Amish Honey Oatmeal Rolls
These soft and fluffy oatmeal rolls have a great texture and slightly sweet flavor. These are absolutely delicious while still warm and can be made ahead of time and frozen!
Equipment
- Saucepan (linked below)
- Stand mixer (linked below)
- Whisk (linked below)
- Tea towels (linked below)
- 9 by 13 inch baking dish (linked below)
Ingredients
Yeast Mixture:
- 1 tablespoon Yeast Active dry
- 1/2 cup warm water *see temperature below
- 1 teaspoon salt
Oatmeal mixture:
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup quick cook oatmeal
- 1/2 cup honey *see note.
Remaining bread dough ingredients:
- 1/3 cup oil vegetable or canola
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 5-6 cups Bread flour
Instructions
- Place the yeast, warm water and salt into the bowl of a stand mixer (or any large mixing bowl if mixing by hand). Whisk the yeast mixture together, then allow the yeast to rest for 10 minutes to activate.
- While the yeast is activating, bring 1 1/4 cups water to a boil in a medium sized skillet. Stir the quick oats into the boiling water, then remove from the heat and stir in honey. Allow to cool slightly.
- Add oil, beaten eggs and the warm oatmeal mixture to the yeast mixture. Whisk well to combine and transfer the bowl to a stand mixer (if using). Add the whole wheat flour and mix on low-medium speed for several minutes until well combined. Add the bread flour-1 cup at a time- and continue mixing for several minutes between each addition.
- Once the dough is soft and pliable and no longer adhering to the bowl of the stand mixer (or the counter top when kneading), place into a large bowl and cover with a tea towel (If you wish to freeze all or some of these dinner rolls, see below the recipe for freezing instructions before continuing with the next step). Once the dough has doubled in size, remove it from the bowl and roll the dough into 24 walnut sized balls, then place into two, greased 9 by 13 inch baking dishes and cover again. Allow the dough to rest for another hour.
- While the dinner rolls are having their last proving session you can preheat the oven to 350. Bake the dinner rolls for 30-40 minutes, or until golden on the tops and bottoms. Brush the tops of the Amish dinner rolls with warm butter (optional) and enjoy!
Notes
You can also use 1/4 cup honey and 1/4 cup light corn syrup (Karo) instead of 1/2 cup honey in this recipe.
Be sure to knead/mix the dinner rolls well (until the dough is quite soft and pliable) before proving. Also allow for at least two hours of resting time for the best, fluffiest dinner rolls.
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