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Yeast Rolls-Alden Miller




Source of Recipe


AldenPMiller


List of Ingredients





1/2 cup water (room temperature)
2 ½ teaspoons yeast
4 tablespoons sugar

1 ½ cups half and half
2 eggs
6 cups flour
1/3 cup Butter Flavor Crisco Shortening
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons honey
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl, mix water, yeast and sugar. Set aside 10-15 minutes or until foamy
Add half and half, eggs, 4 cups of flour. Mix well (2-3 minutes)
Add shortening, 1 cup flour, salt and honey. Mix well (2-3 minutes)
Add one cup flour. Mix well (2-3 minutes)

Turn dough onto a floured surface, knead 40 times. Use as little four as possible (1/4 cup). Dough will become smooth and elastic. Place dough in an oiled bowl. Cover with a moist towel. Set aside and allow dough double or triple in size. Approximately 2 hours.
Dump dough on counter. The oil used in greasing the pan will keep it from sticking. Shape dough in a square or rectangle. Cut into equally sized squares. Approximately 2 inch squares, 1 inch thick. Shape each square into a ball by cupping your hand over a square of dough, pressing the dough against the counter top, swirl you hand around in a circle to form rolls. Place rolls in a greased pan to rise
After rolls have risen bake at 350 degrees until brown. Yields 2 dozen

Discussion
I use a Kitchenaid Mixer with a dough hook to mix the ingredients. I have never done it by hand but hand mixing should work fine.
Rising - Hot water is not necessary for dough to rise. It could actually kill the yeast and prevent rising. The elasticity of the dough is an important factor of a good rise. This recipe uses Active Dry Yeast. Poofing the yeast in water and sugar first is not absolutely necessary but promotes a faster rise. You could actually add all the ingredients at once, mix and knead and end up with great rolls. I’ve done it. Just took a little longer. If you want to skip the poofing step use bread machine or rapid rise yeast.
Flour - I use unbleached all-purpose flower. Bread flour will work also. I stopped using bread flour because it is more expensive.
Liquid – Evaporated milk, whole milk or any combination can be used also
Honey – Honey can be omitted but it gives the rolls a great flavor. You can substitute honey for all of the sugar. You can also substitute maple syrup.
Baking - I bake on the bottom rack of a convection oven. Bottoms come out a little less brown than the tops.
Bake in cast iron - I have baked rolls in different types of pans and Cast Iron produces the best results. Bottoms brown better and the rolls in the middle and outside of the pan cook evenly.
Know when to bake - When the dough has risen go ahead and bake. If you let them rise too long they could collapse or the tops could flake off.
Total preparation time – 7 hours start to finish. It varies depending on the environment.

Variations
Same dough makes great cinnamon buns. After first rise roll out, add cinnamon/sugar mixture, roll. Cut, let rise.
Cheddar Cheese rolls. Add a 1 inch square piece of cheddar cheese in the center when forming rolls

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