These rich buttery crescent rolls are a delicious addition to your holiday table. They’re delicious on their own but absolutely amazing pulled apart and spread with soft butter and cranberry sauce. 

Can You Freeze These? Yes, you sure can! Bake them and let them cool completely and then throw them in a freezer bag and pop them into the freezer. Pull them out a couple hours before you want to serve them and let them thaw at room temperature. 

How Are Crescent Rolls Different From Dinner Rolls? Crescent rolls are made with enriched dough which simply means the dough has eggs, butter, and milk added to give it a sweeter and richer flavor. They’re special! 

Ingredients Needed to Make Crescent Rolls:

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• water
• whole milk
• butter, I only buy and use salted butter 
• white sugar
• salt
• instant dry yeast 
• an egg
• bread flour 

How to Make Them:

Step 1:

Place the water, milk, and butter in a microwave bowl and heat for one minute. You just want it lukewarm, not too hot to kill the yeast. The temperature should be warm but not over 110 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Step 2:

Pour the warm butter mixture into the mixer bowl. Add the sugar, salt, egg, and yeast. Slowly add the flour and mix and knead until you have a smooth dough, about five minutes. 

Step 3:

Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rise until doubled in size, about an hour. 

Step 4:

Place the dough onto a floured surface and roll out into a large rectangle. Cut the dough in half lengthwise and then cut each half into 10 rectangles. Roll up each triangle of dough from the large end to the small end. Place them on a baking sheet, cover with a cloth, and let rise for thirty minutes. 

Step 5:

Bake in 375 degree preheated oven for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. 

Happy Baking,

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️💕

More Bread Recipes You’ll Love:

• No Knead Artisan Bread
• French Bread
• Parmesan Garlic Knots
• Mamaw’s Homemade Bread
• Rustic Sourdough Bread

 

“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”    ~Rachel

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Crescent Rolls

These rich buttery crescent rolls are a delicious addition to your holiday table. They’re delicious on their own and absolutely amazing when pulled apart and spread with soft butter and cranberry sauce.

Course Bread

Cuisine American

Keyword Bread, Christmas, Crescent Roll, Thanksgiving

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Rise Time 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 2 hours hours

Servings 20 Crescent Rolls

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 4 tbsp salted butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp instant dry yeast
• 1 egg
• 4 cups bread flour

Instructions

• Place the water, milk, and butter in a microwave safe glass pitcher and heat for one minute till lukewarm but not too hot that it kills the yeast. Butter doesn’t have to be melted, just softened.
• Pour warm butter mixture into the bowl of a mixer. Add the sugar, salt, yeast, egg.
• Slowly add the flour and mix and knead for about five minutes until you have a soft smooth dough.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for an hour or until doubled in size.
• Roll dough out into a rectangle, cut in half lengthwise, and then cut each half into triangles. Roll up each strip of dough from the large end to the small and place on baking sheet. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
• Bake at 375 for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

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This festive cranberry pecan pie is a delicious combo of sweet and tart. The sweetness comes from the brown sugar and maple syrup pecan custard and the cranberries add a pop of color and a burst of tangy tartness. 

I love pecan pie and I love how our family recipe uses maple syrup instead of corn syrup. When my older sister, Ruth made the bold choice of adding some cranberries to it we weren’t sure how it would turn out but it was amazing! And the cranberries add such a festive touch to the pie. It’ll look so good on your holiday table! 

Ingredients Needed for Cranberry Pecan Pie:

• a pie crust – I highly recommend my Old-Fashioned Pie Crust
• brown sugar
• salted butter
• all purpose flour 
• salt
• maple syrup
• eggs
• vanilla extract
• whole milk
• pecans 
• whole fresh cranberries 

How to Make The Pie:

Step 1:
Roll out the pie crust and place in a pie pan and crimp the edges as desired. My favorite pie pans can be found here.

Step 2:
In a bowl use a handheld mixer to mix up the brown sugar, butter, flour, salt, maple syrup, eggs, and vanilla extract. Beat till combined.

Step 3:  
Add the milk, pecans, and cranberries. Mix to combine.

