Whole Grain Pan Rolls Food

HOMEMADE PAN ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir together 2 cups flour, sugar, shortening, salt and yeast. Add water, milk and egg. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl frequently. Add the remaining flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until the dough comes together.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Place in greased bowl and turn greased side up. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Dough is ready if indention remains when touched.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide in half; cut each half into 24 pieces. Form the pieces into rounds. Place the rolls close together in two lightly greased 9 inch round cake pans. Brush with melted butter. Cover and let rise in warm place about 30 minutes or until doubled. Cover the rolls with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 18 minutes, until golden brown.

WHOLE WHEAT DINNER ROLLS

Steps:

• Bring 3/4 cup whole milk and 3/4 cup water to simmer in small saucepan. Remove from heat. Add butter; stir until melted. Attach instant-read thermometer to inside of pan; let milk cool until thermometer registers 120°F to 130°F.
• Meanwhile, combine 3 cups flour, potato flakes, dry milk powder, sugar, yeast, and salt in large bowl; whisk to blend. Add warm milk mixture. Stir to blend; mix in egg yolk. Knead mixture in bowl until dough comes together (dough will be sticky). Turn out onto floured work surface and knead until very smooth, elastic, and no longer sticky, adding more flour by tablespoonfuls as needed, about 8 minutes. Place dough in buttered bowl; turn to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, then kitchen towel. Let rise in warm draft-free area until doubled in volume, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Butter 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan or small baking sheet. Turn dough out onto floured work surface and divide in half. Knead each piece lightly until smooth. Cut each dough half into 8 equal pieces. Roll each piece into almost smooth ball. Arrange dough rounds in 4 lengthwise and 4 crosswise rows in prepared pan, spacing about 3/4 to 1 inch apart (rolls will not fill pan). Cover shaped rolls with kitchen towel and let rise in warm draft-free area until rolls have almost doubled in volume and have expanded enough to touch each other, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Gently brush rolls with egg-white glaze, then sprinkle generously with oats. Bake dinner rolls until light golden brown, about 28 minutes. Let rolls cool in pan 5 minutes, then pull rolls apart and cool on rack at least 15 minutes.
• A LITTLE AHEAD: Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cool rolls completely, then wrap in foil and let stand at room temperature. Rewarm foil-wrapped rolls in 350°F oven about 10 minutes, if desired, or serve at room temperature.
• FURTHER AHEAD: Can be made and then frozen up to 2 weeks ahead. Wrap in foil, then place in resealable plastic bag.
• *White whole wheat flour is milled from 100 percent hard white wheat. It contains all of the germ and bran (and nutritional value) of regular whole wheat, but has a naturally lighter color and milder flavor. It's available at some supermarkets and specialty foods stores and from kingarthurflour.com.

WHOLE WHEAT PAN ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add sugar/water mixture, shortening, salt, eggs and whole wheat flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough all-purpose flour to form a soft dough.
• Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled (about 1 hour).
• Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into four pieces. Shape into 2-inch balls. Dip balls into melted butter and place in 8" x 8" baking pan allowing balls to just touch. Cover and let rise until doubled (about 25 minutes).
• Bake at 375 degrees for 11-15 minutes or until browned. Remove from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.

WHOLE GRAIN PAN ROLLS

Steps:

• Combine water, honey, and butter in a small saucepan; heat until butter melts.
• Cool to 120°F (really warm but not too hot).
• Combine wheat flour, oats, yeast, and salt in a large mixing bowl; stir well.
• Gradually add hot liquid mixture, beating at low speed of an electric mixer 1 minute.
• Add egg,and beat an additional 2 minutes at medium speed.
• Gradually add flour to make a soft dough.
• Turn dough out onto a heavily floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic (about 8 minutes).
• Shape dough into 24 balls; place in a lightly greased 13x9x2-inch pan.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°F), free from drafts, 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
• Bake at 375°F for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

WHOLE-GRAIN MUSTARD PAN ROLLS

Steps:

• In a saucepan heat milk, butter, and syrup just until warm (about 105°F.) and butter begins to melt and remove pan from heat. Stir in yeast and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
• In a bowl of a standing electric mixer (or a large bowl if kneading by hand) whisk together flour and salt. In a small bowl lightly beat together whole egg, yolk, and mustard.
• With dough hook stir milk mixture and egg mixture into flour mixture to form a sticky dough. With dough hook knead dough 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic (dough will be soft). (Alternatively, dough may be formed with a wooden spoon and kneaded on a floured surface with floured hands until smooth and elastic, 10 to 15 minutes.)
• Transfer dough to a lightly oiled large bowl and turn to coat with oil. Let dough rise, covered loosely, in a warm place 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
• Make glaze:
• In a small bowl with a fork stir together butter, syrup, and egg.
• Grease a 13- by 9-inch roasting or baking pan.
• Punch down dough and divide into 20 pieces. Form each piece into a smooth ball and transfer to pan. Brush rolls with about half of glaze and let rise, covered loosely with plastic wrap, in a warm place about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Brush rolls with remaining glaze and sprinkle with seeds. Bake rolls in middle of oven 20 minutes, or until golden brown, and cool in pan on a rack 20 minutes. Rolls may be made 1 day ahead and kept, covered, in a cool dry place. (Alternatively, rolls may be made 2 weeks ahead and frozen in pan, wrapped well. Thaw rolls at room temperature.) Serve rolls warm or at room temperature.

