As I have mentioned in the earlier post, I have made a couple of dinner rolls for this Baking Partner’s challenge. First time when I saw the Lion house dinner rolls was in Studio 5 show, where Brenda Hopkin, the Lion House Head Baker was showing how to make these dinner rolls with their mixes, I was curious and decide to try it.
Lion house bakeries are a famous bakery in Salt Lake city, Utah. I have lot of memories connected to Utah, after marriage I lived for about 11 month. My hubby stayed there for about 6 years he worked at Bingham University and then for a company in Orem, Utah. We used to take long walks after dinner and weekends around the city as everything was closed there in Sunday. I too worked at Utah Valley State University for two semesters, before moving to Texas. It is a beautiful place with snow covered mountains in the winter and running waters stream in summer. My hubby and I took long drives during weekend to see national parks, Grand Canyon etc. I miss all that now. However, right now getting any personal time is out of question. Even taking a nap is not easy; one kid will be wake while the other one is taking a nap.
I wanted to try lion house bakeries rolls exactly the way Brenda showed in that video, the only change I made is that I used both All-purpose and bread flour. I like that combo to prevent the chewiness. I also added a combo of shortening and butter instead of butter alone. I made rose shaped and clover leaf rolls with it. It turned out the delicious and soft.
Here is the recipe, these are really good for your dinner table; I am 100% sure about that.
In a small bowl mix warm water and milk powder and combine well and set aside.
In a bowl of kitchen aid stand mixer mix the flours, salt, sugar, yeast, shortening and butter along with wet ingredients to form a sticky dough.
Knead well to form smooth dough and transfer to a greased bowl for doubling. It took about 90 minutes.
Once it doubled transfer the dough to well floured area and spread it into rectangle and then cut out clover leaf and rose shape.
Clover leaf shapes
For Rose shape
Shaped Dinner Rolls( Rose and clover leaf)
Prep Time 3 hours
Cook Time 25 minutes
Serves 6-8
Rose and clover leaf shape is adapted from Lion House Rolls
Ingredients:
- 1 cups warm water (110-115 degrees)
- 1/3 cup ½ tablespoon (41g) nonfat dry milk (instant)
- 1 ¼ Tb. (12 g) dry yeast
- 1 ½ tablespoon (19g) sugar
- 1 ⅛ tsp. ( 6 g) salt
- 2 1/2 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon shortening
- ¼ th of egg
- 1 ½ cup ( 240 g ) bread flour
- 1 ½ cup (210g) all purpose flour
Steps:
In a small bowl combine the water and the milk powder and stir so the milk dissolves and combine well.
In the large bowl of an electric mixer, add flour, yeast , sugar, salt, shortening, egg . Gradually add water and milk mixture and mix on low speed of mixer until ingredients are wet, then turn to medium speed and mix for 2 minutes. The dough will be getting stiff and you may need to remove the bowl from the mixer. The dough should be soft, not overly sticky, and not stiff.
Scrape the dough off the sides of the bowl and pour approximately one tablespoon of vegetable oil all around the sides of the bowl. Turn the dough over in the bowl so it is covered with the oil. (This helps prevent the dough from drying out.) Cover with plastic and allow to rise in a warm place until double in size it takes about 90 minutes.
Sprinkle a cutting board or counter with flour and put the dough on the flour. It is now ready to roll out and cut into desired shape and size of rolls. Place on greased (or parchment lined) baking pans. Let rise in a warm place until the rolls are double in size (approx. 30 to 45 minutes) .At end of second rise heat the pre-heat oven to 375F. When you are ready for baking brush with egg wash.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until they are browned to your satisfaction.
Remove from the oven and cool it in wire rack. Enjoy with warm butter.
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Super dinner rolls
Wow Swathi!!! beautifully done!!!
Wow Superb !! you made them perfectly !!
I cant taste those rolls but its perfect looking and I bet it taste so great…..love ur clicks….
Awesome.. Dinner rolls look perfect..
wow wow and wow…awesome rolls dear..
Super!!They are so divine and looks so nice and want to grab them.
Absolutely love the rose shape and the clover shape. Your Dinner rolls look so much better
Perfectly baked rolls! Looks fantastic.
The rolls look just perfect Swathi….
Swathi, you know how much I love these artistic buns! Lovely!
They look soft and pillowy… Beautifully done
delectable 🙂 very beautiful..
What I wouldn’t give to make such incredible rolls my friend 🙂
Cheers
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Perfectly made! very good presentation
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Awesome job Swathi, loved that you have made all the shapes, i’ll be making some rose shaped dinner rolls soon with wheat flour.
gorgeous is the word Swathi, too perfect and beautifully shaped dinner rolls, wish i can take ca class with you
yours came out just perfect…gorgeous!!!
Looks Perfect…Awesome job…
This looks so good,lovely shape and perfectly baked,rose nalla rasam undu..pinne clover roll I made like balls,but this looks more perfect..will try once again 🙂
Wow looks so good and perfectly done!!! love the rose shape!!
Sowmya
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Swathi! I LOVE the rose shape! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe and the folding technique!
Very beautiful ones,Swathi esp aa roseinte adipoliyayi vannu:)
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beautiful rolls your a baking pro it will get easier with the kids hugs
Swathi, your dinner rolls are absolutely gorgeous, perfect, and delicious! Love the rose shaped one, especially:)
Hope you are all recuperated from the cold, and are feeling much better~
these are really beautiful and perfectly shaped breads. Love the rossette. Mines up, sorry for the late posting…
Nice work
perfectly done dinner rolls
I am in awe of you…hats off to your perfection dear..;)
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Wow… these look sooo cute! Lovely colour and perfectly shaped! loved it 🙂
Look yum.
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Prefect rolls with nice shapes…
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Felicitaciones por el paso a paso gran receta hugs,hugs.
Nice Clicks an very perfect
Some really delicious breads.
What a treat these beautiful rolls are Swathi! They’re perfect. I always wondered where the name came from. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving!
Mouthwatering rolls! Lovely! 🙂 Came here from HBG and I am a big rolls fan so ever ready to try another recipe 🙂 Tks for sharing!
One question. Does the omission of shortening affect the rolls? Have not used it before. Have used butter instead in all the recipes so far. Thanks in advance!
Shobana