Soft Dinner Rolls

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2-4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons fast rise yeast or 3 teaspoons bread machine yeast or 3 teaspoons other instant yeast
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon superfine sugar
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, softened
• vegetable oil, for bowl and baking sheet
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon poppy seed

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine 3 1/2 cups flour, yeast, salt and sugar.
• 2 in a small saucepan, combine milk and butter, and place over low heat until milk is lukewarm.
• 3 pour into bowl of dry ingredients, and mix with a fork to make a rough dough, adding more flour if necessary.
• 4 using a mixer with dough hook, or by hand, knead dough until smooth and silky.
• 5 place in an oiled bowl, and cover with plastic wrap.
• 6 let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 1 hour.
• 7 punch air out of dough.
• 8 oil a baking sheet, and set aside.
• 9 pull off pieces of dough the size of walnuts, and form into round balls.
• 10 place on baking sheet almost touching, about 1/4 inch apart, in 6 rows of 5 each.
• 11 cover with a kitchen towel, and let rise in a warm place 30 minutes.
• 12 meanwhile, heat oven to 425 degrees.
• 13 when rolls have risen, make a glaze by beating together the egg, milk and salt.
• 14 paint rolls with glaze.
• 15 sprinkle one row with sesame seeds and the next with poppy seeds; leave the third row plain, and then repeat pattern.
• 16 (a teaspoon of seeds should decorate 2 rows.) bake rolls until risen and golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• 17 transfer to a cooling rack or serve immediately.
• 18 to serve, place on a plate so rolls can be torn off to be eaten.