Fresh Baked Dinner Rolls with Honey and Sea Salt

Fresh Baked Dinner Rolls with Honey and Sea Salt

Ingredients:

31/2 cups plain flour, plus extra for dusting
3 tsp dried instant yeast
1 Tablespoons caster sugar (a fine baking sugar, granulated will work)
11/2 cups milk
5 Tablespoons (2 1/2 oz by volume)

For topping:
1 egg, beaten
1 tbs milk
1/2 C warm honey

Sea salt



Combine flour with yeast, sugar and 1 tbsp of salt in a large mixing bowl.

Warm milk and butter over medium heat until butter begins to melt (around 2 minutes). Pour butter and milk mixture into dry ingredients and mix with a fork to make a rough dough. If it seems too sticky, add a little more flour. Using a machine with a dough hook or your hands, knead with until the dough is smooth and silky. This should take around 5 minutes.

Put the ball of dough into a greased bowl and turn to coat.. Cover with plastic wrap and leave in a warm place to rise for around 1 hour or until doubled in size.

Grease a baking sheet. Punch down the dough and turn out onto a floured surface. Pull off golf-ball sized pieces of dough and form into little balls, forming them into five rows of six rolls. Place them no more than 1/4 inch apart on all sides to ensure that they meet once risen. Cover the rolls with a light towel and leave to rise for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425 F.

When rolls have re-puffed, beat together egg and milk to make the glaze. Brush the rolls tops with this mixture. Bake the rolls for around 15 minutes until they are golden brown.  Brush rolls with warm honey and sprinkle with sea salt to taste. Serve immediately or transfer to a wire rack to cool.



This is a soft white roll that, I think, is easy to prepare.  This is a recipe that can be used any time of the year but makes an excellent addition to a holiday table. 

To freeze rolls (best done same day of baking) cool, double-wrap with cling film and pop into freezer.