Roasted Garlic and Sage Parker House Rolls
- 1 head garlic
- 3 large leaves fresh sage, plus smaller ones for garnish
- 1 14 cups warm milk (110-degree)
- 12 ounce active dry yeast (2 packages)
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for bowl and pan
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 14 tablespoons salt
- 5 12 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling out dough
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Wrap the garlic head in a piece of aluminum foil, and roast it until the garlic cloves are soft, 30 to 40 minutes.
- When garlic head is cool enough to handle, squeeze out the soft garlic from each pod.
- Place the soft garlic in a small bowl, and stir until a puree forms.
- Finely chop the large sage leaves, and stir them into the garlic puree; set the filling aside.
- Place 1/2 cup warm milk in a small bowl, and sprinkle the yeast over the top.
- Set aside to dissolve, about 5 minutes.
- Pour the remaining 3/4 cup milk into a medium saucepan, set over medium-high heat, and bring just to a boil.
- Cut 6 tablespoons butter into small pieces.
- Remove the pan from the heat, and stir in the butter pieces, the sugar, and the salt.
- Stir until the butter has completely melted.
- Set pan aside.
- Place 4 1/2 cups flour in the bowl of an electric mixer.
- Using your hand, make a well in the center of the flour.
- Place the yeast mixture, the butter mixture, and the eggs in the well.
- Fit the mixer with the dough hook, and, with the machine on low speed, blend just until the mixture starts to come together, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface.
- Knead until the dough becomes soft and smooth and is no longer sticky, 5 to 10 minutes, adding the remaining cup flour as needed.
- Lightly butter a bowl and an 11-by-17-inch baking pan.
- Place the dough in the buttered bowl.
- Turn the dough so that it is lightly coated with butter, and cover dough with a clean kitchen towel.
- Let dough rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Punch down dough, and let rest 10 minutes.
- Melt the remaining 4 tablespoons butter.
- Divide the dough in half.
- Roll out one piece on a lightly floured surface, keeping the second piece covered, forming a 10-by-12-inch rectangle; trim the edges as needed.
- Cut each rectangle lengthwise into five 2-inch-wide strips.
- Cut each strip into three 4-inch-long rectangles.
- Working with one rectangle at a time, brush half of it with melted butter, and spread about 1/8 teaspoon garlic-sage filling in a thin layer over the melted butter.
- Fold rectangle in half, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang at the bottom.
- Transfer the roll to the prepared baking pan.
- Repeat forming and making rolls, arranging them on the baking pan so they overlap slightly.
- Roll out remaining half of covered dough, and form remaining rolls.
- Cover the baking pan with a clean kitchen towel.
- Let the rolls proof in a warm place until they have doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
- Brush the top of each roll with melted butter and arrange 3 sage leaves on top.
- Bake rolls until they become golden brown on the tops, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Serve.
garlic, fresh sage, warm milk, active dry yeast, unsalted butter, sugar, salt, flour, eggs
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/roasted-garlic-and-sage-parker-house-rolls-512830 (may not work)