yeast bread

White Bread Rolls

2017, baking
  • scant 3 1/2 cups bread flour (King Arthur)
  • 2 1/2 tsp rapid rise yeast
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup warm milk
  • 1/3 c warm water
  • 2 TBSP butter

Heat oven to 200 degrees, once it reaches 200 degrees, turn off the oven.  This is will be used to store the dough for rising.

Combine warm milk, warm water and butter in a measuring cup, allowing the butter to melt.

Combine the dry ingredients in the stand mixer bowl.

With the dough hook attachment going on medium, slowly add the milk mixture and let mix for about 10 minutes until smooth, shiny and soft.

Quickly knead the dough into a ball and oil the surface.  Return to the mixer bowl, cover and place in the oven (turned off).  Let rise about 50 minutes.

Portion into 16 rolls and place in a greased 9X13 glass baking dish.  Cover, return to the oven and let rise another 30-45 minutes till the dough slightly indents when pressed.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes

Monkey iBread

2017, baking, family

I’m trying my hand at breads that contain milk to introduce little E to baked products containing milk.  He failed his oral milk challenge, so now the task is to provide him with baked milk proteins to develop tolerance.  Thought that monkey bread would be popular and fun to make with little S.

Makes one small Bundt pan

Dough

  • 1 TBSP warm water
  • 3/4 tsp active dry yeast
  • 1/2 cup room temperature milk
  • 2 TBSP brown sugar
  • 2 TBSP softened butter
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups bread flour

Cinnamon Sugar Mixture

  • 1/4 cup brown sugar + 1/2 TBSP cinnamon + pinch salt all combined in a bowl
  • 4 TBSP melted butter in a separate bowl

To make the dough, combine warm water and yeast in the mixing bowl.  Let foam.

Add bread flour, brown sugar, egg, milk, salt.  Mix with the dough hook attachment until a smooth ball forms, adding butter a little at a time (about 8- 10 minutes)

Cover and let rise for 1 hour.  May use an oven that has been heated to 200 degrees, with the oven off.  If time permits, do a second rise.

Once proofed, turn dough out on to work surface. DO NOT flour the surface.  Pat dough into a square and cut into fourths.  Then cut each fourth into eight pieces.

Roll each dough piece into a ball, dip into melted butter, then roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture.

Place into a very well oiled Bundt pan.  Let rise for another hour.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes until the top is deep brown.

Let cool 5 minutes, then tun monkey bread out.  Best served freshly made.