French Bread Rolls

Name: French Bread Rolls
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 5 h 25 min
Yield: 12 rolls
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted; 2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast; 2 teaspoons sugar; 2 cups water, 70 degrees; 1 1/4 ounces nonfat dry milk powder, 1/2 cup; 6 cups all-purpose flour; 5 teaspoons wheat gluten; 1 tablespoon salt; black pepper, to taste (I added 1 teaspoon coarse ground.); 1 cup rye flour; coarse salt, for sprinkling

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Recipe by PaulaG

Source: "Fine Cooking" This is one of my recently adopted recipes. I prepared it and it is wonderful. The end result are rolls with a crispy crust and soft chewy center. I always add wheat gluten when adding the flour. This produces a superior quality of bread so I am including it in the list of ingredients.

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READY IN: 5hrs 25mins

YIELD: 12 rolls

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

2

tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 ¹⁄₄

teaspoons dry yeast
2

teaspoons sugar
2

cups water, 70 degrees
1 ¹⁄₄

ounces nonfat dry milk powder, 1/2 cup
6

cups all-purpose flour
5

teaspoons wheat gluten
1

tablespoon salt
black pepper, to taste (I added 1 teaspoon coarse ground.)
1

cup rye flour
coarse salt, for sprinkling

DIRECTIONS

Dissolve yeast in mixer with water.
Add melted butter, sugar, dry milk, salt and pepper.
Whisk to incorporate.
Add 4 cups of flour and mix with dough hook.
Add additional flour until dough leaves the side of the bowl.
Knead dough by hand with a little flour until it is smooth and elastic Let rise in greased bowl, covered for about 2 hours until doubled.
At this point the dough can be refrigerated overnight or for 2 days.
Bring to room temperature before shaping.
Punch down and let rise until doubled again, about 2 hours.
Shape into 3 oz rolls, let rise covered for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Sprinkle with rye (or all purpose) flour, slash with lame quite deeply, sprinkle with salt.
Bake at 450 for 20-25 minutes (throw 1/4 cup ice water onto bottom of oven as soon as rolls are put in or spray sides of oven with cold water), reduce heat to 400 and bake another 5 minutes.
Turn off oven and let rolls sit to crisp for another 5 minutes.
Cool at least 20 minutes.
Store rolls in plastic bag.
To recrisp, put into 400 oven for 5 minutes.