Almost Morton Tea Room Rolls Food

DANISH COFFEE/TEA ROLLS (BOLLER)

Steps:

• Stir the yeast into the lukewarm milk, make sure the yeast is fully disolved.
• Add egg and salt and stir well.
• Add flour a bit at a time; knead for a good 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic, you may not need all the flour so 'go easy' on the flour towards the end.
• Let rise in bowl for 45 min or until double size.
• Prepare one baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
• Turn oven on to 350 F.
• punch dough down again and form into 15 round balls, size is similar to a golf ball - they will double in size.
• Let the rolls rise again for 20-30 min.
• Lightly beat last egg and brush rolls - this makes them nice and shiny.
• Place an ovenproof bowl filled with water in the bottom of your oven.
• Bake the rolls for 20-25 min until golden and firm to the touch.

BETTY'S OF YORK TEA ROOM FAT RASCALS - FRUIT BUNS/SCONES

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7 and grease or line a baking sheet, or a cookie sheet.
• Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.
• Add the remaining dry ingredients and mix well.
• Add the cream and mix to a stiff paste - a firm dough.
• Roll the mixture out on a floured board, to about 1" thickness and stamp out rounds, of about 3" in diameter. ( You can also shape the fat rascals by hand; take a piece of dough, about the size of a small egg, and make a small ball - flatten it out slghtly into bread roll shapes - like a bread bap shape.)
• Arrange them on the greased baking tray and glaze them generously with the beaten egg.
• Then place 2 whole blanched almonds on top with a halved glace cherry for decoration - pushing them down gently into the dough, so they do not fall off during baking!
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until they have risen and are golden brown.
• Allow to cool on a wire cooling rack.
• Store them in an airtight tin for up to 4 days.

CREAMY SAUCE FOR CRAB OR SHRIMP

Steps:

• Blend well and refrigerate.
• Serve on Crab or Shrimp salad or cocktail.

CRANBERRY WHIP

Steps:

• Bring cranberry juice to a boil over medium heat in a saucepan.
• When juice is boiling, slowly add sugar and stir gently until dissolved.
• Stirring briskly, add the cream of wheat.
• Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally until thickened. (6-8 minutes).
• NOTE: If using quick cream of wheat, cooking time should be 3-4 minutes.
• When mixture is thick, transfer to a large mixing bowl and beat with electric mixer at high speed for 10-15 minutes or until the mixture is light and fluffy, and pink in color.
• Pour into serving bowl or in individual dishes.
• Serve within 2 hours at room temperature.

ECHIDNA ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 210C or 190C fan forced.
• Line a 1 baking trays with baking paper and place sweet potato on one prepared tray and bake for 1 hour or until just tender and set aside for 10 minutes until cool enough to handle, peel and discard skin.
• Place sweet potato, cream cheese, flour and egg in a bowl and using a fork mix to combine.
• Spread rice on a dinner plate.
• Shape 1 heaped tablespoon sweet potato mixture into a ball and press 1 cub of cheese into centre of ball and shape the ball to enclose cheese.
• Roll ball over rice to cover, lightrly pressing rice onto ball and place on prepared tray and repeat with remaining sweet potato mixture, cheese and rice.
• Spray ball with olive oil and bake for 15 minutes or until golden and heated through and set aside to cool.
• NOTE You will need 1/2 cup of uncooked brown rice to get 1 1/2 cup of cooked.

CINNAMON TEA ROLLS

Steps:

• Unroll crescent dough into one rectangle; seal perforations. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over dough. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a short side; pinch seam to seal. Using a serrated knife, cut into four slices. , Place rolls, pinched side down, in ungreased muffin cups. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and orange juice; drizzle over rolls.

ALMOST MORTON TEA ROOM ROLLS

Steps:

• Grease a glass bowl and baking pans and set aside.
• Sift flour three times, then measure.
• Set aside.
• Soften yeast in warm water, then set aside.
• Slightly beat the egg, then set aside.
• In a large bowl (not the greased one), combine sugar, shortening and salt.
• Stir in hot milk until sugar and salt are dissolved and shortening is almost melted.
• Let cool to lukewarm and add softened yeast, egg and 2 cups of flour.
• Beat well by hand, gradually adding remaining flour or enough to make a soft dough.
• Place dough on floured surface and knead 1 to 2 minutes.
• Place dough in greased glass bowl and cover.
• Let rise for about 1 1/2 hours, or until doubled in size.
• Punch down.
• Turn out onto lightly floured surface and roll out to desired thickness.
• Cut into circles with a biscuit cutter.
• Brush with melted butter, fold in half into pockets, and place with sides barely touching in pan.
• Brush tops of rolls with melted butter.
• Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
• Bake in a preheated, 400F oven for 12 minutes, or until rolls are golden brown.
• Remove from oven and brush tops again with butter.
• Makes about 48 rolls.
• Note: Tillamook butter is sold in organic groceries and natural health-food stores.