For Busy Moms: Rhodes Marks 50 Years Of ‘Homemade’ Without The Hassle

Deseret News:

For 50 years, Rhodes frozen dough has been a boon for busy moms, enabling them to take hot, freshly baked rolls from the oven without the mixing, kneading and rising time.

In fact, when Herbert C. Rhodes started the company in Portland, Ore., in 1958, the slogan on the package was “We make it … Mom bakes it!”

It’s also a great help for kids who want to make a Mother’s Day breakfast or lunch. There are good reasons why some of the company’s recipes have become classics: They’re easy and they taste good. You don’t have to be a Rhodes scholar to make them. And you can adapt the recipes to homemade dough if you prefer to make your own.

Originally from England, Rhodes’ first inventions were automotive parts for Model T Fords. In 1932, he founded Rhodes Bakery Equipment and patented machines for bread- and cookie-making. Then he bought a freezer manufacturing plant. In 1958, he combined the bakery equipment and refrigeration plants and developed Rhodes Bake-N-Serv bread, franchising 17 frozen dough plants over most of the United States, Canada and England.