Easy Pizza Dough Rolls

1 Store-bought pizza dough (I use Wegmans)
Flavored oil (I use Wegmans basting oil with garlic and herbs)
Kosher Salt
Granulated garlic or garlic powder

Preheat oven to 375 or whatever the purchased pizza dough recommends. Spray a cookie sheet or baking pan with non-stick cooking spray. Divide dough into roll-size pieces, don't be particular about messing with the rolls. Place rolls on cookie sheet or in a baking pan. Brush oil on all rolls, sprinkle with garlic and salt. Let rise about half an hour. Bake 15 minutes or until golden and baked through. Serve with dinner or with pizza dipping sauce like bread sticks. Your family and guests will love the smell of fresh baked bread and they are an easy treat to whip up with any meal!

Hint: When you use purchased pizza dough, let it sit out on the counter for a good hour, so it comes to room temperature before beginning to work with the dough or it will be too elastic. Then, punch down/take out of plastic bag and form your rolls. After preparing rolls, then let rise again before baking.

Best-Ever Pancakes

Base Recipe
1 cup flour
1 Tbs. sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
2 Tbs. oil

Mix together first five dry ingredients. In another bowl, mix together the next three wet ingredients. Gently mix the two together, using a whisk or rubber spatula,  JUST UNTIL MIXED and you don't see dry clumps. Batter will be lumpy. Never over-mix the pancake batter or you will have tough, chewy pancakes. Never, never use an electric mixer for pancakes. The lumps will go away when you cook pancakes--they will be light and delicious if barely mixed with a whisk. Use real buttermilk, no substitutes.

Heat griddle. If using non-stick, you do not need to grease the pan, otherwise lightly butter the pan. If using an electric griddle, heat to 350 degrees. Put batter down on pan using a ladle or 1/3 cup measuring cup. Flip pancakes when they begin to bubble and start to look dry around the edges. Cook another minute. Never flatten or pat pancakes with spatula once you flip. Let them rise, then remove to plate. Serves 2

Family-Size Recipe
The above amounts are the base recipe. I ALWAYS make a batch for a FULL QUART of buttermilk.... which serves 8 people/makes 24 pancakes (using a 1/3 cup measuring cup to scoop batter). You can refrigerate leftovers for a few days. Here are the amounts:

4 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. salt
4 eggs
1 quart buttermilk
1/2 cup oil


Pancake Breakfast Recipe
Here are the amounts to serve 50 guys for a big pancake breakfast! Using 2 electric griddles, you need about 45 minutes to cook all the pancakes. Keep pancakes warm in chafing dish.

24 cups flour (5 lb. bag plus 4 cups)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup baking powder
1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup salt
3 cups oil
2 dozen eggs
6 qts. buttermilk