Marilyn's Bread Sticks

1 ½ cup warm water
1 Tbs. yeast
2 Tbs. sugar
3 ½ cup flour
1 tsp. salt
1 cube real butter - melted

Toppings: Garlic powder & parmesan OR Salad supreme seasoning

Dissolve yeast in warm water then add other ingredients. Knead 3 min. If too sticky, add a little more flour. Let rise once, beat down, and then roll out to 1/2” thick. Cut into ¾ inch strips and twist 2 together. Dip into melted butter and place on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with garlic powder and parmesan cheese OR salad supreme seasoning. Bake at 375° for 12-15 minutes.

Stacy's YUMMY potato rolls

Start to finish: 4 hrs (3 of which is spent rising)
Makes: 50 rolls

1 package dry yeast (1/3 of strip)
1 1/2 cups WARM water
2/3 cup sugar
1 cup warm mashed potatoes (instant work fine)
4 cups flour
2/3 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp salt
3-3 1/2 cups more flour

Dissolve yeast in water - not hot, otherwise the yeast will not work and your bread will not rise, just warm! Add sugar, salt, shortening, eggs and potatoes. Beat until smooth. Beat in 4 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Add additional flour until it makes a soft dough. (If you have added 3 additional cups, and it still seems sticky, let it set 5-10 minutes, then check it.) Kneed about 2 minutes with Kitchen Aid, or about 10 minutes by hand. Put in a greased bowl to rise. Cover with plastic wrap that you have sprayed with pan spray. Let rise until double. (In a warm place this takes a couple hours. In the fridge, leave overnight.) Punch down dough and shape. Cover again with sprayed wrap and let rise until double (About 45 minutes if dough is warm, around 2 hours if cold). Roll dough and cut out rolls - a glass works great. Butter one side of the rolls, fold over and place on cookie sheet.Bake 10-12 minutes @ 400 degrees.

Pizza Dough

Makes 2 rounds

1 T. yeast
1 C. warm water
1 T. olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
3 C. flour

Sprinkle yeast over 1/2 C. warmwater. Let stand 5 min. In large bowl, combine remaining 1/2 C. water, oil, & salt. Stir in yeast mixture. Add flour, 1 C. at a time, beating after each addition. Turn the dough out on a lightly floured surface, knead about 5 minutes. Let rest about 20-30 minutes. Cut dough in half; work with each piece to stretch it out until dough is fairly thin; put on peel that has a little corn meal sprinkled on it (so it doesn't stick); add toppings and put on pizza stone in very hot oven (550) for about 5 minutes.You can also bake it in a metal or glass baking/pizza pan. The trick is to bake it in a hot oven.

Messegee Scones

Sift:4 cups flour, 2 Tbl sugar, 4 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt ½ tsp cream of tartar. Cut in 2/3 cup butter until it looks like a crumbly meal. Mix in 1 1/3 cup Half and Half (milk works fine too). Knead a few times just until it is solid. Cut the dough in half, shape into two round pizza like shapes then cut each into 6 triangles. Place on a cookie sheet (they will all fit if you get creative)! Poke a couple times with a fork and brush a little egg white mixed with water on the top. Bake at 425º for 12-15 minutes. Serve warm with butter and Jam or with a great meaty gravy in the winter (Also awesome for breakfast!)