Wheat Rolls: FAIL

 This afternoon I was feeling ambitious. I decided to attempt to make homemade rolls for dinner. I've never made my own bread but thought it couldn't be that hard, right? Wrong. Well at least not with the recipe I found.


Instead of kneading it myself, I decided to put the good ol Kitchen Aid Mixer to work. Maybe I should have taken its response as an omen to my future rolls. (Watch the video below)

 My mixer literally took on a life of its own while kneading it. I was cracking up. My next instruction was to let the dough rise for 1-2 hours in a warm place. So I warmed up the oven, then turned it off and put the ball of dough in there and covered it.

 Thirty minutes later I decided to take a peek at its progress and about jumped out of my shoes when I saw it had risen to this! I figured it needed a bowl upgrade so I took it out and put it in a bigger bowl more accommodating to its size. 

 Much better. Back in the oven for more rising.

 After an hour or so of rising I pulled out the dough rolled it into balls and put it back in the oven for another 30 minutes of rising. They were looking very promising. Austin was even giving the rolls a thumbs up.

 We were both naively excited at this point.

 Well, the rolls came out we had a little taste test before dinner. We both wore expressionless looks as we chewed the fresh hockey puck rolls. "Maybe with a little butter and honey they would be better?" I suggested through laughter. I'll be honest, they weren't good. There were way too dense and had a dry/wheaty taste. We both attempted them again with butter and honey and didn't make it too far. Honestly, it made me laugh more than anything. Sadly, we ended up throwing them away. At least the doggies liked them I guess.