Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls

Name: Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons quick-rising active dry yeast (from two 1/4-ounce envelopes); 1 large egg white, whisked with 1 tablespoon water (for glaze); 1 large egg yolk; 710 milliliters (or more) white whole wheat flour* or regular whole wheat flour; 59 milliliters nonfat dry milk powder; 177 milliliters instant mashed potato flakes; 3 Tbsps quick-cooking oats; 1 teaspoons salt; 3 Tbsps sugar; 59 milliliters (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; 177 milliliters water; 177 milliliters whole milk

Need a vegetarian bread? Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls could be a tremendous recipe to try. One serving contains 158 calories, 5g of protein, and 4g of fat. This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. epicurious.com. If you have water, egg white, instant potato flakes, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Bring 3/4 cup whole milk and 3/4 cup water to simmer in small saucepan.

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Whole Milk

Water

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Sauce Pan

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.

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Butter

Milk

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Kitchen Thermometer

Frying Pan

Meanwhile, combine 3 cups flour, potato flakes, dry milk powder, sugar, yeast, and salt in large bowl; whisk to blend.

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Instant Potatoes Flakes

Powdered Milk

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Yeast

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

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.

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Egg Yolk

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Milk

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Bowl

Place dough in buttered bowl; turn to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, then kitchen towel.

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Dough

Wrap

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Kitchen Towels

Plastic Wrap

Bowl

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.

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Butter

Dough

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Baking Sheet

Baking Pan

Cut each dough half into 8 equal pieces.

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Dough

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.

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Dough

Roll

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Kitchen Towels

Frying Pan

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Gently brush rolls with egg-white glaze, then sprinkle generously with oats.

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Glaze

Roll

Oats

Egg

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Oven

Bake dinner rolls until light golden brown, about 28 minutes.

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Dinner Rolls

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Oven

Let rolls cool in pan 5 minutes, then pull rolls apart and cool on rack at least 15 minutes.

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Roll

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Frying Pan

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.

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Roll

Wrap

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

FURTHER AHEAD: Can be made and then frozen up to 2 weeks ahead. Wrap in foil, then place in resealable plastic bag.

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Wrap

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Ziploc Bags

Aluminum Foil

*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.

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White Whole Wheat Flour

Wheat

Bran