$3ADDP: Whole Wheat Rolls

When I think of bread a million different ideas pop into my mind. Sara Lee Delightful sandwich bread? 45 calories per slice isn't too shabby and at $4 a loaf with 20 slices that's about $0.20 a slice or $0.40 a sandwich. I think of Whole Grain Baguettes from Trader Joe's that inevitably only last a few days in our household. So I'm going to try a few kinds of bread recipes over the course of this project. The first of which being the No Knead Whole Wheat Bread recipe.

Why is this first? Well, isn't there something so delectable about eating your sandwich on a roll? The crusty crispiness of the bread, the cute look of a little dome atop your fillings? Sure, this isn't going to work for PB&J, for that we'll use a loaf pan based recipe, but rolls, these will mix it up a bit.

Here is a recipe from Cooks.com:

1/2 c. sugar ($0.17)
1 1/2 c. hot water ($0.00)
2 eggs, beaten ($0.33)
2 tsp. salt ($0.02)
3 tbsp. butter ($0.42)
2 pkg. yeast ($0.66)
1/2 c. warm water ($0.00)
3 c. sifted whole wheat flour ($0.65)
4 c. sifted white flour ($0.74)

Put sugar, butter and 1 1/2 cups hot water in large bowl and set aside to cool. Place yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. As soon as first mixture has cooled to lukewarm, add beaten eggs. Add yeast mixture then stir in 1/2 flour and salt. Mix until smooth. Then add rest of flour and knead well. Let raise until double. Punch down and cut into rolls. Let raise again. Bake at 350 degrees until brown.

Makes 12 servings at $0.25 a roll and 337 calories.

I'll upload a picture when I actually make them. They seem like a good accompaniment to both Lunch or Dinner.