make rolls for Thanksgiving, but don’t want to bake them along with everything else in the two hours of the cooking frenzy, try this: make the dough up the night before, but only let the dough rise for 20 minutes at the first rising. Continue shaping rolls as the recipe directs, but then let them rise in the refrigerator for the second rising. Let rise between 2-24 hours in the refrigerator.

Before baking, let rolls stand at room temperature for 20 minutes.

Disclaimer: I’ve not tried this technique with this particular recipe, but I do it a lot with other rolls and breads that I want to make the day before, but have fresh on hand the following day.

By: Krissie

Krissie — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:28:51 +0000

Can you freeze the dough after you seperate them into balls?

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:22:04 +0000

Does anyone know if the toasted wheat germ would work? I always have that on hand, but not sure how it would go over in the rolls

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:18:00 +0000

We have and love a similar recipe with mashed sweet potatoes instead. I admit, once I didn’t have sweet potatoes and so I tried pumpkin. . . the results were good, but not quite as smooth.

By: Joy

Joy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:08:43 +0000

Are there any substitutions for the pumpkin if the family doesn’t care for it?

By: Traci Lynn

Traci Lynn — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:51:43 +0000

Have you ever tried these with sweet potato instead of pupmkin? They do sound wonderful! Thanks!