LION HOUSE ROLLS

By KimberlyB

Ingredients

• 2 T. active-dry yeast
• 2 c. warm water
• 1/4 c. sugar
• 1/3 c. butter-softened but not melted, or shortening
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2/3 c. nonfat dry milk (instant)
• 5-5 1/2 cups bread flour, for best results (I use 5. It's not necessary to add the entire amount of flour. Judge by the stickiness of the dough, not by the amount you've added)

Details

Preparation time 95mins
Cooking time 113mins
Adapted from idigpinterest.com

Preparation

Step 1

In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine water and milk powder and stir until milk dissolves. Add yeast, then sugar, salt, butter, egg and 2 c. flour. Mix on low until ingredients are wet, then turn to medium speed and mix for 2 minutes. Add 2 more cups of flour and mix on low until ingredients are wet and then on medium for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 c. flour at a time until dough starts to clean the sides of the bowl and feels soft and slightly sticky. Let dough rise, covered, until doubled (about 45 minutes). Roll out and let rise again on
lightly greased cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 degrees for 15-18 minutes until golden brown. Brush tops of rolls with butter right out of the oven.


**Freezable: Baked rolls may be frozen in freezer-safe Ziploc bags. Microwave the frozen rolls (about 6 at a time) for 2 minutes before serving.


TIPS: Don't add too much flour! They will not be soft if you do! The dough will still seem sticky after adding around 5 cups flour, but don't be tempted to add too much more. After raising and then rolling them out in more flour, the dough should be a perfect consistency.


The recipe calls for active dry yeast, but you can substitute instant yeast if that's what you have on hand. To use instant yeast, cut down the amount of yeast to 1 1/2 T. and don't proof the yeast in the water. Just add the yeast and water together with the other ingredients in the recipe and proceed with the directions.


I bake mine for 15 minutes and the second batch about 11 minutes, but baking time will depend on how big your rolls end up being.


You can watch a great video demonstration on how to cut and roll them out just like the Lion House here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8wPowCbtbo


Enjoy!