These rolls are perfect for dinner or breakfast. They are also good for small sandwiches.

Yield 8

Ingredients

2 cups water, lukewarm
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons instant yeast or active dry yeast
2 tablespoons olive oil
5 cups Unbleached Bread Flour
1 tablespoon salt

Directions

Place the dough ingredients in the large bowl on a mixer fitted with a dough hook, and mix the dough at medium speed for 8 minutes. The dough should form a ball and pull away from the sides of the bowl.

Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and knead by hand for a minute or two.

Lightly coat the mixing bowl with cooking spray or olive oil. Return the dough to the bowl and cover it with plastic wrap. Allow it to rise in a draft-free place for 1 hour.

After the first rise, deflate the dough and divide it into 8 equal pieces shape each piece into a ball and cover it with greased plastic wrap.

If using a roll pan, spray each of the mold sections with cooking spray.
If you do not have a roll pan, then cover a baking sheet with parchment p[paper.

Working with one piece of dough at a time, shape it into an oval to fit the mold sections of the pan. Or shape each piece of dough into a 4-inch oval and place on the prepared baking sheet.

Cover with greased plastic wrap and let them rise for 30 minutes.

Preheat to 375°F.

Place the pan in the oven and bake them for 30 minutes, or until they’re deeply golden brown. Remove the bread from the oven and cool it on a rack.


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