The best bread rolls recipe ! This easy recipe produce soft, fluffy, sweet and delicious rolls. Let me show you how to make bread rolls with this step by step guide and video tutorial.
First prepare the bread pan by lightly oiling with butter. Set aside. Preheat oven at 170C.
In a mixing bowl, add melted butter, warm milk, egg and yeast.
Add in sugar, flour and salt. Mix together till the ingredients come together to form dough.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface or to a stand mixer. Knead for 5-8 minutes till dough is stretchy and pulls away from the side of the mixing bowl.Thedough will be sticky to touch initially don’t be tempted to add excess flour. If kneading by hand just add enough to be able to knead.
Divide the dough into 12 equal parts. Roll and shape each part into a ball and arrange in the lightly oiled oven dish, baking pan or bread tin.
Cover with towel and put in warm place to rise. Leave to rise (double in size) for 55 minutes.I put on the oven for 2 minutes then turn it off. I then place the bread pan in the oven. That way the dough rise faster. If house is cold or cool the dough takes longer to rise that’s why you should put dough in a warm place.
After 55 minutes when the dough has doubled in size, bake in the oven at temperature of 170C for 20 minutes.
Take bread pan out of the oven and immediately brush bread rolls with butter.
That's fluffy, delicious, soft bread rolls ready.
Notes
Bring all ingredients to room temperature.
The dough will be soft and sticky at first but when you knead it will become stretchy. Don't be tempted to add more flour.
Knead bread for the required time so the gluten forms and you get light, soft bread.
Dough should double in size before baking or you migh end up with dense bread rolls.
Best place to proof is in a warm place.
Use warm milk/water not hot. If water /milk is too hot it can kill the yeast and the dough will fail to rise.
Don’t leave baked bread in the pan for more than 10 minutes to avoid it being soggy at the bottom. Transfer to cooling rack.
Oil the loaf pan so bread comes out cleanly from it.
Can i use active dry yeast instead of fast action yeast?Yes you can but you have to proof the yeast first. To do this, put yeast in a bowl, add ¼ cup warm water and ¼ teaspoon of sugar.Whisk and leave mixture for 5-10 minutes till the yeast foams.