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Candy Potato Dinner Rolls – Sally’s Baking Habit


Fluffy, flaky, delicate, and further tall candy potato dinner rolls are a beautiful accompaniment to a vacation meal—however you don’t have to attend for a vacation to take pleasure in them. High with flaky sea salt and serve with home made cinnamon butter for a facet dish that can upstage the primary course! In the event you’re a bread newbie, reference my Baking with Yeast Information for solutions to frequent yeast FAQs.

This recipe is delivered to you in partnership with Crimson Star Yeast.

sweet potato rolls with cinnamon butter and sea salt on top in glass dish.

My widespread delicate dinner rolls are flaky, delicate, and buttery. And so are in the present day’s candy potato model. However in the present day’s recipe produces barely sweeter and richer-tasting rolls. My staff and I examined 4 variations till we discovered the right stability of taste and fluff! My complete household (youngsters included) have been having fun with these for weeks. We LOVE them.


Right here’s Why You’ll Love These Candy Potato Rolls

  • This recipe makes a giant batch—20 giant rolls—excellent for sharing.
  • Tremendous delicate texture and subtly candy, buttery taste.
  • Shorter rise time than common dinner rolls.
  • Make-ahead pleasant: Scrumptious heat and recent from the oven, however in some way the flavour of those candy potato rolls is even BETTER after they’ve cooled. This makes this candy potato dinner roll recipe a terrific selection for making forward of time, in case your oven goes to be in continuous use main as much as a giant meal like Thanksgiving.
  • Freeze properly: Make them even additional prematurely and freeze them for later.
potato rolls on beige plate with cinnamon butter on top.
sweet potato rolls in glass baking pan.

What Are Potato Rolls?

Have you ever ever had a potato roll? Gorgeously golden on prime, and pillowy-soft all through, potato rolls—historically made by the Pennsylvania Dutch—are made with potato flour changing a portion of wheat flour, giving the bread a sweeter style and softer texture than common white rolls. The feel comes from the potato starch and its capability to soak up and retain extra moisture than wheat can.

I realized from the good bakers over at King Arthur Baking that the upper the starch stage in your bread dough, the extra tender your ensuing bread will likely be. The potato (together with candy potatoes) is likely one of the starchiest greens on the market. So if you add potato to your bread dough you’re upping the dough’s starch content material, successfully growing the ensuing bread’s complete liquid retention—which interprets to bread with delicate, moist texture and a protracted shelf life.

An additional advantage is potatoes additionally enhance the general dietary worth, making it akin to whole-wheat bread for fiber and vitamins equivalent to zinc and iron, with considerably extra potassium than both white or whole-wheat bread.

Now, we’re taking this idea for potato rolls and utilizing candy potato as an alternative. This implies much more sweetness, plus an added enhance of vitamin A! (Not attempting to faux these rolls are wholesome… however we’ll take our nutritional vitamins the place we will get them, proper?)

Substances You Want for This Wealthy Dough:

ingredients on peach surface including flour, whole milk, sweet potato, butter, and eggs.

Whereas the starch from the candy potato already makes for a delicate texture, we’re additionally utilizing butter, eggs, and complete milk to make a wealthy dough that seems completely pillowy yeast rolls. Right here’s a fast overview of the distinction in these two varieties of bread doughs:

You want 8 substances complete:

