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German and Other Rolls

A yeast bread roll made with flour, yeast, salt, and warm water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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German and Other Rolls

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Make the dough

  1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, yeast, and salt.

  2. Gradually add warm water to the flour mixture, stirring until a soft dough forms.

  3. Knead the dough until smooth, then let it rise in a warm place until doubled in size.

Shape and prove

  1. Shape the dough into round rolls and place them on a floured board or in dusted trays.

  2. Cover the rolls with a cloth and let them prove until puffy.

Bake

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).

  2. Transfer the rolls to a baking peel, cut slanting slashes on top, and bake until golden.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

All-purpose flour
Forms the gluten network that gives the rolls their structure and chew.
Active dry yeast
Produces gas as it ferments, making the dough rise and become airy.
Coarse sea salt
Strengthens the gluten and controls yeast activity for flavor and a firmer dough.
Warm water
Hydrates the flour so gluten forms and activates the yeast.

The step that matters

Knead the dough until smooth, then let it rise until doubled. Kneading develops the gluten that traps the gas yeast produces. Rising until doubled gives the rolls their lift, so underproofed dough bakes up dense.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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