Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup sugar{2.5oz}
- 1.5 teaspoons salt
- 6 tablespoons butter{3oz}
- 1 cup unseasoned mashed potatoes, lightly packed*{7.25oz}
- 2.5 teaspoons instant yeast
- 3/4 cup water {potato water, if possible}
- 4.25 cups Unbleached All-Purpose Flour{18oz}
- 1 medium-to-large baking potato will yield 8 oz. mashed potato
Preparation
Step 1
BREAD MACHINE METHOD:
Place all the ingredients into the pan of your bread machine in order recommended by manufacturer. Program for dough or manual. Check dough about 10 minutes before the end of the final kneading cycle and adjust its consistency as necessary by adding additional water or flour to form a soft, smooth ball. Allow machine to complete its cycle, then allow dough to remain in the machine till it's doubled in bulk, perhaps an additional 30 minutes or so.
SHAPING:
To make stand-alone rolls, divide into 16 equal pieces. If you want to make soft-sided, pull-apart rolls, divide the dough into 15 pieces. This isn't as challenging as it sounds: first, divide the dough into three equal pieces {about 375g, 14 oz., each} Pinch off 1 piece, about the size of a racquetball or handball {75g,2¾ oz.}, off each of the three pieces, setting the pinched-off pieces aside; then simply divide what's left of the three pieces into four pieces each. Presto! Fifteen balls of dough. Gently roll the dough balls under your cupped fingers till they're nice and round.
Place balls onto a parchment-lined or lightly greased baking sheet or sheets, leaving 2” between them. Or place into a lightly greased 9x13” pan, spacing in 5 rolls of three balls each. Cover and allow to rise about 2 hours, till they're quite puffy; the rolls in the 9x13” pan should be touching {or almost touching} one another.
***{Burger Buns: 3 oz./Dinner Rolls:2-2½ oz.}
BAKING:
Bake 20-25 minutes in a preheated 350°F oven, till they're golden brown. Remove them from oven, carefully turn them out of the pan -- the pull-apart rolls will come out all in one piece -- and brush them with melted butter, if desired. Serve warm or at room temperature.