Honey Whole-Wheat Dinner Rolls Or Hamburger Buns
- 1 cup Warm Water
- 1/4 cups Orange Juice
- 2-1/4 teaspoons Instant Yeast
- 1 cup All-purpose Flour
- 2 cups Whole Wheat Flour (I Love Using Stone-ground, Or For A Light Nutty-tasting Version, White Whole Wheat Flour)
- 4 Tablespoons Soft Butter
- 3 Tablespoons Honey
- 1-1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 2/3 cups Dried Potato Flakes
- 1/4 cups Dry Milk
- 1 whole Egg, Beaten (for Egg Wash)
- Optional Garnish: Sesame Seeds, Rolled Oats And Melted Butter As The Finish
- Combine the water, orange juice and yeast in the bowl of your standing mixer. Whisk to combine.
- Sprinkle the flours over the top of the yeast mixture and briefly mix.
- Add in the soft butter, honey, salt, potato flakes, and dry milk.
- Mix on low speed for two minutes with the dough hook. Switch to medium speed and knead the dough for about 7 minutes. The dough should form a slightly tacky ball.
- Put the dough into a greased container, cover it, and allow it to rise until nearly doubled. It should be very puffy, even if it has not quite doubled. This may take up to 2 hours, depending on the temperature of your room.
- Once dough is risen, lightly grease a 9x13 pan, a quarter sheet pan, or two 9 inch round cake pans.
- TO SHAPE DOUGH INTO DINNER ROLLS: Gently turn the dough out onto a greased surface. If you're making all the dough into dinner rolls divide into 16 pieces. Gently round each portion underneath your palm. Space evenly, putting 8 rounds into each greased pan, or all 16 of the rounds into a 9x13 pan.
- FOR HAMBURGER BUNS: Divide dough into 3 ounce portions and round the portions into balls. Place onto a greased or parchment lined sheet, and gently press down with your fingers to flatten to about 1/2 inch thickness. If they spring back too quickly, allow them to rest for 10 minutes or so, then try patting them flat again.
- Beat 1 egg with 1 Tablespoon water and "paint" the tops of the rolls with the wash. This will give them that pretty shiny crust. Sprinkle with sesame seeds or rolled oats, if you like.
- Once rolls are shaped, cover them with greased plastic wrap and allow them to rise until very puffy, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. While they rise, preheat your oven to 350F.
- Bake the rolls until golden brown all over, 23 to 25 minutes. If the tops begin to brown too quickly, simply place a sheet of foil over the top, halfway through the baking time.
- Remove the rolls from the oven and after 3 minutes or so, carefully transfer them to a wire rack to cool. Be careful, as the buns will be a bit fragile while warm.
- Brush them with melted butter to give them a soft crust.
- Serve slightly warm, with butter and jam.
- Or toast the hamburger buns and get your grill on!!!
water, ubc, yeast, allpurpose, whole wheat flour, butter, honey, salt, potato flakes, ubc, egg, sesame seeds
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/breads/honey-whole-wheat-dinner-rolls-or-hamburger-buns/ (may not work)