I take a good deal of pride in making really good burgers.  The problem is, what’s the point of making the perfect patty, regardless of what went in to it, if you can’t be proud of the bun that it rests on?  I usually just grab some kaiser rolls and call it good, but today I decided that I’d had enough!  I was going to take some pride in my buns!  Err.. Rolls! I mean really.  How can you be a “seat of your pants” cook and not have pride in your buns?

Just in case you’ve never looked, there are as many recipes on the Internet for hamburger buns as there are for burgers, so choosing just one wasn’t easy.  There are whole wheat, artesian, gluten-free, honey glazed and so many more it boggles the mind. In the end I bowed to the fact that this recipe at allrecipes.com was the simplest of the ones I found, and I only had to adjust it a bit to fit in with what I had on hand.  Not only that, but it made a lot of buns, so there will be leftovers for egg sammiches in the morning. (Bonus!)

As for why I needed buns…  Well, you’ll just have to wait until tomorrow to find out, won’t you?

(These are actually pretty good sized.  I just have really large hands!)

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The holidays are a season of joy, family, togetherness and of course, great food. My second installment for this Holiday menu might surprise some, but for me it’s coming in in its rightful place. Even though the table was full of all the goodness that comes from two solid days of prepping and cooking, complete with cranberry relish, gravies, dressing, ham, turkey, appetizers and desserts, there is one more component of the table that, if left unmade, makes the whole meal incomplete. The dinner roll.

Seriously, what’s the point of having all that gorgeous food if there’s nothing hanging around to sop up all the drippings?

Until recently, my experience with cloverleaf dinner rolls was limited to the “Buy them in the freezer section, brown and serve” variety. If that’s all you’ve ever known, they’re a fine addition to a holiday table, but I guarantee once you’ve had them fresh from the oven, you’ll never go back. At least I never will. These rolls are simply the best I’ve ever eaten. soft, warm and ever so subtly yeasty. Perfect with just butter or drenched with turkey gravy or cranberry relish.

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