Thanksgiving Recipes: Rolls and Buns

by Mandi on November 17, 2010

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Okay, you may have figured out by now that I really love every part of the traditional Thanksgiving meal, and it’s true. We went on a cruise with my company a few months after we got married, and I was so excited when I realized that dinner one night was a traditional Thanksgiving dinner — in February! Rolls can be served any time of the year, of course, but they definitely deserve a place at honor at your Thanksgiving table.

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1. Hot Dinner Rolls, Modern Day Ozzie and Harriet

homemade rolls

2. Cheddar Cheese Rolls, Simply So Good

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3. Whole-Wheat Buttermilk Rolls in a Jar, Simple Bites

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4. Poppy Seed Dinner Rolls, Gayathri’s Cook Spot

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5. Carrot Poppy Spelt Dinner Rolls, Angie’s Recipes

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6. Pumpkin Dinner Rolls, Money Saving Mom

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7. Great Grandma Munns’ Hot Rolls, Oopsey Daisy

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8. Fluffy Dinner Rolls, Jamie Cooks It Up!

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9. Honey Dinner Rolls, Square State

What type of rolls do you serve at Thanksgiving?


  • Alison

    Thanks so much for featuring my rolls!! You made my day! But the picture got swapped somehow. My rolls are the photo that goes with #7. Ha! Now I want to try out new rolls recipes!

    • Anonymous

      Oh, I’m so sorry — Alison! I’ve updated it now!

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  • Leigh

    Mortgages and student loans can certainly be good debt, though they can also be bad. My husband graduated law school with a huge stack of student loans (the only way we could ever have paid for it) and a great job. Most people at his school pay them off in under 10 years and we figured we could do it in two if we really wanted to too (though we don’t). Other law schools, same debt, but no job, so was it worth it?

  • Lpf Blog

    Oh. My parents once took out a car loan for three months to establish a credit history in a new country so they could get a credit card. Then paid off the car. They always pay off the credit cards.

  • amy

    I’d have to say that if you weren’t raised with healthy money habits (I wasn’t but am working on it); acquiring some of that debt might be unavoidable, but it is NOT a good thing.
    I grew up with lots of expensive vacations and trips to Europe that I thought were necessary to be a well-rounded person. Now my father, in his seventies, still works out of necessity. They still have mortgage payments on a house they built in 1963. My (great) uncle was a coal miner and his family never took a vacation, grew much of their own produce, and saved. He buys a new car (cash) every two years and literally has millions in the bank.
    I’m trying to find the middle ground where we can enjoy the occasional fruits of our hard work, but reject the extraneous trapping of our indentured culture.

    • Anonymous

      Wow, what extremes those are! A shame that your dad still has debt on a house built in 1963.
      I was working in the mortgage industry just before the crash. I was just learning the ropes, but was amazed at how many people continually refinanced or increase their line of credit. They were doing this many times to just increase their level of living. To take vacations, or put in a pool, or buy new *toys*. I know that not everyone was in that boat, but its little wonder that so many people lost their homes because they had borrowed 100%+ of what it was worth at the peak.
      Good luck in achieving that middle ground. Yes, we should enjoy the fruits of our hard work, but only if we can pay for it.
      Bernice
      Life… your way moderator
      My latest post-Getting the respect you deserve

  • Anonymous

    Debt has crushed us. Yes, I think all debt is bad. Sometimes it may be unavoidable, but that doesn’t negate the “bad”ness. We did everything stupid we could with money except invest in a time share.

    I do understand mortgages, but I think they should be treated like an unwanted guest that you want to get out of your house as quickly as possible.

    If I were pushed, I would consider taking on a small debt to see a dying family member (but I would ask my church for help from their benevolence fund first). And I would incur whatever medical debt necessary to save my husband or my children. Still doesn’t make debt “good,” more like a necessary evil.

    The problem is that too many people want things NOW rather than waiting until they’ve saved for it. We did and we are paying a dear price for it. We are learning the satisfaction of making do and waiting for God. Still very much a work in progress for us, but we are learning.