  1. Candy Potato: You want 1 medium-size candy potato.
  2. Milk: Liquid prompts the yeast. For the perfect rolls, use complete milk. Nondairy or low-fat milks work too, however complete milk produces phenomenal taste and texture.
  3. Yeast: I at all times use Platinum Yeast by Crimson Star, which is an on the spot yeast. You should utilize energetic dry as an alternative with no adjustments. The Platinum yeast is improbable as a result of its cautious system strengthens your dough and makes working with yeast easy. You solely want 1 customary packet of yeast (2 and 1/4 teaspoons).
  4. Honey: The honey feeds the yeast, will increase its exercise, and tenderizes the dough. Plus it provides a subtly candy taste—the candy potato by itself doesn’t add a ton of taste.
  5. Eggs: Eggs present construction, and contribute to the wealthy softness of those candy potato rolls. You want 2—the rolls are a bit dry and crumbly with simply 1.
  6. Butter: Butter within the dough guarantees a flavorful, delicate, buttery roll.
  7. Salt: You possibly can’t make flavorful bread with out salt!
  8. Bread Flour: I exploit bread flour in my candy potato rolls as a result of it accommodates extra gluten than all-purpose. Additional gluten helps make completed rolls further chewy and, um, extra bread-like. Technical phrases right here.

Key Steps in This Recipe

Peel, chop, and boil a candy potato till tender. This takes about 10–12 minutes. As soon as your candy potato is delicate, drain and mash it. You are able to do this with a potato masher, pastry cutter, fork, and even an electrical mixer or meals processor.

boiled sweet potato chunks in glass bowl and shown again mashed with a fork.

The following step is to proof your yeast, a step I take even when I’m utilizing on the spot yeast. All you do is combine the yeast with the nice and cozy liquid (milk), and a bit of sugar (honey). Cowl and let it sit for five–10 minutes till foamy and frothy on prime. This proves your yeast is energetic and able to get to work.

Then, add the remainder of the substances to type a delicate dough. (The mashed candy potato can have cooled a bit by now.) Add sufficient flour for the dough to come back collectively right into a kneadable mass; it must be pulling away from the perimeters of the stand mixer’s bowl.

orange-colored dough in bowl.

The dough ought to really feel barely cheesy, however not overly sticky. On a frivolously floured work floor, utilizing the heels of your arms, stretch and fold the dough with light movement. In the event you’d like a visible of the best way to knead the dough by hand, you’ll be able to watch the total video tutorial in my submit on the best way to knead dough.

Pictured on the left beneath is the dough after kneading. It’s easy and stretchy, and able to rise. Place the dough in a big greased bowl, flip the dough to coat it within the oil, after which cowl it and set it apart. It should double in dimension in about 1–2 hours, pictured on the correct.

Shaping the Rolls

Punch down the risen dough to launch the air, after which divide the dough into 20 items, roughly equal in dimension (about 65–75g every—they don’t should be actual).

Take a chunk and stretch the highest of the dough whereas pinching and sealing the underside. Ensure that the rolls are easy on prime and sealed on the underside.

orange yeast dough cut into pieces and shown again as balls in glass baking dish.

Organize them in a greased baking pan. A 9×13-inch baking pan is right for these candy potato rolls, however you’ll be able to bake them on a lined baking sheet or in two 9-inch spherical or sq. pans as an alternative.

Loosely cowl, and let the formed rolls rise for one more 30 to 45 minutes earlier than baking.

orange-colored rolls risen in glass baking dish.

Simply wait till you odor these baking! The rolls are completed after they’re golden brown on prime.

Brush the nice and cozy rolls with a bit of melted butter, and end with an optionally available sprinkle of sea salt. In the event you’d like a advice, I exploit and love Maldon flaky sea salt. (Not sponsored, simply what I personally use!)

If you wish to take them to the following stage, these are AHHHH-mazing with home made cinnamon butter. (Honey butter too, in fact!)

two sweet potato dinner rolls on beige plate.

Serve them alongside any of those fall dinner recipes, and listed here are some extra concepts:

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  • Creator:
    Sally


  • Prep Time:
    3 hours, 20 minutes


  • Cook dinner Time:
    25 minutes


  • Whole Time:
    3 hours, 45 minutes


  • Yield:
    20 rolls


  • Class:
    Dinner


  • Methodology:
    Baking


  • Delicacies:
    American


Description

Fluffy, flaky, delicate, and further tall candy potato dinner rolls are a beautiful accompaniment to a vacation meal—however you don’t have to attend for a vacation to take pleasure in them. High with flaky sea salt and serve with home made cinnamon butter for a facet dish that can upstage the primary course! In the event you’re a bread newbie, reference my Baking with Yeast Information for solutions to frequent yeast FAQs.



