DELICIOUS DINER ROLLS
Delicious diner rolls from Liz
INGREDIENTS
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o 1 1/2 cups of milk
o 3/4 cup + 1 Tablespoon Sugar
o 1 egg
o 1 Tablespoon salt
o 2 Tablespoons yeast
o 2 cups of warm water
o about 9-10 cups of all purpose flour
o at least 1 cup of butter
INSTRUCTIONS
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1.
1-
Scald 1 1/2 cups of milk, 3/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup of butter, in a microwave
safe bowl, for about 2 minutes. Cutting the butter into pieces helps it melt
faster. There will probably be some little cubes of butter still floating in
the hot mixture, they will melt.
2.
2-
add yeast to this hot mixture, but it will be too hot to just dump the yeast
straight in (it would kill it!). To cool it down stir in 1-2 cups of flour,
then add 1 egg and 1 Tablespoon of salt, and leave it to cool for a couple of
minutes. Meanwhile, in a measuring cup dissolve 2 Tablespoons of yeast in 2
cups of warm water and 1 Tablespoon of sugar. Let it sit for a couple of
minutes until it is bubbly.
3.
3 -
Make sure your milk mixture is just warm, not boiling and add the yeast
mixture!
4.
4-
Using a fork or wooden spoon, gradually stir in 9-10 cups of flour (counting
the flour you have already added to cool it earlier). I would recommend only
adding 2 cups at time and stirring in between. These rolls turn out so much
better when they are mixed by hand.
5.
5-
At the end the dough will be dense and sticky, and may be hard to stir, you can
use your hands to incorporate the rest of the flour if needed. Be sure not to
add too much flour. Then smooth the dough out and cover the bowl with plastic
wrap. Leave it in a warm place and let it rise.
6.
6-
When your dough is close to raising completely, butter 2 cookie sheets and set
them aside.
1.
7-
Let the dough raise until it has doubled in size.
2.
8 -
Cover your working space with flour to prevent the dough from sticking. Dump
your dough out and divide it into 4 balls. Eyeball the sizes, then lift them up
and feel the weight of each ball. Try to make them even, but they don’t have to
be perfect.
3.
9-
Using one ball of dough at a time: roll the dough into a circle on a floured
counter. Once it is rolled out spread the top with butter from edge to edge.
You will use about 2 Tablespoons per circle of dough.
4.
10
- Cut the dough into quarters using a pizza cutter.
5.
11-
Then cut each quarter into 3 pieces. You should end up with 12 triangles from
each circle of dough.
6.
12-
Roll the dough starting with the wide end of the triangle
7.
13-Tuck
the tail of the triangle under the roll and place it on the buttered cookie
sheet. You will make 3 rows, with 8 rolls per row. This will give you 24 rolls
per pan. Two balls of dough will fill 1 pan. You will get a total of 48 rolls!
8.
14-
Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. Place the pans of rolls in a warm place (on
top of the oven if possible) to let them rise. Once they are touching and full
in size, cook (one pan at a time) in the oven ’till they are golden brown.
About 10 – 15 minutes, It may take longer depending on how hot your oven cooks.
Keep a close eye on your first pan to get the right time for the second.
9.
15-
While they are still hot and fresh out of the oven run a stick of butter over
the tops of the rolls for a delicious buttery glaze.
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