Sweet Dinner Rolls

Photo: Sathyasridhar

Ingredients

1 package Active Yeast

3 cups Cake flour and Wheat flour - (mixed half and half)

1 cup Warm milk

1/2 cup Sugar ( i used brown sugar)

1 teaspoon Salt

1 tablespoon Butter

4 tablespoons Canola or vegetable oil

Preparation

Dissolve the yeast in the warm milk with 1 tbsp of sugar. Keep it aside in a warm place till it rise for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in another deep bowl, sift the flour with remaining sugar, salt, butter and oil. Rub the flour with butter and oil till it resembles crumbs.

After yeast turns foamy, add it to the flour bowl. Mix it well; if it is sticky rub the hands with flour and try to blend together nicely. If you run out of milk, add little bit of warm water.

Make into soft dough and transfer into floured surface try to knead it well again. Transfer dough to a greased bowl and apply oil on top. Cover the bowl with wrapping sheet and let it rise to doubled, about 45 minutes.

Knead the dough again in the floured surface and cover it in greased bowl to rise for about 1 hour.

Punch down the dough again after 1 hour or doubled the size, and form into small balls or desired shapes in the greased baking sheet. Cover the sheet and leave it to rise for 25 minutes in warm place.

Bake the rolls in 350 degrees for 20 minutes or till light golden brown on top.

After baking, transfer the rolls to wire rack to cool.