Charlenes Potato Rolls Food

POTATO ROLLS

Steps:

• Cook the potato in a microwave on HIGH until soft and it squeezes easily, using the designated baked potato setting, or up to 15 minutes. Peel and pass the warm potato through a potato ricer or food mill into a large bowl. (You should have 1 cup pureed potato.)
• Stir the hot water, eggs, half the sugar and yeast into the potato. Add 2 cups of the flour and the salt and mix with a wooden spoon to make a sticky, shaggy dough. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place until the dough doubles in volume, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Beat the butter with the remaining 1/3 cup sugar in a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until light and fluffy. Switch to the dough hook and add the risen dough to the creamed butter. Continue to mix on low until the butter and dough come together, about 1 minute. (Stop the mixer and scrape down the bowl if needed; the dough will be very sticky.) Gradually add the remaining 2 1/4 cups of flour, about 1/4 cup at a time, to make a shaggy dough that pulls away from the side of the bowl. Continue kneading on medium speed until dough is smooth but still tacky, about 3 to 4 minutes.
• Turn dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knead by hand until dough is smooth and no longer tacky, 1 to 2 minutes more. (If the dough is still sticky, gradually add 1/4 cup flour.) Shape dough into a ball.
• Brush a large bowl with butter and turn dough around in bowl to coat lightly. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap, trace a circle the size of the dough on the plastic, and note the time. Let rise at room temperature until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Generously butter two 9-inch round or square cake pans. Turn the dough out of the bowl and pat into a rectangle about 16- by 8-inches, gently pressing out excess air. Divide the dough into 32 equal portions, about an ounce each, with a pizza wheel or bench scraper.
• (If you don't have a scale, divide the dough in half lengthwise, then in half crosswise. Cut each of those four sections into 8 equal-sized rolls.)
• Tuck the edges of the dough under to make round rolls and place them seam-side down in the prepared pan, leaving a little space in between each roll. (See Cook's Note) Cover the pan with buttered plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place until the rolls rise almost to the rim of the pan and have more than doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
• Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F.
• Bake rolls until golden brown and puffy, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the rolls registers 190 degrees F, about 40 minutes. Remove rolls from the oven and quickly brush the tops with soft butter.
• Cook the rolls in the pan for about 10 minutes before turning them out onto a rack in one piece. Cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature in one piece or pulled apart as individual rolls.

POTATO ROLLS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water in a bowl. Let stand until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes.
• Mix milk, mashed potatoes, shortening or butter (see Cook's Note), sugar, and salt together in a bowl; add yeast mixture and egg. Stir 2 cups flour into the milk mixture until incorporated. Stir in remaining 2 cups flour to make a soft dough.
• Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 7 minutes. Place dough in a lightly greased bowl, turning once to coat all sides of dough with oil. Cover bowl and put in a warm place until dough has doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Punch dough down and shape into a ball. Cover the bowl and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Shape dough into 24 rolls and place onto prepared baking sheets; let rise until dough springs back when you touch the side of a roll with your fingertip, about 25 to 40 minutes.
• Bake rolls in the preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.

EASY POTATO ROLLS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in 2/3 cup warm water. In a large bowl, combine mashed potatoes, sugar, shortening, eggs, salt, remaining 2/3 cup water, yeast mixture and 2 cups flour; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough., Do not knead. Shape into a ball; place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch down dough; divide into thirds. Divide and shape 1 portion into 15 balls; place in a greased 9-in. round baking pan. Cover with a kitchen towel. Repeat with remaining dough. Let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375°., Bake rolls until golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.

ARLENE'S POTATO ROLLS

Steps:

• Dissolve 2 pkgs active dry yeast in warm water, add salt and 2T sugar.
• Heat until warm: mashed potatoes, butter, 1Cup sugar and milk.
• To the potato mixture, add yeast mixture, then mix in flour.
• Mix well and turn out on floured board and kneed for 10 minutes.
• Let rise for 1 hour in greased bowl (in a warm area). If you haven't killed the yeast it will double in size.
• Wait an hour and punch down and make round rolls (large is best).
• Let rise another hr (or more) and bake in oven for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Sometimes longer....
• Then sit back and watch brains fall out.
• Delicioso!

CHARLENE'S POTATO ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Begin by adding 1 pkg. active dry yeast to 1/2 cup lukewarm water along with 1 teaspoon sugar. Set aside to proof.
• 2. Combine 2/3 cup butter flavor Crisco shortening, 1 cup mashed potatoes, 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon salt and cream together using a paddle attachment in your stand mixer, or beat until smooth by hand in a large bowl.
• 3. Add two beaten eggs, 1 cup scalded and cooled milk and the proofed yeast; mix again.
• 4. Begin adding flour a cup at a time. Switch to your dough hook about two cups into the process. Continue adding flour until a smooth, elastic dough comes together. You will need somewhere between the 4 to 6 cups of flour depending on the flour you are using/the humidity of the day. I test the dough by feeling it. It should not be sticky but still leave a finger impression easily.
• 5. Allow to rise until double in size. Punch down and knead on a floured board for about 5 minutes. At this time you can either form the rolls or put the dough in a greased, covered bowl and put in the refrigerator until about an hour before you are ready to bake.
• 6. To form rolls: Roll dough to 1/2 inch thick rectangle. I use either a pizza cutter or sharp knife to cut the dough into squares about 3 x 3 inches. Take a square and put a small amount of softened butter on half of it. Fold in half and pinch edges together. Place on a greased baking sheet, seam side down and continue with rest of dough.
• 7. Allow rolls to rise until double in size. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and bake for about 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown.
• 8. Enjoy! PS - I use this same dough to make cinnamon rolls. I add a little ground cardamon to the dough to add to the flavor.