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Crusty Hard Rolls

in Diana's Recipe Book

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Servings: Yield: 12 rolls
 
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These rolls have a delicious shiny, crunchy crust, partly the result of allowing them to proof overnight in the refrigerator, partly from an egg white wash applied just prior to baking.

Ingredients:
Starter
1/2 cup water
1 cup King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1/8 teaspoon instant yeast

Dough
All of the starter
3 1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon instant yeast

Instructions:
The Starter:
Mix the starter ingredients together until smooth, cover, and let rest at room temperature overnight.

Combine all of the dough ingredients and mix and knead them together -- by hand, mixer or bread machine, until you've made a soft, somewhat smooth dough; it should be cohesive, but the surface should still be a bit rough. Allow the dough to rise, covered, for 3 hours, gently deflating it and turning it over after 1 hour, and again after 2 hours.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly greased or floured work surface. Divide it into 12 pieces, shape the pieces into balls, and firm them up by rolling them under your lightly cupped fingers on an unfloured work surface. Place the rolls on a parchment-lined baking sheet, cover them, and let them rise for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until they've doubled in size. Refrigerate them for several hours, or overnight.

Remove the rolls from the refrigerator, and brush them with a wash made of 1/2 cup water mixed with 1 tablespoon egg white (you won't use up all the wash). Slash a 1/4-inch deep cut across the top of each roll, and bake them in a preheated 425°F (220°C) oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until they're a deep golden brown. Remove them from the oven, and cool on a wire rack. For an extra-crisp crust, allow them to cool in the turned-off, door-propped-open oven.

Yield: 12 rolls.

Source: King Arthur Flour
Date: September 16, 2004

Reviews

Reviewer: Janice Rosenberg
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This recipe was exactly what I wanted. I replaced 1 1/2 cups of the King Arthur with whole wheat flour, added 1 tablespoon of soy flour and 2 tablespoons of oat bran. Before I made the dough into rolls, I kneaded in raisins and chopped toasted walnuts. I allowed the rolls to rest overnight in the fridge and was delighted with the baked results. These rolls freeze well, too.

 
Reviewer: Nancy Lange
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We loved these rolls

 
Reviewer: crazy brains
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loved these... crunchy heaven!

 
Reviewer: Hannah Bell
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These are so tasty and are great filled with soup! I even freeze them and warm them back up in the oven and they still taste fantastic!

 
Reviewer: kathy
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This is the second time I made them and this time I tripled the recipe so I can freeze some. Very good and worth the work.

 
Reviewer: Momma Pat
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Excellant, crunchy, a super dinner roll. I used them for "Pulled Pork" Oh soooo good. Love this recipe, just what I was looking for. It's a lost art, anymore, but this recipe, brought back all the nostalgia. Good eating.

 

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