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Prep Time: 120 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 135 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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soft white easy to make dinner rolls. Ingredients:
3 1/2-4 cups all-purpose flour |
3 teaspoons fast rise yeast or 3 teaspoons bread machine yeast or 3 teaspoons other instant yeast |
1 tablespoon salt |
1 tablespoon superfine sugar |
1 1/2 cups milk |
1 1/2 tablespoons butter, softened |
vegetable oil, for bowl and baking sheet |
1 large egg, lightly beaten |
1 tablespoon milk |
1 pinch salt |
1 teaspoon sesame seeds |
1 teaspoon poppy seed |
Directions:
1. In a large bowl, combine 3 1/2 cups flour, yeast, salt and sugar.
2. In a small saucepan, combine milk and butter, and place over low heat until milk is lukewarm.
3. Pour into bowl of dry ingredients, and mix with a fork to make a rough dough, adding more flour if necessary.
4. Using a mixer with dough hook, or by hand, knead dough until smooth and silky.
5. Place in an oiled bowl, and cover with plastic wrap.
6. Let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 1 hour.
7. Punch air out of dough.
8. Oil a baking sheet, and set aside.
9. Pull off pieces of dough the size of walnuts, and form into round balls.
10. Place on baking sheet almost touching, about 1/4 inch apart, in 6 rows of 5 each.
11. Cover with a kitchen towel, and let rise in a warm place 30 minutes.
12. Meanwhile, heat oven to 425 degrees.
13. When rolls have risen, make a glaze by beating together the egg, milk and salt.
14. Paint rolls with glaze.
15. Sprinkle one row with sesame seeds and the next with poppy seeds; leave the third row plain, and then repeat pattern.
16. (A teaspoon of seeds should decorate 2 rows.) Bake rolls until risen and golden brown, about 15 minutes.
17. Transfer to a cooling rack or serve immediately.
18. To serve, place on a plate so rolls can be torn off to be eaten.
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