Dinner Rolls

Here's the original recipe -






















I couldn't in good conscience add 10 tablespoons of butter so I added 2 Tbsps of canola oil and 1 Tbsp of butter then another Tbsp of  butter on top of the rolls right before they went into the oven. So my recipe looks like this:

Dinner Rolls

1 1/4 C 1% milk
2 T canola oil
1 T butter
2 T honey
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 1/4 C whole wheat flour
2 1/2 C all purpose flour
1/2 C wheat germ
1 T dough enhancer
1 1/2 t salt
2 1/4 t yeast

Add everything to bread maker in order listed or order recommended for your bread maker and set on dough cycle. (These can of course be done by hand but I prefer to choose the easy way and let the bread maker do the hard part.)

After bread maker is done doing it's thing -
Divide dough into 2 parts.
Roll out each part into a 12 inch snakelike roll then cut each snake into 12 pieces.
Roll each of the 12 pieces into a ball.
Here you can either  place the simple balls on parchment paper or you can go a step further and make the pretzel twists like I did.
*Pretzel shapes - roll each ball into another snakelike shape about 9 inches long then tie a loose knot from each.

Either way, place the dough rolls on a parchment lined baking sheet or casserole dish and cover with plastic wrap and allow to double in size. Then brush tops with butter and bake in a 375 degree oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown on top.

In Pictures

Shape into pretzels and place on parchment lined sheet

After brushing tops with butter, bake in 375 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.

Remove when golden.

What I Learned -

1. The rolls were good but slightly bitter. I think next time I'll leave out the wheat germ and be more precise on the sugar/honey addition.