Knotted Rolls

Mom’s Knotted Rolls
yields: 3 dozen rolls

1/4 cup warm water
1 Tablespoon yeast
1 teaspoon sugar

Combine and let sit for 10 minutes or until it bubbles.

In bread mixer add:

3/4 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon salt
1 cup instant potato flakes
2 cups bread flour

In a saucepan, melt 3/4 cup butter and add 3 cups of milk. Heat and cool to warm so it won’t kill the yeast. Add all ingredients into bread mixer. Add 4 eggs (room temperature) and 6 cups of flour.

Dough will be sticky. Let rise for 1 hour. Roll out in a rectangle and cover with softened butter for plain or filling for orange rolls. Fold over into thirds and cut into 1 inch strips. Knot rolls and put onto cookie sheet (12 rolls to sheet). Let rise for 3 hours. Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes (or until very lightly browned).

Ingredients:

Flour

Sugar

Salt

Yeast

 (Saf yeast is the best you can find it at Shar’s in Mesa on Gilbert and Guadalupe)

4 eggs at room temperature

3 cubes/sticks of butter

Instant potatoes

3 cups milkwaterBosch or Kitchen Aid mixer

Instructions:

Combine:

1/4 cup warm water

( I use tap water, warm to me is pretty warm but you can still hold your hand under it)

1 tsp.sugar

1 Tbsp yeast

Combine but do not stir and let sit for 10 mins or until it bubbles.

(I put my yeast in a clear bowl so I can watch it better. The sugar will sink to the bottom and most of the yeast will sit on the top of the water and start to bubble up a little bit. You don’t want all your yeast to sink to the bottom if it does redo your yeast mixture.)

In the bread mixer add:

3/4  cups sugar

1 Tbsp salt

1 cup instant potato flakes

2 cups flour

In a saucepan:

melt 3/4 cup butter then add 3 cups milk. Turn stove down to low to warm the milk so it won’t kill the yeast. Add all ingredients into bread mixer and mix well.

After mixing, add 4 eggs (room temperature) and 6 cups flour.  Dough will be sticky.

Let rise for 1 hour. The dough will not rise a ton but you should notice it rise a little bit. Roll out in a rectangle and cover with butter. Fold over in thirds and cut in 1 inch strips. Tie rolls into a knot and put on cookie sheet (12 rolls per sheet)

Let rise for 3 hours. 

Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until lightly brown.

Here is my dough all rolled out and covered in melted better