Combined Fluffy Sandwich Bread and Dinner Rolls Recipes

This is the combined, short-form recipe for both.

Ingredients

Sandwich Bread Slurry 3 tbsp all-purpose or bread flour ½ cup water   Main ingredients — the slurry 1 cup milk ½ cup water   4 cups bread flour 1 tbsp instant/rapid-rise yeast 4 tbsp sugar 2 tsp salt 8 tbsp softened butter, unsalted

Dinner Rolls Slurry 3 tbsp all-purpose or bread flour ½ cup water   Main ingredients — the slurry ½ cup milk   1 large egg 2 cups bread flour 1½ tsp instant/rapid-rise yeast 2 tbsp sugar 1 tsp salt 4 tbsp softened butter, unsalted

Preparation

Making the slurry

1. Slurry, microwave for 20 seconds, then maybe 10 seconds at a time. If you find the rolls too soft, cut the slurry flour to 2 tablespoons but keep the water the same and realize that the slurry will be a little runnier.

2. In mixer bowl, whisk together slurry, milk and other other amount of water (bread recipe). Add the egg too (rolls recipe).

Making the dough

3. Add bread flour plus yeast to bowl, mix on low until flour moistened.

15 minutes

4. Add sugar and salt, mix on medium-low.

5 minutes

5. With mixer still running, add butter, one tablespoon at a time and incorporate.

5 minutes

First proofing

6. Remove dough to knead into a ball. Place seam-side down, into a greased, covered bowl.

1 hour

Making the loaves or rolls

7. Knead paton to degass, flatten to a square. For loaves, make four pieces, two per loaf; for rolls make smaller pieces.

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8. For each piece of dough, stretch and flatten into a long strip, roll into a snug cylinder, curl into a ball and place in loaf pan (or whatever you're using to bake the rolls in).

Second proofing

9. Cover with plastic wrap.

45-60 minutes

Baking

10. For loaves, preheat oven to 350° with rack at lower middle. Bake loaves until deep, golden brown, 45 minutes.	45 minutes
For rolls, preheat to 375° with rack at bottom, bake until golden brown 20-25 minutes.	20-25 minutes

11. Cool loaves or rolls in pans for 3 minutes, remove, then rest for 20 minutes before cutting.

3+20 minutes