Sunday, December 20, 2009

Refrigerator dough

This is a slight alteration to a recipe my mom gave to me. It is really a convenient way to have home-made rolls freshly baked out of the oven. I use about 1/2 unbleached organic white flour and 1/2 organic whole-wheat flour.

Mix in a bowl:
1 cup flour, 3 Tablespoons sugar, 2 teaspoons dry yeast, and 1/2 tsp salt.

Place unbroken egg in cup of hot water to warm egg.

Heat in pan:
1/4 cup milk, 1/2 cup water and 1/4 cup butter.
Heat on medium heat until butter is almost melted. Remove from heat.

Add egg and 1/2 cup warm mashed potatoes to butter mixture.

Add this mixture to the dry ingredients. Use mixer to blend on low speed just to moisten. Then blend for 3 minutes on medium speed. Add 2 to 2 1/4 cups flour, first add little bit at a time and blend with mixer till dough is semi-stiff. Then add by hand kneading in flour. Knead for about 5 to 10 minutes. Place in bowl and cover with plastic wrap let rise until double about 45 minutes to an hour.

Punch down and cover closely with plastic wrap. Put in refrigerator until ready to use.

Shape into rolls and let rise for an hour. Bake in 350 degrees oven for about 10 minutes.