Today is a good day to share a comforting bread recipe! For those of you reading in the future, this post is coming to you from the beginning of 2021. We’re tired, we’re stressed, we’re weary. Right now, we need all the comfort we can get.

When I find myself feeling overwhelmed by things beyond my control, I often try to make really comforting recipes to soothe us. I wouldn’t say I’m encouraging disordered emotional eating here (I want to be sensitive to that very real struggle for some), but there are time when we could really use something that reminds us of a time when we felt safe. Food is a really high-powered way to access that- have you ever noticed that eating uses all five of your senses? The smell of something cooking can take us right back to our childhood. The sound of bacon sizzling on the stove can remind you of sleeping in on a Saturday morning. We look, we touch, we taste. Personally, I think we were designed this way on purpose. I don’t think food was meant to just be fuel, I think it’s a good thing that we look back on Nana’s Chocolate Cake with nostalgia and that pumpkin pie makes us remember laughing with our cousins. Food memories become very symbolic because they represent both the physical nurturing and the emotional. For me, cooking does that. It reminds me that I am taking care of myself and my family, that I am creating the life I always wanted as a child. I never really felt safe growing up, so I’m working hard to change that for the future.

Are you ready for this recipe yet or should I include more of my life story?? Haha! These delicious rolls are made with shortening and sugar- so you know they’re going to be good. These rolls are so good in fact, that more often than not I use them for hamburger buns! I make 16 of these babies every Monday. My spouse & I eat four, and our 2 year old eats the rest. I’m not even joking! I posted about this in my 2021 Goals blog post just a few weeks ago! She seriously eats them all in like two days. We also make these for every holiday meal we have. They’re fluffy and light with just a touch of sweetness. They’re just, yum. They’re very handy for a lot of different purposes (Food related ones, of course. Unfortunately these rolls cannot fix your leaky faucet).