Step 4:
Pour the filling into the prepared pie crust. 

Step 5:  
Bake in preheated 425 degree oven for 15 minutes. Turn oven down to 350 degrees and bake for another 45 minutes or until the center is set. The filling will bubble and crack but don’t let it boil and crack. You might need to put a piece of aluminum foil over the pie for the last 20 minutes of baking to keep the crust from getting too brown. 

Step 6: Let the pie cool completely before slicing and serving. That lets it set up nicely. 

Enjoy,

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️

More Pie Recipes You Will Love: 

• Cranberry Apple Pie
• Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
• Classic Cherry Pie
• Zesty Key Lime Pie
• Blackberry Pie
• Old-Fashioned Pie Crust

”A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”     ~Rachel

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Cranberry Pecan Pie

This festive cranberry pecan pie is a delicious combo of sweet and tart. The sweetness comes from the brown sugar and maple syrup and the cranberries add a pop of color and a burst of tangy tartness.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Christmas, Cranberry, dessert, Pecan, pie, Thanksgiving

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour

Total Time 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Servings 8 Servings

Ingredients

• 1 pie crust unbaked
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 tbsp butter
• 2 heaping tbsp all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup maple syrup
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2 cups whole fresh cranberries

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Place pie crust in pan and crimp if desired.
• In a bowl using a handheld mixer, beat together sugar, butter, flour, salt, maple syrup, eggs, and vanilla. Add milk, pecans, and cranberries and mix till combined.
• Pour into prepared pie crust.
• Bake in 425 degree oven for 15 minutes, then turn oven down to 375 degrees and bake for another 45 minutes or until the center is set. The filling will rise and crack but don’t let it boil and bubble. Place a piece of aluminum foil over pie for the last 20 minutes to keep the crust from getting too brown.
• Let cool before serving so it sets up. Serve and enjoy!

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This recipe is very similar to my sandwich bread recipe and you can definitely just use my bread dough recipe and turn it into rolls. I used melted butter instead of oil for these rolls to give it a little more flavor and also a little more yeast to help make rising time faster and the rolls nice and fluffy.

I’ve made rolls with eggs and milk and I just felt like they were too rich and I missed the simple goodness these rolls deliver. These are our favorite! 

You don’t need any fancy equipment to make bread and dinner rolls. You can use a mixer if you have one or you can mix and knead the dough by hand. There is something very satisfying in kneading dough by hand! All you need is a bowl and a spoon and then a pan to bake the rolls in. 

INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR SOFT DINNER ROLLS:

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• lukewarm water
• sugar (you can substitute honey if desired) 
• salt
• instant yeast (active dry yeast works great too) 
• melted butter
• bread flour 

SIMPLE STEPS TO MAKE THESE SIMPLE ROLLS:

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• Mix up the dough. Biggest thing here is don’t add too much flour where the dough is dry and dense. Add just enough to make a soft and smooth dough. 
• Cover and let rise till doubled in size. I cover it with a clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap. 
• Punch down dough and divide into 24 equal pieces. I just eyeball it and sometimes they’re all different sizes but that adds to the homemade rustic look, am I right? 
• Shape each piece of dough into a smooth roll. I grab it, pulling the top down and pinching the bottom shut and then roll it in circular motions on the counter to make a nice smooth ball. 
• Place rolls in oiled pan. Cover and let rise again. 
• Bake in preheated oven until golden on top, about 30 minutes. 
• Brush tops with melted butter while still hot. 
• Enjoy! 

I hope you enjoy this recipe at your dinner tables on Sunday or Thanksgiving and Christmas and Easter or anytime all year long! It’s great fun to let the kids help shape the rolls. They might not be as smooth on top but they’ll be perfect and the kids will gobble them up. 

Happy Baking,
~Rachel Ballinger 💕🍞

“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”  ~Rachel 

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Soft Dinner Rolls

Soft and delicious, these dinner rolls are the perfect complement to any meal. Golden on top and baked to perfection, they're amazing slathered in butter and jam.

