St. Patricks Day Rolls

Happy March my fellow bakers.   Let's get our Leprechaun traps ready, and wear some green.  I'm ready to find a little gold at the end of the rainbow.

Shamrock Rolls are a really simple, but fun way to bring the luck of the Irish to any table.  You will need the following ingredients:

Ingredients:

12 Rhodes™ frozen rolls, thawed but still cold
flour
butter or margarine, melted, if desired

Bake @ 350 degrees for 15 minutes

 Remove 12 rolls from the package and place in a zippered plastic bag.  Allow rolls to thaw, either on the counter or overnight in the refrigerator.  You want the rolls to be thawed but still cold to the touch.  **tip** I used Texas rolls for these rolls, although the dinner rolls will work as well.  Texas rolls are a 2 oz. roll and the dinner rolls are about 1.3 oz.  Either roll will work great!

For the stem, cut a small piece of dough off of each roll and set aside.

Cut remaining roll into 3 equal pieces.

Roll each piece into a ball and coat lightly with flour.

Place on a sprayed baking sheet in the shape of a shamrock. Roll small piece of dough into a stem and place on shamrock.  **tip** don’t handle the dough too much.  The heat from your hands will warm the dough too much and create air pockets in your dough balls.

Cover with sprayed plastic wrap and let rise until double.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  **tip** Do not let your shamrock over rise, they will lose their shape.

Remove wrap and bake at 350°F 15 minutes or until golden brown. If desired brush with melted butter or margarine.

These shamrocks I have coated with melted butter.  Yummm!

Add a little luck to your St. Patrick's Day celebration with these delicious Shamrock Rolls.  Just a little time and effort you can bring luck to any table and delight the little people.  Happy Baking!  I will hang up my apron until we bake again.