Healthy Recipes

Directions

1. Whisk ingredients

   In a large bowl, whisk together flour, yeast, salt, and sugar.

2. Bring ingredients to a boil

   Place a small saucepan over low heat and combine milk and butter until lukewarm and butter has melted. Don’t bring to a boil.

3. Mix with fork

   Pour into bowl of dry ingredients. Mix with a fork to make a rough dough.

4. Knead the dough

   Using a standing mixer with dough hook, or by hand, knead the dough until smooth and silky.

5. Let the dough rise

   Place dough in a lightly-oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let it rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

6. Uncover the dough

   After an hour, uncover and punch the air out of dough.

7. Oil baking sheet

   Oil a rimmed baking sheet and set aside.

8. Roll into balls

   Pull off small pieces of dough the size of walnuts and roll into balls. Place on baking sheet, leaving about a 1/4 inch between each. You should have 6 rows of 5 dough balls.

9. Let the dough rise

   Cover with a kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place for approximately 30 minutes.

10. Preheat oven

    While dough is rising, preheat oven to 375 degrees.

11. Melt butter

    Melt ½ stick butter in a small saucepan.

12. Butter the rolls

    Using a pastry brush, paint the rolls with melted butter and top with either poppy seeds, sesame seeds, or oats.

13. Bake

    Bake rolls until golden brown, about 15 to 18 minutes.

14. Serve

    Transfer to a cooling rack or serve immediately.