My grandmother made delicious yeast rolls….of course, without measuring spoons or cups or recipes. How do you get that great yeasty flavor into yeast rolls? I’ve tried recipe after recipe with no luck. Anyone got an old fashioned, high rising, sweet tasting yeast roll recipe?
Yeast Rolls
May
6
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Keelenorth says:
Not Only The Best But The Easiest Too!
Ingredients2 envelopes (1/4 oz) active dry yeast
1/2 cup lukewarm water (110 to 115 degrees F)
1/2 cup butter or oleo, softened
1/3 cup sugar, divided
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons instant potato flakes
1 cup hot water
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Butter or oleo, melted (for brushing rolls)
PreparationIn a small bowl, sprinkle yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar on the 1/2 cup lukewarm water and stir to dissolove. Let stand until foamy, about 5 to 10 minutes.. In a large bowl, mix butter, remaining sugar, salt, potato flakes, and hot water together until combined. Let cool to lukewarm. Add yeast mixture and 1 cup of flour to the potato mixture. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Scrape bowl occasionally. Gradually add the rest of the flour, one cup at a time, beating to make a soft dough. Place dough in a large greased bowl — turn to grease the top. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a draft-free warm place until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.
Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead 6 or 8 turns to remove air. Let rise about 10 minutes. Lightly grease or line a large baking pan (or 2 smaller pans) with parchment paper. Divide dough into 24 equal pieces. Cup your hand over 1 piece, and using your thumb and pinkie to keep ball inside your cupped hand, push dough with heel of your hand against work surface while rolling in a circular motion to form a smooth ball. Repeat with remaining dough pieces. setting balls about 1-inch apart on prepared baking pan(s). Brush tops carefully with melted butter. Loosely cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a draft-free warm place until doubled in bulk, about 45 to 60 minutes (rolls should be touching at this point).
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Bake rolls until golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. Watch carefully — do not overbake. As soon as rolls come out of oven, brush tops again with melted butter.
On May 6, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Suzanne McMinn says:
Keelenorth, could you please submit those as recipes so we can all find them later, too? Thanks!
On May 6, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Keelenorth says:
Yeast Rolls #2
Ingredients
•1 quart milk
•1 cup vegetable oil
•1 cup sugar
•2 pkgs yeast or 1 1/2 tbs
•1/4 cup warm water (do not exceed 110 degreees)
•1 tbs salt
•1 tsp baking soda
•1 tbs baking powder
•All purpose flour
Directions
1.Scald milk and add oil and sugar, set aside to cool to 95 – 110 degrees
2.Add yeast and warm water
3.Add enough all-purpose flour to make batter the consistency of a thick cake batter.
4.Cover and let rise until doubled
5.Stir down
6.Add salt, baking soda and baking powder and enough flour to make a smooth elastic dough.
7.(You may stop at this point and refrigerate the dough for up to a week or you use the dough immediately. Refrigeration will increase yeast taste)
8.When ready to bake, pinch off golf ball size pieces and place side by side (touching) in a greased baking pan. Let rise until doubled and bake in 400 degree oven until lightly brown.
9.Noe: If using self-rising flour, omit salt and baking powder.
On May 6, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Keelenorth says:
I have a recipe somewhere for Idiot biscuits
you make the dough and keep it refigerated and just bake em as you need em
On May 6, 2010 at 8:22 pm
AndiK says:
I posted a recipe called Bread Machine Yeast Rolls. They’re sweet and yeasty. 🙂 I hope they’re what you’re looking for!
On June 4, 2010 at 8:27 pm