    • Anonymous

      Mindy,
      I understand where Mandi is coming from in her post. I think there may be very specific times a short term debt may be necessary. But as you know from first hand experience (and me too) debt and the *want* for stuff can take hold of a person. i would say for the most part, stay away from it.
      Bernice
      Life… your way moderator
      My latest post-Getting the respect you deserve

  • Anonymous

    In reply to Lpf and others about student loans:
    It used to be that student loans were, for the most part, considered *good debt*. The problem now is that the job market is flooded with people with 4 year business degrees who can’t get jobs. They have 10s of thousands of student loans. I remember interviewing people for mortgages who were working a job as a customer service rep making 30K with 50K in student loans. And that was BEFORE the crash of the market.
    I do agree that education is important and obviously, some licensed types of careers will require degrees and student loans. I think people are panicking about not being able to get a job so they are going back to school to some of the *private* schools some online, some with a campus. There is a school in my area that teaches all types of medical technician skills, such as medical assisting, phlebotomy, etc, to the tune of 20K of loans for a year program! In our state, we have a lottery funded program that would allow them to attend a state school and get the same certification for FREE. People aren’t doing their research!
    Okay, I’ll get off my soapbox now!
    Bernice
    Life… your way moderator
    My latest post-Getting the respect you deserve

  • Mom2mykiddos

    This week we used a credit card for the first time in 4 1/2 years. It was not optional. We have been paying off debt accumulated over 18 years of marriage for the last few years. We still have 2 small credit cards & a home equity line of credit. My dh was laid off last March and we lived off severance, savings, retirement, and now… credit.
    We believe debt is always “bad”. Sometimes necessary, but always bad. Financing anything means you are “slave” to someone else until that debt is paid. Period. If the new degree doesn’t result in increased income, you still owe the debt.
    We have many friends who feel that those who are good with money can (and should) leverage debt to their benefit (expand their business, earn frequent flier miles, etc,…) Those who aren’t that “smart” are better off staying out of debt.
    Well, we’re watching a massive investment not pay off for someone and the result is money owed without anything to offset it.
    Coming from a family where debt was to be responsibly managed, I have changed my tune. No debt for us as far as it depends on us.

  • http://theshubox.com sarah (the SHU box)

    i think debt with a finite endpoint is okay, as long as there’s a plan in place to keep it a temporary stopgap measure. my husband and i went into modest credit card debt as we were finishing med school, going on interviews, etc – knowing that we would be making a halfway decent paycheck in the near future and could pay it back (and we did – and no debt since, so far!).

  • http://mom2giqm.wordpress.com/ Anne-Marie

    I have to agree with those who have said that all debt is bad, even if necessary or inevitable. But yes, I would go into debt…make that have gone into debt…for some of those reasons. We recently took on a debt to help a family in need. Seems like a crazy thing to do, but a month later God blessed us by giving us an unexpected gift that was 4.5 times the debt we took on.

  • http://jennoreilly.wordpress.com/ Jenn

    All debt bad? No, I don’t think it is. Where I live to get a decent home you need at least $400K. How could anyone but the super rich afford to buy a house when they cost hundreds of thousands of dollars? My husband and I have been homeowners since we were 22 and 23, and we of course needed to get a mortgage. To buy instead of rent our way through our twenties has been the best financial decision we have ever made.

  • http://jennoreilly.wordpress.com/ Jenn

    All debt bad? No, I don’t think it is. Where I live to get a decent home you need at least $400K. How could anyone but the super rich afford to buy a house when they cost hundreds of thousands of dollars? My husband and I have been homeowners since we were 22 and 23, and we of course needed to get a mortgage. To buy instead of rent our way through our twenties has been the best financial decision we have ever made.

  • http://joyceandnorm.wordpress.com/ Joyce

    This is great!

  • Anonymous

    Dave Ramsey makes a good case that all debt is bad, even though some debt is sometimes necessary. The Bible says the borrower is slave to the lender. If you can’t find a job, it doesn’t matter what type of debt you have, it’s bad. I’m glad we took out a mortgage but I no longer buy the argument that it’s a necessity…anywhere. Same with student loans. These are all choices we make that can be avoided. We’ll be paying off our mortgage as soon as we can, forgoing a lot of extras like vacations or home improvements until that debt is gone.

  • Gillsinclair2

    Hoping to make this longer than my to-do list:)

  • http://www.facebook.com/sweetmelissa818 Melissa Nicole Walker

    I’ve done my own taxes since my first job. I have a strong preference for TurboTax which hasn’t let me down so far. I don’t itemize, so they’re pretty simple returns anyway. I sure hope I’ve never missed a deduction! People don’t realize how easy it really is to do your own taxes, and the only person you have to pay is yourself!

