¡Éxito! (That's Spanish for "success!")

(Side comment: Tede Baker, do you remember how every single day in Larque we would leave the house and, putting one fist in the air, say, "¡Éxito!"? Happy memories.)

So last Wednesday at our Wizard of Oz dinner I mentioned to a gal in my ward that I have never been successful at making rolls. They always are hard and small and yeasty. NOT light and fluffy and delicious. It has been one of the woes of my baking life. I aspire to being able to take a basket of perfect rolls to a sick neighbor's house. Or "whipping" them up for a Sunday dinner. Or even just once a year on Thanksgiving would give me satisfaction and peace of mind.

But up to this point I have always failed in my attempts. That is, until this past weekend.

I made rolls, my friends. And they were good enough that Jeremy ate four of them. Light and fluffy. And good. Mmmm.  And not just any rolls... I made (are you ready for this?) Lion House Rolls. You know the ones you smell when you are walking through Deseret Book and you want to buy some (along with that honey butter) but you know they have to be worse for you than a pan of brownies. Those rolls.

And I think it was because I didn't roll them out. I followed this tutorial (which is actually easier than it looks). The recipe is posted online at melskitchencafe.com here. And because mine turned out just as pretty as hers did, here's a picture (of hers--I take no credit for the photography or the goodness of the rolls. I give all to Mel).

And since you probably should have something else with your dinner other than rolls (although if you eat four of them I take that back), you should also try this amazing recipe for Tomato-Basil Parmesan Soup (in the crock pot). Jeremy told me three times (while scraping his bowl clean) that I should blog about this soup. It was that good. And it might have even been better if I had made the rolls on the same night.

So soup and rolls. Does fall weather get any better than this?? I think not.