bread rolls

chika

Hi there,Does anyone have a receipe for making bread rolls. I don't have a breadmaker but would love to bake some bread. I bet its much cheaper than buying it too.I'm not bothered if they are brown or white rolls and I can go and get some fresh yeast from the supermarket. Ive had a look at the index thread but can only find breadmaker stuff?Thanks

dragonllew

Hi my husbands a baker and he just uses the same recipe as for a loaf of bread and the just mould into balls and leave to prove before you bake them

LJM

i do this

thriftlady_2

Mix in a large bowl
1½ lbs white bread flour
½ lb wholemeal bread flour(you can use all white if you like, but not all wholemeal)
4 tsp of easy blend dried yeast -the type that comes in sachets or little packets.
2 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar

Pour out
half a pint of milk
add from a recently boiled kettle or very hot tap
half a pint of water
This should give you liquid of the correct temperature.

Mix the liquid with the dry ingredients together to make a dough.
Knead on a floured surface for about 4 mins or longer if you can. It should be smooth and stretchy.

Put it in a bowl covered with a damp cloth for 1½ hours to rise. It will double in size.

After this time punch the dough down to get rid of air and give it a quick knead again.

Divide into 12-16 balls. Or, do what I do and cut the round of dough into segments like a pie -roll these triangles flat and roll them up from the wide end to make something similar in appearance to a croissant.

For flattish baps, dust rolls with flour then press each one with your thumb to stop them becoming too domed in the oven.

Place rolls on a floured baking tray, make sure they have room to rise. Cover with damp cloth again and leave to prove for 25 mins.

Bake at 220 c for 15-20 mins

If you want the rolls to stay soft wrap them in a clean tea towel as they come out of the oven.

Kadeeae

I have been absolutely loving my Panasonic SD255 and quite happy with most of it's results so far, although I have had a couple of loaves that weren't quite risen enough and the tops were awful (ragged and uneven), but all in all I am very pleased.

So far, just to minimize mistakes, I've used bread mixes, but when these run out I think I've got enough confidence to try the real from scratch method. As we speak I have some dough going so that I can try my very first rolls. Just trying a basic bap for my first time. I've been a bit wary of doing dough and shaping my own rolls (wimp, lol) but decided to take the plunge today:eek:

Any hints/tips/suggestions for roll making would be greatly appreciated and put to use for the next batch.

msflowerfairy

I made the dough in my breadmaker, and then split the dough into roll iszed blobs, split the blobs into 3, and plaited them, and tucked the ends under.
Split it in to 2 and crossover, then leave to rise in a warm place for an hour.

It just looks a bit different to a normal bread roll, and is a bit more fun!

Penelope_Penguin

Sorry, bit late for this tip now, but IME, the dough from BMs tends to be very sticky, so I use slightly less water than in the recipe.

Make sure you use plenty of flour when you're working the dough, or the rolls won't have enough strength to hold their shape when rising and cooking.

We shape ours into plaits (as above) small cottage laves, knots, bloomers. It's also nice to brush with egg then sprinkle with seeds (poppy, sesame, etc) just before baking.

Well done for trying this!

HTH, Penny. x

thriftmonster

If I want rolls that stay soft until the next day, I add an egg to the mix (don't bother adjusting the liquid). This gives them a softer crust and texture which dh and the kids prefer. Using milk instead of water has the same effect.

To get a nice shape, I roll out the dough and cut circles with the top of a pint glass and then transfer to baking sheet to rise.

kethry

there's a page on making rolls on my blog, here... its linked to making bread by hand (rather than in a bread maker) but it should help, coupled with information from other people on this page good luck with it!

HTH

keth
xx

pavlovs_dog

if i find the time i might try this once im back at uni. its been so long since i used my breadmaker im worried bats will fly out if i open it :eek: :rotfl: