Sporty Weekend

This weekend is Spring Fling for our softball league.  What does that mean?  Tournament play.  Today we had 2 games (won one, lost one) and tomorrow we're guaranteed at least 2 more games.  (I believe we play until we've lost 2 more).  The only problem with this is that it was hot today.  It was registering 104 on my van's thermometer when we left this afternoon at 4:00 and tomorrow won't be any better.  Today's mantra for the girls was HYDRATE!

They do have a small concession tent set up, but I'd rather bring things from home so tonight I set out to make some pepperoni rolls to take with us.  That, carrots, apple slices and sunflower seeds should hold us pretty well for as long as we need to be there.  Don and I split one tonight after cooking and it's a good thing they're already marked for tomorrow or the batch could be close to gone by morning.  I'd love to make more of these with some deli turkey or deli ham instead of the pepperoni and that would make a perfect grab and go lunch.

Pepperoni Rolls
(bread dough recipe taken from "Sweet Rolls" from The Bread Machine Cookbook by Donna Rathmell German)

For the Dough combine the following in your bread machine and send it through the dough cycle:

• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast

Once the dough cycle is complete, divide the dough into 8 pieces and roll out to a rectangle.  Place 9 slices of pepperoni and a small amount of shredded mozzarella cheese onto one side and roll up.  Tuck in the ends to seal.  Cover and let rise for about an hour; brush with oil (I used basil oil); bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until done.

Comments

[Melanie]

Those look Yummy. I keep asking everyone at every holiday for a bread machine, guess I'll have to buy it myself.

[Butta Buns]

I make something very similar but have been using frozen pre-made pizza dough which doesn't do the fillings justice. I'll be using your dough recipe insead, it'll be a definite improvement.