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Homemade Yeast Rolls:
My Mom's "Ice Cream Pail Buns"

An easy no-muss method for making homemade yeast rolls with my mother's favorite bread recipe and favorite bread bowl, a plastic ice cream pail! ~ Skip Straight to the Recipe ~ Bread & Recovery When my mother was 35, she and her mother were diagnosed with breast cancer only days apart. Luckily, they had survivor genes too. Both recovered and lived long, full lives. While Mom was recovering from her mastectomy, she made bread every few days. Years later, she confided that despite the pain it caused, making bread was get-well therapy. Her chest and shoulder muscles needed exercise and her family needed nourishment. By making bread, she accomplished both at once. Still, I remember her standing at the kitchen counter kneading the dough, pain etching her face, tears on her cheeks. Modern-day bread machines are ever so convenient and when a hot loaf of bread pops out, it’s just magic! But I’ll likely never have one, in small tribute to my mom and the way she endured pain