Directions

  1. Put together the candy potato: Place the chopped candy potato in a medium saucepan and add sufficient water to cowl. Convey to a boil over excessive warmth, then cut back the warmth to medium-high and boil till the candy potato could be very delicate and tender, about 10–12 minutes. Drain off the water, then mash the candy potato in addition to you’ll be able to—a number of small lumps are okay. Measure 1 cup (230g) of mashed candy potato to make use of within the dough, and put aside to barely cool. (Don’t use greater than 1 cup in your dough. Discard or eat any leftover.)
  2. Proof the yeast: Whisk the nice and cozy milk, yeast, and a pair of Tablespoons of honey collectively within the bowl of your stand mixer. Cowl and permit to take a seat for five minutes. *If you don’t personal a stand mixer, you are able to do this in a big mixing bowl and within the subsequent step, combine the dough along with a big picket spoon/silicone spatula. It should take a little bit of arm muscle. I don’t suggest utilizing a hand mixer as a result of the sticky dough repeatedly will get caught within the beaters. Mixing by hand with a picket spoon or silicone spatula is a better option.*
  3. Make the dough: Add the remaining honey, eggs, butter, mashed candy potato, salt, and 1 cup (125g) flour. With a dough hook or paddle attachment, combine/beat on low pace for 1 minute. Cease and scrape down the perimeters of the bowl with a silicone spatula, then add the remaining flour. Beat on medium pace till the dough comes collectively and pulls away from the perimeters of the bowl, about 3 minutes. If the dough appears too moist to some extent the place kneading (subsequent step) can be not possible, beat in additional flour 1 Tablespoon at a time till you will have a workable dough. Don’t be nervous if you happen to’re including much more flour; there are a whole lot of variables equivalent to moisture within the candy potato, humidity, climate, and many others. Dough must be delicate and a bit of sticky, however nonetheless manageable to knead with frivolously floured arms.
  4. Knead the dough: Maintain the dough within the mixer fitted with a dough hook and beat on low pace for an extra 5 full minutes, or knead by hand on a frivolously floured floor for five full minutes. (In the event you’re new to bread-baking, my The way to Knead Dough video tutorial can assist right here.) If the dough turns into too sticky in the course of the kneading course of, sprinkle 1 teaspoon of flour at a time on the dough or on the work floor/within the bowl to make a delicate, barely cheesy dough. After kneading, the dough ought to really feel delicate and easy. Poke it together with your finger—if it slowly bounces again, your dough is able to rise. You may as well do a “windowpane take a look at” to see in case your dough has been kneaded lengthy sufficient: tear off a small (roughly golfball-size) piece of dough and gently stretch it out till it’s skinny sufficient for gentle to cross by way of it. Maintain it as much as a window or gentle. Does gentle cross by way of the stretched dough with out the dough tearing first? If that’s the case, your dough has been kneaded lengthy sufficient and is able to rise. If not, preserve kneading till it passes the windowpane take a look at.
  5. 1st Rise: Evenly grease a big bowl with oil or nonstick spray. Place the dough within the bowl, turning it to coat all sides within the oil. Cowl the bowl and permit the dough to rise in a comparatively heat setting for 1–2 hours or till double in dimension. (I at all times let it rise on the counter. Takes about 1 and 1/2 hours. For a tiny discount in rise time, see my reply to The place Ought to Dough Rise? in my Baking with Yeast Information.)
  6. Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan.
  7. Form the rolls: When the dough is prepared, punch it all the way down to launch the air. Divide the dough into 20 equal items, about 65–75g every (doesn’t should be actual!). A bench scraper is at all times useful for slicing dough. Form each bit right into a easy ball. Organize in ready baking pan.
  8. 2nd Rise: Cowl formed rolls and permit to rise till puffy, about 30 to 45 minutes.
  9. Regulate oven rack to a decrease place and preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). (It’s greatest to bake the rolls in the direction of the underside of the oven so the tops don’t burn.)
  10. Bake the rolls: Bake for 25 minutes or till golden brown on prime (inner temperature if taken with an instant-read thermometer must be 190°F), rotating the pan midway by way of. In the event you discover the tops browning too shortly, loosely tent the pan with aluminum foil (I often add it after 20 minutes). Take away from the oven, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with flaky sea salt, and permit rolls to chill for quarter-hour earlier than serving. We’ve realized that the longer they cool, the higher their taste.
  11. Cowl leftover rolls tightly and retailer at room temperature for as much as 3 days, or within the fridge for as much as 1 week.


