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Hanks 'Crappy Old Rolls'

Source of Recipe

Hank Broussard


List of Ingredients

4 cups of bread flour
1.5 cups of hot water
2 teaspoons of instant active yeast
3 tablespoons of sugar
salt ( I use 2 teaspoons)
3 tablespoons of oil ( softened butter, margarine, canola, olive, etc)
(sometimes I am a bit heavy on the oil, but if you want authentic french bread then exclude oil)

have flour lukewarm (20 seconds in the micro works nice)
add salt and mix up
(you can sub different flours at this point but keep at least 2 cups of bread flour you can add a couple tablespoons of wheat gluten flour for a better rise when using graham, ryes and other subbed flours)

water hot and add to mixing bowl with sugar....stir to dissolve
when the water is around 104F then add the yeast to the top of the sugar water...
wait until it froths up a bit then you are ready to add the flour mix.
as you begin to mix the liquid and dry add the oil/butter and any other admends (seeds, flaked grain, raisins, etc)
knead until smooth then proof...I let it more than double
if you have it in warm spot it will proof in under an hour.
turn out the dough...quickly shape then let rise in a damp warm oven until more than doubled
remove from oven and raise temp of oven to 400F
shove in the bread and check every 10 minutes
after the first 10 I drop the temp to 350F

rolls bake up quickly
big bun loafs usually will go 30-40 minutes...



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