Mozzarella and Oregano Superbowl Buns

For the Superbowl between who could care less (Steelers) and who I couldn't dislike more (Packers) I decided to cheer myself up by baking a new recipe from More Breadbakers Bounty.

I have a habit of turning loaf recipes into non-loaf products and this endeavor was no different.  The trick to this is having a decent handle on how your oven works, and having a decent amount of roll/bun baking experience (or now reading my blog?!?).  Basically take your generic loaf of bread recipe (usually calls for 3 cups of flour worth of dough) and knead it yourself or run it through the bread machine.  Instead of tossing the dough ball into a standard bread loaf pan and letting it rise, roll the dough out on a cutting board into a circle or rectangle, cut the dough into the desired number of pieces (key here is to make sure these pieces are very similar sized otherwise you will end up burning the small pieces or under cooking the large ones...).  I prefer to cut the dough into 12 to 16 triangles and then roll them from the large flat (non-pointy end) forward to make 'horns'  (a method that is the inspiration behind the title of my dad's "cheesehorns" recipe).

Set the horns out on parchment paper (or a nonstick baking surface/cookie sheet).  Preheat the oven to 400.  Let your rolls/horns rise for about 30 minutes... and then bake them for 12 minutes and check to see how they are doing.  This is a good basic failsafe approach as some ingredients mixed into bread (like cheeses) may increase or reduce baking time...but usually they won't burn or dry out in 12 minutes and then after that point you have to play a little with the time or temperature). If they are browning nicely but not hollow sounding to the tap...take the temperature down to 350 and continue to bake, otherwise you're done!  Trick is not to burn or dry out the rolls.

Anyways, the recipe called for a generous amount of mozzarella cheese and oregano to season the dough...and the buns went perfectly with ranch (or by themselves)

I will post the recipe on the Recipe page soon.  Meanwhile I have posted the cinnamon rolls recipe! Enjoy!

UPDATE: The recipe has been added to the Recipe Page.