WHOLE WHEAT PINEAPPLE PAN ROLLS

Steps:

• In large bowl mix flours and yeast, make a well in center.
• Drain pineapple reserving juice.
• In saucepan combine 1/3 cup reserved pineapple juice, milk, brown sugar, oil and salt heat to 115-120°; pour into well in flour mixture, add pineapple, mix altogether, bringing flour towards center turn out on to floured surface, knead adding flour as needed for 6-8 minutes.
• Place in (double it's size) large greased bowl; grease top and cover.
• Let raise 1 hour until dough has doubled.
• Punch down and let rest 10 minutes.
• Divide into 12 portions; roll each into ball between palms of hands, place in greased baking pan, brush with melted butter and let raise 30 minutes until double in size.
• Bake at 375°F for 15 minutes, until golden brown.

HONEY WHOLE WHEAT PAN ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups bread flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a small saucepan, heat the milk, butter and water to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Beat in eggs. Stir in whole wheat flour and enough remaining bread flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Cover and let rest 15 minutes., Divide dough into thirds. Roll each portion into a 20-in. rope. Cut each into 20 pieces; shape each into a ball. Grease three 9-in. round baking pans; arrange 20 balls in each pan. Cover and refrigerate overnight., Let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/4 hours. Bake at 350° until golden brown, 18-22 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, cream butter. Add honey; beat until light and fluffy. Remove rolls from pans to wire racks. Combine glaze ingredients; brush over warm rolls. Serve with honey butter.

EASY OATMEAL PAN ROLLS

Steps:

• Combine 2 cups flour, quick oats, undissolved yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl. Heat milk, water and butter to very warm (120° to 130°F). Pour into flour mixture. Beat for 30 seconds with electric mixer to combine. Increase speed to medium-high and beat for 3 minutes.
• Stir in enough remaining flour to make soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Form into two 12-inch long logs. Slice each into 12 portions using a serrated knife. Place 12 rolls each in greased 13 x 9-inch baking pans. Rolls should be spaced equal distance apart, and should not be touching.
• Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 to 55 minutes.
• Bake at 375°F for 20 to 25 minutes or until done. If desired, brush with additional melted butter.

WHOLE GRAIN POTATO DINNER ROLLS

Steps:

• Prep and Mixing
• Make sure you have at least 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes, whether leftover, made just for this bread, or pulled from a dish you plan to serve later.
• Whisk the dry ingredients (flour, yeast, salt) in a bowl.
• Heat the milk so it is warm enough to melt the butter. Add the honey, butter and mashed potatoes to the milk, allowing mixture to cool to under 95F.
• Combine the dry and wet ingredients until fully incorporated, and then knead by hand for 3-4 minutes. If you had thin mashed potatoes or thirsty flour, and your dough is stiff or sticky-wet, adjust the hydration with additional milk or flour.
• Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover it.
• First Rise
• Let the dough rise until it is about doubled, about 1 1/2 hours. (See the end of the instructions for sourdough timing.)
• Dividing and Shaping
• Divide the dough into 14 pieces if you're using two 9" round cakes pans, or 15 pieces if your using a 9x13" rectangular pan.
• Roll the dough into balls and place them in your lightly greased pan(s).
• Lightly brush the rolls with milk and cover.
• Final Proof and Baking
• Let the rolls rise for about 1 1/2 hours.
• Preheat your oven for about 20 minutes at 375F.
• Brush your proofed rolls with milk again and sprinkle them with sesame seeds and crushed rosemary if you want.
• Bake the rolls for 18-20 minutes.
• Remove the pan(s) from the oven and brush the rolls with butter to keep the outside soft.
• Serving and Reheating
• Serve after they have cooled 10 minutes. If you are serving later, let them cool completely, then cover them. Reheat the rolls just before serving by warming them in the oven for a few minutes or microwaved on a plate for a few seconds.
• Sourdough Version
• The bulk fermentation could be anywhere from 8-15 hours depending on your room temperature. At 67F, my dough took 12 hours.
• You can expect your final proof to be about 3-6 hours. In a warm (mid-80s) lit oven, my dough took 3.5 hours, but at cooler temps, you may need about twice that time.
• (The dough expansion shown in the the photo gallery during both rises applies to both the yeast and sourdough versions.)