Soft White Dinner Rolls
- For the dough
- 3 1/2 - 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 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
- For the toppings
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon poppy seed
- In a large bowl, combine 3 1/2 cups flour, yeast, salt and sugar.
- In a small saucepan, combine milk and butter, and place over low heat until milk is lukewarm.
- Pour into bowl of dry ingredients, and mix with a fork to make a rough dough, adding more flour if necessary.
- Using a mixer with dough hook, or by hand, knead dough until smooth and silky.
- Place in an oiled bowl, and cover with plastic wrap.
- Let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 1 hour.
- Punch air out of dough.
- Oil a baking sheet, and set aside.
- Pull off pieces of dough the size of walnuts, and form into round balls.
- Place on baking sheet almost touching, about 1/4 inch apart, in 6 rows of 5 each.
- Cover with a kitchen towel, and let rise in a warm place 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat oven to 425 degrees.
- When rolls have risen, make a glaze by beating together the egg, milk and salt.
- Paint rolls with glaze.
- Sprinkle one row with sesame seeds and the next with poppy seeds; leave the third row plain, and then repeat pattern.
- (A teaspoon of seeds should decorate 2 rows.) Bake rolls until risen and golden brown, about 15 minutes.
- Transfer to a cooling rack or serve immediately.
- To serve, place on a plate so rolls can be torn off to be eaten.
dough, flour, bread machine yeast, salt, sugar, milk, butter, vegetable oil, toppings, egg, milk, salt, sesame seeds, poppy seed
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/soft-white-dinner-rolls-57690 (may not work)