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Wonderful, light dinner rolls, slightly sweet with beautiful orange winter squash flavor. From Best of The Sunset Cookbook, 101 Top Recipes
Difficulty: Intermediate
Servings: 24 rolls
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups warm milk
2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1 egg, lightly beaten
3/4 cup puréed squash or canned pumpkin
5 tablespoons vegetable shortening
4 to 5 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter, melted, plus more for pan
2 teaspoons poppy or sesame seeds
Directions
1. In a large bowl, combine milk with yeast, sugar, and salt. Let stand 5 minutes, then add egg and beat well to combine.
2. Add squash and shortening; mash with a fork until shortening is in small pieces. Add 1 1/2 cups flour and mix well with a wooden spoon. Gradually mix in more flour by the cupful until dough collects around spoon and pulls away from sides of bowl (you may not need all the flour).
3. Transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead 2 minutes. Put dough in a greased bowl; cover with a towel. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
4. Preheat oven to 400° and butter a large baking sheet. Punch dough down, turn out onto a lightly floured work surface, and knead until dough is smooth and supple, about 7 minutes. Cut dough into 4 balls; cut each ball into 6 pieces.
5. Roll each piece into a round and arrange rounds on baking sheet so they barely touch. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with poppy seeds; cover with plastic wrap and let rise 30 minutes.
6. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Let cool, then pull apart to serve.
Categories: Breads, Holiday, Rolls, Yeast Breads
Tags: Christmas, Thanksgiving
Submitted by: nursemary on October 1, 2011
justquilting says:
Tried these tonight with with thawed frozen butternut squash from my garden. They were delicious and for once my husband will eat squash in this form. Thanks for sharing.
On December 11, 2012 at 6:52 pm