Course Bread

Cuisine American

Keyword Bread, Dinner Rolls

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

Servings 24 Dinner Rolls

Author Rachel Ballinger

Ingredients

• 2 cups lukewarm water
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp instant yeast
• 2 tbsp butter melted
• 4-5 cups bread flour
• 1 tbsp melted butter for brushing tops of baked rolls

Instructions

• In the bowl of a mixer, put the water, sugar, salt, and sprinkle the yeast on top. Add the melted butter and gradually add the flour as you mix and knead the dough. Add flour gradually until you have a nice smooth dough. Knead for about 5 minutes.
• Turn the dough over and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise until doubled in size, about an hour.
• Punch down dough and divide into 24 pieces with a dough cutter. Shape each piece into a smooth roll and place in oiled 9”x13” baking pan. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
• Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 30 minutes or until tops are lightly browned.
• Remove from oven and brush tops of hot rolls with 1 tbsp melted butter.

Notes

The dinner rolls freeze well. As soon as they’re baked and completely cooled off, put them in plastic freezer bags and freeze. Pull out the night before wanting to use them and let them thaw overnight. 

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Assemble your ingredients:

• a thawed turkey 
• onions
• celery
• lemons
• olive oil
• salt
• black pepper 
• garlic powder
• rubbed sage
• rosemary
• thyme leaves 

Rinse your turkey and pat dry with paper towel. I know they say that only spreads raw chicken bacteria in your sink and really isn’t necessary but I still do it because I want too. Haha! Generously baste the turkey, inside and out, with olive oil. Now it’s time to season it. Just generously season it. Measure and sprinkle with your heart not measuring spoons. 

Place the turkey, breast side down, in a large roasting pan and bake in a 400 degree oven for one hour.

Turn the oven down to 350 degrees and bake for another hour. Then it’s time to flip the turkey, breast side up, and cook for another hour or until it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees.

Flipping the turkey is a bit of an adventure, especially if it’s a big one, and a highlight of our Thanksgiving. The whole family comes to watch the flipping of the turkey. We’re easily entertained!
You can buy silicone heat resistant gloves that work great or you can improvise like we do. My husband is the official Turkey Flipper and he will put on oven mitts and then I wrap his hands in aluminum foil and it works great! 

After flipping the turkey and letting it bake for another hour until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit, remove it from oven and let it rest for 30 minutes before carving. 
And there you go, my friends, the juiciest most delicious Thanksgiving turkey ever! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

~Rachel Ballinger ☕️🦃🍽️

“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”  ~Rachel 

Thanksgiving Sides to go with your Turkey: 

• Old-Fashioned Pie Crust 
• Cranberry Apple Pie 
• Butternut Squash Mac n Cheese 
• Creamy Cranberry Salad 

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The Best Thanksgiving Turkey

This is your recipe for a perfectly cooked, perfectly seasoned, and perfectly juicy Thanksgiving turkey.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Thanksgiving, Turkey

Prep Time 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time 3 hours hours

Total Time 4 hours hours

Author Rachel Ballinger

Ingredients

• A thawed turkey
• 2 onions quartered
• 2 celery stalks cut into 2 inch chunks
• 2 lemons quartered
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Garlic powder
• Rubbed sage
• Rosemary
• Thyme leaves

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Rinse the turkey and pat dry with paper towel.
• Baste the outside of the turkey with olive oil, season it inside and out with salt, pepper, garlic powder, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Stuff the onions, celery, and lemons inside the turkey cavity for flavor.
• Place the turkey, breast side down, in a large roasting pan and bake in a 400 degree oven for one hour.
• Turn the oven down to 350 degrees and bake for another hour.
• Then flip the turkey, breast side up, and cook for another hour or until it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
• Remove from oven and let rest for 30 minutes before carving.

Notes

You can buy really cool heat resistant silicone gloves that work perfect for flipping a turkey but since we don’t have those really cool gloves, I create some for my husband that work perfectly. I just wrapped oven mitts in aluminum foil. Works great!
No, I don’t measure all the spices. I just sprinkle them on generously.

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