This blog is dedicated to our great grandmother. Naomi "Ruth" Rothrock was born October 12th, 1914 and lived a very long and full life. Mother of 4, foster mother of 2, grand mother, great-grand mother and great-great grandmother to many, Grandma Ruth's home was always full of family, love, and the smell of wonderful food every Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. While the family tradition continues, we thought that the family would enjoy having her recipes available whenever they wished. Grandma was always gracious of heart and we figured she wouldn't mind if others stumbled onto these recipes and incorporated them into their own family traditions. The recipes are scanned so that you can get that feeling of being in grandma's kitchen. If you can't read or understand some of the pictures, let us know which ones and we will add a written description with the picture. Just remember, the secret to all of these recipes is LOVE.

Note: Oleo is an ingredient in a lot of these recipes. It just means margarine, butter, or vegetable shortening.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Grandpa LeRoy's Crescent Rolls



                          CRESCENT ROLLS  (32 rolls)                        LeRoy Rothrock

6 cups flour         ½ cup canola oil (can use olive oil, etc)       1-1/2 cup skim milk
½ cup water         ½ cup sugar             1-1/2 teaspoon salt       2 packages dry yeast
(I make so many rolls I buy bulk yeast and measure out 4 teaspoons slightly rounded)

Put oil, water, and milk in small sauce pan and heat to about 130 degrees. (I use a candy thermometer).
Meantime measure two cups flour, sugar, salt, yeast into my sifter and sift into a large mixing bowl (4 qt size).
Add warm liquid to the above mixture and beat about one minute or until smooth.
Add one cup of flour at a time and mix (by hand) until smooth. When dough gets stiff usually about the fifth cup I just add enough flour to make soft ball then turn on floured dough board or counter and kneed for about ten minutes until elastic and not sticky.
Take mixing bowl and add small amount of oil in bottom, roll dough in the oil coating the one side and put that side up. Cover with wax paper or plastic wrap and linen cloth. Place in warm place to rise until about double in size. Two fingers punched in top can determine if done rising. It will stay down when punched. (This usually takes about an hour).
Turn out on dough board and cut into 4 equal parts.
Roll each quarter into a pie shape about ten inches in diameter. Cut in eight pie shape pieces and roll each from outside in and place tip down in lightly greased baking pan ( 2 inch deep cake pan, pie tin, etc.) and inch or two apart. Two 9 in’ cake pans holds 9 rolls each and two 9” pie tin holds 7 rolls each making the 32 rolls. I grease with vegetable spray.
Let rise until double in size. Bake at 425 for 10 minutes. When done I spray top with a little vegetable spray to make shiny. (If rise too much they can fall but are still good).
Tasty right out of oven with a pat of butter or eat just plain.
I make, package, and freeze for later use and when needed put in microwave (1 roll 10 seconds or a package of 7 for one minute.
Have fun and enjoy.

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