    • Anonymous

      I think it helps when you start doing them early. I started when I was a
      teenager too, and so as things have gotten a little more complicated, I’ve
      only had to learn new things a little at a time!

  • Marissa

    I laughed when I read this post as I’m having a problem with our taxes this year. Up until this year, I had always done my own taxes using either TurboTax or the H&R Block software. I got married in July and my husband insisted we go to H&R Block because that’s what he’s always done. So I gave in. We went on Saturday and I’m 99% sure that the guy made a mistake. I even told him when he was doing it that I thought he was mistaken and he gave me some drawn out reason why he wasn’t. So I just thought well I’ll go home and look it up online. And of course everything I’ve read is telling me I’m right. So I called H&R Block and they’re looking into it. I can already tell they’re going to try to get out of refunding me my money even though it says on their website that they guarantee their services or you get your money back. My husband has apologized however and said he will let me do them from now on.

    • Anonymous

      Oh, what a mess, Marissa!! I hope you get it straightened out and get your
      money back without too much trouble!

  • Kristy

    Hubby does ours on Turbotax. We do itemize and it walks you through it. He’s a CPA though and I wouldn’t want to be the one doing it!

    • Anonymous

      That’s always convenient, Kristy — although I know being married to a CPA
      isn’t always easy this time of year!

  • Kate

    I use turbotax. If you are a USAA member, go through the USAA site to get a discount. :)

    • Anonymous

      Gotta love USAA!

  • Karen

    I’ve always done my own taxes. But then, I’m a CPA, I do it for a living. I haven’t missed a deduction on my own return, but I have amended many past years returns for clients to correct errors in reporting and for missed deductions.

    • http://yourway.net Mandi @ Life Your Way

      Do you have any guidelines for when someone should attempt them on their own versus hiring a professional?

  • http://mom2giqm.wordpress.com/ Anne-Marie

    I’ve always done my own taxes…even Schedule C, C Corps, S Corps, etc. The first year I had to file a return, I had a coupon for one of the well known tax services to do my taxes for free (a $25 value at the time). I watched the woman do my taxes & I was like “This is TOO easy.” So, I’ve never had anyone else do my taxes. One big reason is liability. Who’s at fault if a return is filed wrong by someone else? Me. I simply don’t trust anyone else to have my BEST interests at heart. — As much as I hate paying taxes, I enjoy the returns. I even volunteered one year to prepare taxes for others. It was fun to see different tax situations. — While I’m not a CPA, I did take a tax prep course about 10 yrs ago to learn more about preparing my own business taxes. I got straight A’s. — And I do use Turbo Tax & another program (for business, Turbo Tax is too expensive for business) to help me make my forms tidy. So glad for E-file too!

    • http://yourway.net Mandi @ Life Your Way

      I’d love to know what program you use for business taxes as I get ready to tackle mine.

  • Debbbie

    Well, my hubby is a “tax professional”. He does taxes/business analysis services for farmers. (He is not a CPA but an “enrolled agent”.)
    Actually before we married I did my very simple taxes. When we married he worked in a different area of agribusiness, and the group he now works for actually did our taxes because he farms part-time as well. But he always did our taxes by himself for “fun” to see how close he got. Needless to say when they advertised an opening the job was a perfect fit. He now does our taxes of course, He is usually finishing ours the 2nd week of April lol.

    This time of year is definitely hard for the tax professional and family. My husband works 13+ hr days 6 days a week. (He does take most of Sunday off only working in the evening) But he truly enjoys his work and has a flexible schedule much of the rest of the yr. It is just too bad that my Bday is April 14th lol ;)

    • http://yourway.net Mandi @ Life Your Way

      It sounds like you have a great attitude about it, and I bet that makes it easier on you and him during those months!

  • Musings of a Housewife

    My husband does them with Turbotax. Ours are getting pretty complicated, with my business and all the different avenues of revenue (and possible deductions), and he has a side biz with a friend. So it’s getting kind of complex. I wish he’d hire someone to be sure we’re doing it right, but I guess I trust him, lol. We usually owe money nowadays, thanks to my biz. We will start filing quarterly in 2011.

    • http://yourway.net Mandi @ Life Your Way

      It will be even more fun once the new laws go into effect and we have to send 1099s to anybody and everybody that we pay money to!

  • Anonymous

    I’ve done ours on my own for YEARS on TurboTax.com. Super easy and free! We always get money back so I’m happy!

