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Fall Harvest Squash Rolls

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Becky Luigart-Stayner
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Makes 4 dozen rolls.
Category
Bread
Course
Breads
Credit
Donna Kimball, Beech Hill Farm, Hopkinton, New Hampshire
Sources
The Old Farmer's Almanac Readers' Best Recipes
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These Fall Harvest Squash Rolls are always a hit! People are surprised when they learn these rolls are made from squash. Any mashed winter squash works, including butternut squash, acorn squash, and pumpkin. The rolls are golden and soft—best fresh from the oven.

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Ingredients
2 tablespoons active dry yeast

1/2 cup lukewarm (105° to 115°F) water

scant 3/4 cup vegetable shortening

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup cooked and mashed winter squash

1 cup warm milk

8 cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed
1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
  1. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Set aside until foamy.
  2. In a bowl, cream shortening with sugar. Beat in eggs. Add squash and mix until blended. Add warm milk and yeast mixture. Slowly add flour and salt. Continue to mix until the dough pulls away from the side of the bowl. Add flour as needed to make a soft dough, being careful not to add too much. Let dough rise, covered, until doubled in size. Punch down, cover, then let rise again until doubled.
  3. Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease four 9-inch cake pans.
  4. Divide dough into four equal pieces, then divide each quarter into 12 pieces. Shape each piece into a ball.
  5. Place balls in single layer, touching, in prepared pans. Cover and let rise until doubled. Bake for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove from pans and set aside to cool.
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Comments

Shawn Gillham (not verified)

3 years 10 months ago

These are the bomb diggity dog! Never have I repeated a recipe as frequently as this one! Bravo! Well done!

Marcia White (not verified)

4 years ago

Can these rolls be frozen - either before or after baking? The recipe makes far too many for just my husband and myself

Hi, Marcia. Yes, you can freeze them for baking at another time.

Pam (not verified)

5 years 1 month ago

This sounds so good and I would love to make them if I didn't eat low carb. It would be nice if you did some healthy low carb recipes, now and then. I know I would sure love it and I'm sure others out there would love it as well that eat a healthy diet and not the Standard American Diet (SAD) that most eat.

Diana (not verified)

5 years 1 month ago

Low Carb Flours in Our Keto Kitchen: Coconut Flour. Almond Flour.

Karen (not verified)

6 years 1 month ago

There have been many times when I have wanted to print out a recipe for use later, but have not found a printer friendly option on your link, and have just scrapped the idea. I rarely even look at your recipes now as it is frustrating to want to work with them and be unable to print them. So it is with this one. :( I can cut and paste, but rarely take the time to do that, and the pictures don't come through well when I do - at least for the most part. Can you please adapt your recipes to include a printer friendly option? Pretty please????

Kim R (not verified)

1 month 1 week ago

Hi Karen, I'm having the same problem you are. So what I do is, I take a picture of the recipe, and then send the picture to my email, so I can print it out at a later time.

Hi, Karen. Right below the title of the recipe you will see several colorful buttons. The green one is the print button.

I'm not seeing any colorful buttons. No print option. I always have to cut/paste and that sucks.