parker house rolls

Great recipe for parker house rolls here:

foodandwine.com/recipes/parker-house-rolls 

you can even freeze and bake when needed. On Christmas we used leftovers and made orange baked french toast. We ate them with this amazing bean bacon soup (recipe to follow) and spinach artichoke dip the night before. Just a bun that keeps on giving!

Bean w Bacon soup
(in my head was trying to recreate the Campbell's version of my yout! this one, so so much better.)
1 bag white beans (great northern)
1 clove garlic, minced
1 medium sweet onion, chopped
3 medium carrots, peeled and diced
2 celery stalks, chopped
8 oz bacon (oven baked on sheet until crispy, drained and set aside)
1 large bay leaf
1 T heinz catsup
1 plum tomato, diced
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried oregano
1 T better than bouillon concentrated chicken stock
kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

soak beans overnight or quick boil and soak.
in large stock pot with a few T olive oil or bacon fat drippings, sauté 1 or 2 slices of bacon until crispy and broken up. Add onion, carrot, celery, garlic about 5 minutes or until onion is translucent. Add beans,spices,tomato, catsup and stock; add water until beans are covered. Boil and then bring to simmer and cook until beans are tender. When tender, puree a few cups of the soup in cuisinart and return to pot. Check to taste and add S and P as needed. Add about a cup of cream of 1/2 and 1/2 and stir.
If too thick for your liking you can thin with water or milk.
To serve, crumble the reserved bacon on top.

HOT SPINACH AND ARTICHOKE DIP
1 cup thawed frozen spinach
1 1/2 c chopped frozen artichoke hearts
(drain in colander until all water is squeezed out)
1 clove garlic, minced
6 oz cream cheese
1/4 c sour cream
1/4 c mayonnaise
1/3 cup good parmy cheese, grated - (
plus some extra to sprinkle on top)
1/2 t red pepper flakes
1/4 t kosher salt
whiz all in cuisinart - reserving a bit of artichokes to chunk and stir in....place in oven proof bowl and sprinkle reserved cheese on top.
bake 350 until bubbly, about 20 mins. Serve warm with parker house buns and soup!!