Cloverleaf Rolls

Name: Cloverleaf Rolls
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 7 grams package active dry yeast (2 1/2 teaspoons); 473 milliliters bread flour; 1 large egg, lightly beaten with 2 teaspoons water; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp About poppy seeds and/or toasted sesame seeds for sprinkling; 2 teaspoons salt; 3 Tbsps sugar; 118 milliliters stick unsalted butter; 3 Tbsps warm water (105–115°F); 237 milliliters whole milk

Cloverleaf Rolls

Cloverleaf Rolls might be just the bread you are searching for. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 18 servings with 157 calories, 4g of protein, and 6g of fat each. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. If you have flour, bread flour, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Stir together warm water, yeast, and 1 tablespoon sugar in a small bowl until yeast is dissolved, then let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, discard and start over with new yeast.)

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Sugar

Water

Yeast

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Bowl

Melt 3/4 stick butter in a small saucepan, then add milk and heat to lukewarm. Stir together yeast mixture, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, butter mixture, bread flour, and salt in a bowl with a wooden spoon until combined well, then stir in 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, or enough to make a slightly sticky dough.

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Bread Flour

Butter

Dough

Sugar

Yeast

Milk

Salt

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Wooden Spoon

Sauce Pan

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Butter a large bowl. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface, kneading in more all-purpose flour as needed to keep dough from sticking, until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes (dough will still be slightly sticky). Form dough into a ball and put in buttered bowl, turning to coat.

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All Purpose Flour

Butter

Dough

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Bowl

Let dough rise, bowl covered tightly with plastic wrap, in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Butter 18 muffin cups with remaining 2 tablespoons butter.

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Butter

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Muffin Liners

Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and divide into thirds. Working with 1 piece at a time (keep remaining portions covered with plastic wrap), cut off tablespoon pieces of dough and form pieces into balls. Put 3 balls into each buttered muffin cup.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Let rolls rise, loosely covered with a kitchen towel (not terry cloth), in draft-free place at warm room temperature until almost doubled in bulk, 30 to 40 minutes.

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Roll

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Kitchen Towels

While rolls rise, put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.

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Roll

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Oven

Brush rolls lightly with egg wash and sprinkle with seeds.

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Roll

Seeds

Egg

Bake until golden, 15 to 20 minutes.

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Serve warm.

Rolls can be baked 1 day ahead and cooled completely, then kept, wrapped well in foil, at room temperature. Reheat in foil in a preheated 350°F oven 15 to 20 minutes.

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Roll

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Aluminum Foil