As a result, it's been a lazy day. M's begging me to go outside today since the weather is pretty, but I'm just not feeling like it. Days like this, when it feels like I veto virtually everything my children want to do because I simply don't have the energy, make me feel like I'm supressing their sweet creative spirits. It's hard to describe, but it's a cruddy feeling...
I did get to sleep in this morning, luckily. The girls weren't ready to get up until 8:30. But I didn't get up and get ready either, which always equals a discombobulated day for me.
And you know it's bad when your three year-old asks to be taken to her Mama Landa's house! :0)
I always feel as if it's not a successful day until we've tried our hands at a big project, or at least semi-big, and days like today make me even more apt to relent to a big project following afternoon naps in an effort to redeem the day.
Before naptime, we did some cleaning. That always makes me happy! It's not up there on the "great mom" list of things to do with my girls in my opinion, but they seem to enjoy helping me.
But before that, while Rosie was napping this morning, I decided I'd pull M into a quick baking project. She lives to help me in the kitchen, so I knew there'd be no coaxing necessary. And I was right. At the mere mention, she tore into the kitchen where we keep her step stool.
And I do classify baking with my children as a big project. Because it makes my blood pressure skyrocket! I'm OCD about clean, and baking with M almost always means a mess to clean up afterward. So I rarely embark on those type projects with her, unfortunately.
It's a painfully easy recipe I found years ago and always wanted to try but never did for some reason. I recently rediscovered it in my recipe file, and I thought it would be a great one to try with M since the ingredient list is so short and the directions are so easy.
Here's M in action. My mini-Betty Crocker taking a moment to pose for my camera:
Quick Sunday Dinner RollsIngredients:
1 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup milk
3 heaping tablsepoons mayonnaise (I used Hellmann's)
Directions:
Mix ingredients well. Pour evenly into greased muffin tin (I used an ungreased silicone muffin pan, and it worked beautifully.), about 3/4 full. Bake 15 minutes at 400. Makes 6. You can roll these and cut them with a biscuit cutter if you decrease the milk to make a stiffer dough.
Here was our end result (along with melted butter!):
Some notes:These turned out pretty tasty! I don't think I "heaped" my mayo enough when I measured it, though. The dough/batter was pretty stiff when M stirred it, so I don't know what they meant when they said "pour the batter" in the directions. I "glopped" the batter into my muffin pan, and I didn't have enough to fill the cups 3/4 full. But they all rose nicely and were a good, big size!
I love bread. LOVE it. I love rolls, too. So I was really excited to try this recipe. I found them to come out a little more biscuit-y than I prefer. So I'd like to try this again adding more mayo next time. But the mayo adds a nice flavor and moisture to the rolls!
I'd also like to experiment next time, too. I think it'd be interesting to try some cheddar cheese and garlic in them, as in R*d L*bster's cheese biscuits. Or adding some beer to the batter. Or some herbs and parmesan for an Italian spin.
I guess I should mention my source, eh? I have written a website "Southern Daughter" on this recipe, but I just searched for that website and can't find one online anymore. I did find southerndaughtercookbooks.com, and I think this is where it originated. There's a "recipes" link on that site, but it's not functioning at this time.
All in all, this is a good, basic, quick recipe! Try it with your little bakers sometime!
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