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03/23/15
Rolls or Knots
Filed under: - A normal day, - Bread
Posted by: Hild @ 1:51 pm

Ingredients:

  • 2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast
  • 1 dl warm water
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar
  • -

  • 50 grams butter or oil
  • 4 dl (skim) milk
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • Ca. 750 grams plain flour
  • -
    + For garlic knots: crushed garlic cloves + melted butter
    + some more milk for brushing

    Directions:

    Proof the yeast by stirring it vigorously with warm water and sugar in a small bowl (water ca. 37-45 degrees Celsius). Cover the bowl with a towel and leave it for up to 10 minutes until it has a frothy top.

    Mix the yeast with all ingredients other than the flour. Sift in the flower while mixing - making sure you don’t work the dough too hard or too long or you will struggle to make it rise later. Cover bowl with towel and leave in a warm place (no drafts) to rise to twice its original size. Rule of thumb is to leave it to rise for max 3 hours. If it still hasn’t risen your yeast was probably “dead” before you started or you used too hot water to proof it thereby “killing” it. Divide dough into about 25-35 pieces depending on preferred size.

    Roll each piece into to a smooth bun shape. Sometimes we make them into knots instead of plain rolls by rolling strips of dough and folding them into a knot (see photo below). For a flavourful twist, we sometimes flatten the the strips with a rolling pin and spread a mix of garlic and butter on them using a brush. Then we roll up the strips and shape them into knots again (see photo).

    Place rolls/knots on a greased or non-stick baking sheet. We like when the rolls/knots batch or rise to touch each other so place them quite close together. Cover with a towel. Preheat oven to 250 degrees Celsius. For second rising, leave them for at least 30 minutes in a warm place (no drafts). Brush the rolls with room-temperature milk and bake in the middle of the oven for 8-10 minutes until light brown.

    Enjoy, and keep in mind that these can be frozen for future enjoyment…

    Photos:

    Spreading garlic/butter mix on dough - before tying them in knots!

    The only knots left the next day…

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