Main Dish Ideas for Cool Rise Dough.....

Here are some new recipes from Rhodes Dough that can also be used with the Cool Rise Dough...

Zesty Sausage Bundt

18 Rhodes™ Dinner Rolls, thawed but still cold
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/4 cup fresh thyme, finely chopped
1/4 cup fresh rosemary, finely chopped
1/4 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 pound sausage, cooked, crumbled and drained

Flatten each roll into a 4-inch circle. Place butter in a shallow bowl. Combine herbs and cheese and place in another shallow bowl. Coat both sides of each dough circle with butter and then with cheese mixture. Arrange 6 dough circles evenly in a large sprayed bundt pan, to cover the bottom. Circles will overlap. Sprinkle half the cooked sausage over dough. Repeat with 6 more dough circles and the remaining sausage. Add last 6 dough circles to the top to cover sausage.
Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until almost double.
Remove wrap and bake at 350°F for 35-40 minutes. Cover with foil last 10 minutes of baking. Remove from oven and invert onto serving platter.

Chicken Salad Stuffed Breadsticks

Breadsticks
16 Rhodes™ Dinner Rolls or 8 Rhodes Texas™ Rolls thawed, but still cold
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
Parmesan cheese
garlic salt
Chicken Salad
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 cups cooked & diced chicken
1 cup crushed pineapple, well-drained
1 cup green grapes
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/4 teaspoon tarragon
1 cup cashew halves
salt
pepper
lettuce

Bread Sticks
Roll each Texas roll or 2 dinner rolls combined into a 6 inch rope. Place on a large sprayed baking sheet. Brush each one liberally with butter. Sprinkle lightly with Parmesan cheese and garlic salt. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until double in size. Remove wrap and bake at 350º for 15-20 minutes.
Chicken Salad
Combine mayonnaise and lemon juice. In a separate bowl, mix remaining ingredients, except cashews and lettuce. Pour mayonnaise mixture over chicken mixture and fold together. Salt and Pepper to taste. Allow to chill in refrigerator 1-2 hours. Just before serving, add cashews. Slice breadsticks and fill with lettuce and chicken salad.

Calzones

12 Rhodes Texas™ Rolls, thawed but still cold
flour
2 ounces sliced pepperoni
8 ounces sausage, browned and drained well
2 1/2-ounce can sliced olives, drained well
1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped green peppers
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 cup pizza sauce, heated

Press 3 rolls together and, using a little flour, roll them into a 12-inch circle.Make 3 more circles with the other rolls. Combine pepperoni, sausage, olives, mushrooms, green peppers, cheese and Italian seasoning. Divide mixture equally and spoon onto one half of each circle. Fold dough over (like a turnover) and pinch edges together to seal. Place on a large sprayed baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. To serve, dip in heated pizza sauce.