I’m headed back to Indy Style tomorrow! It will be my third time on the show (I previously demonstrated my recipes for Cinnamon Roll French Toast and Slow Cooker Carnitas). This time, I’ll be talking about the many uses for biscuit dough and showing how easy it is to make at home. I hope my appearance will go smoothly but it’s live TV so anything can happen. Catch the show at 9:00 a.m. EDT on WISH-TV Channel 8 (CBS) in Indianapolis or stream it live online at www.indystyle.tv. Wish me luck!

It’s a dough baller! Click this link to see a manufacturer’s video of a similar machine at work.

We use this piece of equipment every morning in the MCL Restaurant & Bakery kitchens to make our signature Cloverleaf Rolls. The baker mixes and kneads the dough just like you would at home. Then he or she puts the dough on a special plate. It starts out as one large blob of dough and ends up as several golf ball sized pieces. This happens by putting the plate, which has special indentations, into the machine. The machine shakes and individual rounds form in the indentations on the plate.

The baker puts three balls together in each well of a muffin pan. As the dough rises, it clusters together to form the cloverleaf shape. I doubt you’ll want to purchase your own dough baller for home, but you can roll them by hand and use the same technique to create your own homemade cloverleaf rolls.

It’s time for another installment of “What Does That Do?” You know how to play—guess what this piece of MCL Restaurant & Bakery equipment is used for in the comment section below, then check back tomorrow for the answer.

I’ve been asked to judge a new contest sponsored by Reliable Water. It’s called the Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge and the winner gets $2,500 in seed money. To enter, you just have to submit a cool idea for a food business concept. You can submit an application online at hotwater247.net through May 15.

I’m looking forward to seeing what neat innovations people come up with. As judge, I’ll review all the applications and determine my favorites. Then my fellow judges and I will meet with the finalists face to face. A finalists’ showcase will be held on June 20 in the Bankers Life Fieldhouse which is open to anyone who attends the Chamber’s annual party, Schmooza Palooza. Come check out the winner and be sure to stop and say hello.

There’s a lot of talk these days about whole grains. They’re filling and heart and waist friendly—but only sometimes tasty. That’s one of the challenges I’ve been attempting to overcome as I work on a new recipe for multi grain bread. What do you think readers, would you choose multi grain if it were one of the bread options at MCL Restaurant & Bakery?