Simple white rolls recipe

breadrolls

Fed up of those rubber rolls from the supermarket? So are we!

Ingredients

  • 550g Bread flour (white, wholemeal or a mixture of both!)
  • 7g (One sachet) Fast-action yeast
  • 2 tsp Caster Sugar
  • 2 tsp Salt
  • 300ml warm water
  • 3 tbsp Olive oil
  • Plus extra flour for dusting
  • 1 Egg

Method

  1. Combine the flour, yeast, salt and caster sugar in a large bowl and give them a good mix.
  2. Pour the water and oil into the well of flour and gradually mix the flour in until it forms a dough (Use one hand to mix and keep one hand free to add more flour/water if needed.)
  3. Transfer the dough to a surface lightly covered in flower & start to knead. Do so for around 15 minutes until smooth and elastic.
  4. Place your smooth dough into a lightly oiled, covered bowl and leave to prove for an hour.
  5. Once your hour prove has finished knock back the dough around 10 minutes (basically punching the life out the dough), then roll into a long sausage shape and divide into 6 sections. Form these sections into small rounds. Whip the egg and then brush the section with the egg and place on a covered baking tray for another hour. Whilst proving preheat the oven to 200C/fan.
  6. Now cook your rolls in the oven for 10 minutes. Once out of the oven transfer to a cooling rack, tapping the bottom of the rolls to check that they sound hollow. Cover with a clean tea towel when cooling. This will absorb the moisture from the heat coming of the rolls.

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