Quick Dinner Roll

I have always been looking out for a quick, easy and soft bread recipe without the addition of bread improver, which s a type of food additive that increase the speed of dough rising, and used in factory baking and most bakeries.  However, I prefer not to use bread improver as longer fermentation will produce a greater depth of flavour.

I found a 30 minutes quick bread recipe from www.allreceipes.com, and adapted the recipe to suit my taste. :)  For me, the whole process of making this dinner roll takes around 45 mins to an hour as I added a resting period before baking, which I think is important in order to produce a softer texture roll.

Quick Dinner Roll

Ingredients

256g           Bread Flour
120g           Cake Flour
½ cup        Whipping Cream (can replace with milk)
½ cup        Milk
80g             Butter
2 tbsp         Instant Yeast
¼ cup        Warm Water
65g              Sugar
1 tsp            Salt
1                   Egg
½ cup         Cranberries (optional)
½ cup         Raisins (optional)
 
Directions

1. Heat oven to 200°C.
2. Bloom the instant yeast in warm water for around 5 mins.
3. Sift the bread flour and cake flour together, then put into a mixer bowl.
4. Add stir in salt, then cranberries and raisins.
5. Combine heavy cream, milk, butter and sugar in a saucepan and heat till butter dissolves.
6. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture.  Add in egg, instant yeast mixture and warm cream mixture.
7. Mix the batter with the hook attachment till it forms a soft and smooth dough, around 5 mins.
8. Form dough into 25 balls of 40g each and place in a greased 9 x 13 pan and allow to rest for 15 mins.
9. Bake for 5-8 mins till the bread turn golden brown.
10. Brush the bread with butter immediately.