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Bunny Rolls... Check Out My Buns-ies

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I just ha d to share these cute bunny rolls that I made for Easter dinner.  Everyone loved them they were a huge hit.  The dough recipe is from a previous post by my sister, Lynn, and si nce the recipe has be en pinned over 250,000 times w hy use a nother ?  She call s it Best Rolls Ever.  Now, I can't claim that I came up with the bunny design all on my own.  Nope that's what Pinterest and Google are for.  Bunny design came from Taste of Home . Though the design and a different recipe is used at Taste of Home they didn't have pictures of step by step instructions which I will include here. After you make Best Rolls Ever recipe you will need to let your dough rest for 30-60 minutes. Punch down your dough and with a rolling pin roll out your dough to at least 20 inches long one way (see picture below). Using a pizza cutter you will cut horizontal 1/2 inch strips.  Then cut the strips vertically 10 inches, 5 inches, two 2 inches, and then one inch....

Best Rolls Ever

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This is Lynn here.  I just have to tell everyone that I have the BEST sister ever!  Why, might you ask?  Because she and her husband got me my very own Kitchenaid Mixer for Christmas. I have been falling in love with my mixer and using it non-stop.  Seriously, I've considered knitting it a sweater because I adore it so much.  With my new mixer I have tried out various roll recipes and I just have to share the one that I think is the absolute BEST.  Not only is the recipe easy, but they come out so soft and buttery and they just melt in your mouth. Ingredients: 2 c warm water 2/3 c  nonfat dry milk powder 2 Tbsp dry yeast 1/4 c sugar 2 tsp salt 1/2 c butter 1 egg 4 1/2- 5 c all purpose flour Directions: In a Kitchenaid mixing bowl, stir in warm water and nonfat dry milk powder until it dissolves. Add yeast, then sugar, salt, butter, egg, and 2 cups of flour. Mix on low speed until ingredients are wet, then 2 minutes at medium speed. Add 2 more cups of f...