    • http://yourway.net Mandi @ Life Your Way

      That’s always a great feeling! I always end up having to pay. :(

  • Missy June

    I’m a TaxAct fan myself. I have used their program online for approximately seven years now with no problem – even through addition of children and divorce.

    • http://yourway.net Mandi @ Life Your Way

      It’s always good to hear other people’s experiences — thanks for sharing yours!

  • http://christinashaw.com Anonymous

    We use a CPA then file electronically with TaxAct ourselves…CPA is $70 and TaxAct is free. But it is worth it to us, he finds things we didn’t know about. Just went yesterday and discovered a credit for buying a car last year! =)

    • http://yourway.net Mandi @ Life Your Way

      Does your CPA charge you extra to file them? I was just curious why you file them through TaxAct if he does them for you anyway!

      • http://christinashaw.com Anonymous

        You know, I’m not sure! When we started using him, he didn’t have internet (lives in the country), although I know he has since gotten access to internet, so I guess I need to ask him for next year!

  • Kristia@Family Balance Sheet

    These are really cute and look so much better than my pink plastic accordion holder that I got at target for 50 cents. I use cash for 2 categories right now, groceries and dining out, but I’d like to add more. I like my cash holder right now, because it is a perfect size to hold dollar bills and it’s sturdy enough for me to slip restaurant gift card in the eating out file. But these are SO MUCH cuter.

    • http://yourway.net Mandi @ Life Your Way

      I think other systems can work, but sometimes it’s fun to have something
      that makes us smile when we use it too! Plus, it seems like each of these
      designers really put some thought into making a system that works well,
      which I’m not sure the accordion manufacturers did, LOL!

      Mandi

  • http://twitter.com/dailydwelling dailydwelling

    I remember Doodles place!!

    My blog has done more of a slow morphing over time and I’m a bit sad that I don’t have screen shots of some of my earlier looks.

    Thank you for this look at the evolution of your blogging!

  • http://joyceandnorm.wordpress.com Joyce and Norm

    It’s so neat to see the changes that take place on different blog during the different seasons of the blogger’s life. Thanks for sharing the evolution of your blog.

    We mostly blog to keep our family around the world updated on our lives, but I have found some wonderful communities around the blogosphere that has made me see that some of my thoughts/experiences can be an encouragement or inspiration to someone else, so I do take part in a few link-ups too. Other than that, I don’t see too much changes around our little space on the Internet. =p

  • Carol @ arewethereyet

    I too am trying to morph my blog from one that started out as a way to keep family and friends informed as my hubby and I were traveling full time in our RV to one that I hope will provide some income for us in the future – I am not there yet, but I am working on building my readership and finding my niche.  There is so much to learn – but I am determined.  It’s nice to know that others have taken the same path that I am on now!

  • http://www.momdropbox.com Audrey

    Love seeing this Mandi!  In the 6 or 7 months that I’ve been blogging, I see how it’s really like anything else: you build upon what you know little by little. 

  • http://www.pandorasdeals.com/ Lindsay

     Love this!  Thanks for sharing your blogging evolution.  I feel like mine is taking some new turns right now, too, and I’m glad to get some reassurance that that’s ‘okay’, and it’s good to let it grow in different directions.  Good reminder to get those screen shots, too!  Thanks, Mandi!

  • Anonymous

    I’ve been blogging 20 months. I had a personal blog, then a personal development blog. I started a mom’s resource center this past August, but then just rebranded it the beginning of this month. I think blogging is always a continuous evolution.
    It was great to see your process of growth and change above!
    Bernice
    10 things to do before starting your blog

  • Anonymous

    That is an awesome benefit, Catherine — thanks for letting us know!

  • http://www.themomwrites.com Prerna

    Hi Marianne, so glad you liked the tips. Do hope you can use them to free up your schedule:-)

  • Anonymous

    I’ve used TaxAct a few times too, and I really like it as well. Last year,
    oddly enough, I could NOT get it to play nicely on my new computer, so I
    finally just switched to a different program!

  • http://yourway.net Mandi @ Life Your Way

    Be sure to let us know which one you choose and how you like it!

    Mandi

  • http://lifeyourway.net Mandi @ Life Your Way

    Ah, but when I started, *I* was just a novice. That’s the beauty of blogging! Can’t wait to see what the future holds for you!

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