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Mini Bread Rolls (With Yeast and Potatoes)

a dozen soft golden mini bread rolls on a cooling rack
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Soft mini bread rolls are enriched with potatoes for a hearty flavor, creamy texture, and subtle sweetness. The most adorable mini dinner rolls!!

Ingredients

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  • 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 3/4 cup Shortening (Crisco)
  • 1.5 tsp Salt
  • 2 Eggs
  • 3/4 Mashed potatoes ((1 potato, boiled))
  • 1 package Yeast ((2 and 1/4 teaspoons))
  • 1/2 cup Lukewarm water
  • 6 cups Flour

Instructions

Cue up the Episode!

  1. Make sure to listen to Laura on The Storied Recipe Podcast, Thanksgiving In Italy while you make her Mini Bread Rolls recipe!

Make the Recipe

  1. Put potato on to boil.
  2. Soak yeast in 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water and 1 tbsp sugar.
  3. Cream sugar, shortening, and salt. Add eggs and potatoes and cream again. Add water and yeast. Add flour gradually until dough is sticky. Knead until smooth on top. (See Note 1)
  4. Rub a little Wesson oil or canola oil on top. Put in warm spot and let rise 2 hours.
  5. Punch in. At this point, you can refrigerate the dough (make sure you lightly oil the dough and cover it tightly with saran wrap) or set aside to use fairly soon.
  6. One hour before baking, use a scale (or eyeball it) to separate dough into equal pieces. Form into balls. (The Clark Family say a golf ball is just the right size).
  7. Bake at 375-400 for 10 minutes or until brown. (See Note 2)

Notes

  • Make sure to listen to Laura on The Storied Recipe Podcast, Thanksgiving In Italy while you make her Mini Bread Rolls recipe!
  • The dough can be refrigerated up to a week!
  • Note 1: To make the dough more workable, I added the yeast to just 1 cup of water and left another 1/2 to add if necessary. (I did this at the advice of Dee in Bonus Episode 003, Tips for Home Bakers)
  • Note 2: Watch the time. The sugar and potato starch in this recipe form that lovely crust, which does caramelize quickly. Better a tad underdone than a tad over.

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Find it online: https://thestoriedrecipe.com/mini-bread-rolls-perfect-for-thanksgiving/