Notes

  1. Freezing Directions: You possibly can freeze the baked dinner rolls. Permit them to chill fully, then place them in a freezer-safe container or bag and freeze for as much as 3 months. Thaw within the fridge or at room temperature, then reheat as desired. If reheating the entire pan, frivolously cowl and reheat in a 300°F (150°C) oven for about 10 minutes or till heat. In case you are planning to freeze the baked rolls, omit the melted butter and flaky sea salt ending step after baking, and as an alternative try this after thawing and reheating.
  2. In a single day Directions: Put together the recipe by way of step 7. Cowl the formed rolls tightly and refrigerate for as much as about 15 hours. At the least 3 hours earlier than you want them the following day, take away the rolls from the fridge, preserve coated, and permit to rise on the counter for about 1-2 hours earlier than baking. Alternatively, you’ll be able to let the dough have its 1st rise within the fridge in a single day. Cowl the dough tightly and place within the fridge for as much as about 15 hours. Take away from the fridge and permit the dough to totally rise for two extra hours. Proceed with step 6.
  3. Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): Vegetable Peeler | Saucepan | Potato Masher or Pastry CutterWhisk | Stand Mixer or Massive Glass Mixing Bowl | Silicone Spatula | 9×13-inch Glass Baking Pan | Bench Scraper | Pastry Brush | Flaky Sea Salt
  4. No Stand Mixer? If you don’t personal a stand mixer, you should utilize a big mixing bowl and blend the dough along with a sturdy silicone spatula or picket spoon. It should take a little bit of arm muscle. Don’t use a hand mixer as a result of the sticky dough repeatedly will get caught within the beaters.
  5. Baking Pan: I want baking the rolls in a glass 9×13-inch baking pan as a result of I discover they brown a bit of too shortly in a steel pan. However so long as you bake the rolls on a decrease oven rack and preserve your eye on them, any pan is nice. You may as well bake these rolls in a giant forged iron skillet, in two 9-inch spherical or sq. baking pans, or on a lined baking sheet. Bake time stays the identical.
  6. Can I Use Common Potato? Sure. No different adjustments vital.
  7. Can I Use Canned Candy Potato? I don’t suggest it; canned mashed candy potato is usually thinner in consistency than freshly mashed and can throw off the moisture content material within the dough.
  8. Milk: Entire milk is right for the perfect, richest taste and texture. Protecting that in thoughts, be at liberty to substitute with a lower-fat or nondairy milk.
  9. Yeast: I at all times use on the spot yeast, however if you happen to use energetic dry yeast, there aren’t any adjustments to the recipe. Rise instances will likely be barely longer utilizing energetic dry yeast. Reference my Baking with Yeast Information for solutions to frequent yeast FAQs.
  10. Flour: In the event you don’t have bread flour, you should utilize all-purpose flour. All-purpose flour is handy for many, however bread flour produces chewier dinner rolls. The rolls are nonetheless delicate and fluffy irrespective of which you utilize. Both flour is okay and there aren’t any different adjustments to the recipe if you happen to use one or the opposite.

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