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or this? (graphic pops)
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We're making homemade dinner rolls today, from scratch.
Because I bet you didn't know how easy they actually are,
and they taste better.
(gentle music)
We're going to start,
by mixing together three and a half cups of flour,
a teaspoon of salt and a tablespoon of instant yeast.
Next we're going to mix together the wet ingredients.
I have here, a cup of almond milk.
You can use any milk you want,
but I like to keep it dairy free.
So almond milk works really well.
The only thing I would advise is don't use rice milk,
and don't use coconut milk,
because the texture and the consistency,
just does not come out right.
So to the cup of almond milk,
we're going to add four tablespoons of olive oil.
You can also use butter, but again,
if you want to keep it, dairy-free, olive oil works great.
And you want the milk to be warm,
but not hot, because if it's hot,
it's going to kill the yeast.
Just kind of dip your finger in there.
If it doesn't burn your finger, it's good.
Or up for 115 degrees Fahrenheit.
So now we're going to add two tablespoons of honey.
You can also use sugar instead.
And the beauty of measuring olive oil before measuring honey
is nothing sticks to the tablespoon,
if you measure the olive oil first,
just a fun, little trick for you there.
And finally, we're going to crack an egg.
Okay, now we're going to whisk together
all the wet ingredients.
And now we're going to pour the wet ingredients,
on top of the dry ingredients,
and mix everything together.
And use a spoon at this point,
to mix everything together,
until the flour is well incorporated,
into the wet ingredients.
And now we're going to cover this,
and let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
And that time is going to allow
the flour to absorb all that liquid, so don't skip it.
Hey, Siri, set a timer for 10 minutes.
- [Siri] 10 minutes. Counting down.
(wrap tearing)
All right. Now it's time to knead the dough.
You can do this with a stand mixer,
but it's so easy to do it by hand.
And it's actually kind of therapeutic.
All right.
We scraped the dough onto a lightly floured surface,
and now we're going to knead it for eight to 10 minutes,
using a folding motion, until it's nice and smooth,
and stretchy. This is the fun part.
And after about eight to 10 minutes,
this is what the dough's looking like.
Okay, we're going to put this in a well-oiled bowl,
for about 90 minutes, until the dough doubles in size.
And you want to pay attention
to the temperature in your kitchen,
because that's really going to affect how the dough rises.
You want it to be warm but not hot,
and you don't want it to be too cold either.
I actually like placing it in a microwave.
Just making sure not to turn on that microwave,
or placing it in the laundry room actually,
which is a pretty warm place in the house.
All right, you guys, look at our dough.
It has more than doubled in size,
and we're ready to go ahead and cut it into 15 pieces,
and make the dinner rolls.
So now the next part is to add some flour to a surface,
and we're going to transfer the dough right to the surface.
Now we'll cut it into about 15 equal pieces,
and it's okay if they're not perfect.
So now what you're going to do is
you're going to take one of those pieces,
and you're going to tuck all the sides,
into the center, like so,
and then pinch it all together,
and then use your hands to just form it into a ball,
while pinching and tucking at the bottom.
And we're going to take one of these,
and put it on a baking sheet,
lined with parchment paper, with the seam down.
We do need to let these rest one more time for 30 minutes.
I'm going to go ahead and cover them in saran wrap,
and let them rest for 30 minutes.
They're actually going to double in size in that time.
Oh my goodness. Look how good these look.
They've doubled in size and they look so fluffy.
We're going to take off that saran wrap.
And now we're going to go ahead,
and bake these in a preheated oven at 375,
for 13 to 18 minutes.
And as soon as they come out of the oven,
you want to go ahead and brush them with some olive oil,
just to give them that beautiful glisten.
And while they're hot,
it's really going to absorb all of that olive oil perfectly,
all right, time to pull these apart, to serve them.
And look how moist and beautiful they look.
I want to show you guys the inside of one of them.
Okay. It's just perfect.
You guys, these look so good and they smell delicious.
So time for a taste test.
I'm going to take one, cut it in half.
Course, I took the weird one.
Add some butter to it.
I'm just waiting for the butter to melt now. (laughs)
Make it beautiful.
Okay. I have been waiting for this bite for, let's see,
10 minutes of resting, 90 minutes of resting, again,
30 minutes of resting again,
and then like 13 minutes of cooking, so I deserve this.
I earned this.
Mm.
So, so, so good.
Look how flaky that looks on the inside.
It's super soft and nice and spongy.
It has a wonderful texture. It's light and airy as well.
And it's just the kind of bread,
that goes along with any kind of meal,
all year long, especially Thanksgiving.
If you try this recipe,
I would love to hear from you,
and hear how you made it and how you liked it.
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