Homemade Dinner Rolls

Hello all,

So I decided to write this post because of various requests to share this recipe of my homemade dinner rolls. Firstly, as a mom and home chef😍 , I think yeast is very essential in every kitchen. With yeast, you can do a lot of cooking and baking to feed a household. This recipe requires yeast and so you will be needing that in this recipe and in my other recipes to come. I will also share some recipes that don't require yeast so you can make nice snacks in the absence of yeast! The dinner rolls recipe is time consuming like any other yeast recipe, so you'll have to be patient. 

Ingredients

42 grams butter

120 grams milk

30 grams sugar

2 grams salt (if you're using salted butter, you can omit this)

1 large egg (weighs apprx. 50gms)

7grams dry yeast

210 grams all purpose flour

*1000 grams patience 😀😀😀  (a lot of it!!!)

Method

In a small pot, melt your butter. When melted, add your milk (please ensure that milk and egg are at room temperature so it doesn't cool the butter so much as we need the warm mixture to activate the yeast). Add sugar, salt and the egg. Mix together until the egg incorporates into the milk mixture. Then add the yeast. Cover the pot with a lid and leave the yeast to activate around 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, open the pot and you'll see the mixture a bit frothy. The yeast has been activated. Afterwards, add flour and mix everything with a spatula or wooden spoon. When it comes together, knead until it forms into a dough, it should feel sticky and not smooth. Cover the dough mixture with a plastic wrap and towel and allow it prove for 1 hour. I use a kitchen timer to guide me. You can also use the timer on your phone to do this, set for 60mins and wait. When your time is up, your dough would have doubled in volume. Deflate and knead the dough again into a ball. It should be smooth after you knead it this time. Cover again with the plastic wrap and towel and leave for another 40mins to rise. When your 40mins is up, knead the dough and divide into small balls like tennis balls. Grease a pan and put the balls in the pan. Space out the balls because they will eventually grow closer to each while rising and baking like the pictures below.

                          

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Cover again and leave the dough for 1hour(that's where the patience comes in👍). Some 45mins into the proving, preheat your oven to 180ºc. When it is time, crack and egg and baste the dough with it. Try to be gentle with it not to deflate the dough. Put in the oven and bake for 15-20mins depending on your oven. When rolls are ready, remove from oven and enjoy 😌👌 . When rolls are cooled, remove and store in a plastic bag or container so as to maintain freshness. 

Enjoy ✊ and please post your comments and questions. 

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