One Hour Dinner Rolls

Ok, so I didn’t manage to crank these out in an hour, but they were super fast for homemade rolls! This was also the first time I’ve used whole wheat flour and I have really enjoyed these rolls. I plan to make more very soon. I’m going to also try to make some and freeze the dough (maybe after the second rise?) so they are ready to bake (like the ones you can get from the store-that you just pop in the oven frozen). I’ll have to experiment with that…

60 Minute Rolls

4-5 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp yeast
1 cup milk (re-hydrated powdered milk works great here)
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup butter or margarine

Mix 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar and yeast. Heat milk, water, and butter until very warm (120-130°).   Add warm liquid to dry ingredients and mix on medium speed for 2 minutes. (If you don’t have a mixer you can use a whisk or fork. Add 1/4 cup flour and 1 tsp salt. Mix for two more minutes. Continue adding the rest of the flour until stiff dough forms. Knead on a lightly floured surface or in your mixer for 2-3 minutes. Place in greased bowl and let rise for 15 minutes (remember you can do this in the oven if you want….if you live in a cold drafty house you may want to do this to ensure your dough rising). Punch down and form dough into 20-24 small dough balls and place on baking sheet. Let rise 15 minutes. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes.

I got this recipe from www.themotherhuddle.com
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I used my handy dandy kitchen aide to do all the work for me. It made it super fast and I could multi task while it mixed for a couple of minutes. I used quick acting yeast and ended up using two of those little packages for the recipe. I also used about 1/2 of the wheat flour and 1/2 white. I loved how they turned out with the wheat flour. I let them rise in the oven-I preheated it to 200 degrees and turned it off, then let them rise in there. ENJOY!