Cooking with yeast can be an exasperating experience. However, the flip side is it can also help you to create delightfully, warm, soft and delicious dinner rolls that are literally straight out of the oven to the dinner table. With a little patience you can make rolls that look, smell and taste like they came from the finest bakery.
There are a few main tips that need to keep in mind to create wonderful rolls. First, you need to have yeast that is fresh. Old yeast tends to act weakly or not act at all, which won't give you any rising action in your rolls and will leave you with flat, dense rolls that are hard and tasteless. Next, you need to have a draft free, warm place to allow your dough to rise. Without the rising period the rolls remain small and hard. It is essential to have this warm place to let the rolls rise to perfection.
Some smaller tips to help your rolls turn out perfectly will help to set your baking apart. Warm your liquid before adding to the yeast. Make sure it is not hot or it will kill the yeast, too cold and it won't work have a reaction with the yeast.
Another great tip is to mix your sweetener with the warmed liquid before adding to the yeast. This will help give the yeast something more to react with. Once you have added the liquid to the yeast and mixed together, let it stand until the yeast is bubbly and frothy and active. Add the other liquids if your recipe calls for them, then add the dry ingredients.
Flour should be added one cup at a time and then kneaded in. Do not overload your dough with flour. Too much flour will make it hard for the rolls to rise and they will be denser and not as flavorful. Add the flour until the dough does not stick to the sides of the bowl. Knead for five minutes. You may need to add more flour during this stage to allow the dough to be workable. That is fine and normal. Add enough to make the dough pliable and smooth.
Once you have smooth workable dough, you may choose to do a single rise or a double rise depending on your time constraints. If you wish for a double rise, place the dough in a greased bowl, cover loosely and place in a warm place to rise until doubled. The oven turned to a low degree setting will not work for this. It will still be too hot and will cook your dough. Once the first rise is completed, or if you choose to do a single rise, punch down the dough, remove it from the bowl and place it on a floured surface. Roll the dough out and cut into portions. Shape and then place on cooking pans. Whether you wish to make fancy or plain rolls let them rise until doubled in a warm draft free place and then bake them in a preheated oven, remove and brush with butter. Serve straight from the oven to the dinner table and watch everyone devour your home-made, heavenly melt-in-the mouth dinner rolls!
Prices Professional Wahl Clippers Brand New Munchkin Boilers
No comments:
Post a Comment