Ingredients
Scale
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup cold water
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup sugar (depending on how sweet you want your rolls)
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 1/2 cups bread flour
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 2 1/2 teaspoons of yeast
Instructions
- Put the ingredients in the order listed into a bread machine and put it on the dough setting.
- Spray a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan with cooking spray.
- When the dough is done, pull it out of the bread machine. Shape pieces of dough into nice balls by pulling the top of the dough down with two fingers and pinching it underneath. It really takes two hands to do this effectively so I had a hard time taking a picture of this part of the process … try to make the balls roughly the same size.
- Place the balls into the baking pan allowing a good amount of space around each one so it has space to rise. I couldn’t fit all my dough balls into this pan. I got out a small casserole pan to bake the rest in.
- Now you have two options: you can let the dough rise and bake it today … or you can cover the pan and put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours or up to 4 days. I have a nice cover for my 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan so it was quite easy for me to just put the cover on and stick it in the fridge.
- On the day you want to eat your rolls, take the rolls and put them in a warm place to rise until they are big and puffy. Rising time will vary depending on how warm your “warm place” is … anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. (You might notice the lighting has changed … yes, it’s dark out and a day later and I’m ready to bake my dinner rolls now!)
- Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 – 20 minutes. If they seem to be getting too dark too fast, cover them with aluminum foil for part of the cooking process. Uncover in the last few minutes to let them brown.
- Spray the lovely rolls with cooking spray to soften the tops before serving to your hungry crowd.