Sister Schubert’s with Giveaway

 

 

I was recently given the opportunity to try out two new products from Sister Schubert’sline of frozen baked goods. I have always been a fan of Sister Schubert’s, in fact, every Saturday we have her cinnamon rolls. They are sooo good. I also love how easy all of her products are to make. You just pop them in the oven (some come in their own pan), bake, and then you have some of the best warm breads ro rolls ever.

From Sister Schubert’s Website:

In the beginning, Sister Schubert’s Homemade Rolls really were homemade — in my home. I went to Sears and bought the largest double residential oven they had. It was too big to fit in my kitchen, so I set it up on the sun porch. My mother gave me a chest freezer as a gift, which we placed next to the oven. We made the dough in my little Sunbeam mixer and cut out the rolls by hand. The sun porch became a mini-bakery, complete with a plastic flap door to keep the humidity and heat in the room correctly balanced. Our dining room table served as a cooling and packaging area. With help from my daughters Charlotte and Chrissie, other enthusiastic family members and three coworkers, I began my little business. It was very hard work at first, but immensely satisfying.

My first attempt at marketing my rolls was to visit the local grocery stores in Troy. Nobody seemed very interested until Mrs. Ingram of Ingram’s Curb Market tried my rolls and ordered a dozen pans. Charlotte, Chrissie and I went to Ingram’s and passed out samples. After just a month, we were delivering 120 pans of rolls to Ingram’s each week, and I started looking for new markets.At first, I called on other small groceries in Montgomery, Dothan, and Birmingham, Alabama. If a grocer would agree to sell my rolls, then the girls and I would set up in the store and hand out samples. I knew that if I could get people to taste my rolls, they would buy them. After operating out of my home for almost a year, I decided to take a giant step by setting up a commercial bakery. I found a wholesale supplier for ingredients and packaging and bought some used commercial ovens and a little 20-quart commercial mixer. I say little now, but it looked like a monster to me the first time I saw it. My father had a furniture warehouse in downtown Troy, and we set up our bakery in 1,000 square feet there. Within six months, we had to evict the furniture and take over the whole warehouse.

 

 

First was the new Soft Pretzel Rolls. Can I just say, these were absolutely tasty! I don’t really like pretzels at but I really liked these rolls. We just ate them hot, straight out of the oven, but I bet they’d be wonderful with some of the different sauces people use to put on pretzels. We also received a bag of the new Mini Baguettes. These are small artisan style crusty loaves of absolute heaven! We had these with homemade chicken noodle soup when the weather turned. I must  tell you they were a huge hit! I bet they are great with spaghetti though as well. I love to make homemade bread and rolls but it seems like nowadays I just don’t have the time for them like I use to. So it is fabulous that I can pull out something frozen and have it ready in no time.

Sister Schubert’s has graciously allowed me to offer two readers the opportunity to win a FREE product Coupon. Just follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter form below to be entered to win. US only please. Ends December 30, 2011

 

 

“I was one of the bloggers selected by T. Marzetti Company and Family Review Network to host a Sister Schubert’s Homemade Rolls giveaway. They provided me with product to test myself as well as prizes for my readers. However, my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish positive comments.”

 

 

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