Bread Baking: German Brötchen (Bread Rolls)

 Anyone who has ever been to Germany will be familiar with the amazingly delicious bread rolls that you can buy anywhere called Brötchen. If you've never tried them before, I can highly recommend. I thought it would be fun to make them myself.

German Brötchen
4 cups (500g) flour
1 tbsp dry yeast
1 tbsp butter
2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 1/4 cup (280mL) water


Combine 1/4 cup water with sugar and yeast. Stir until dissolved. 


Combined yeast mixture, flour, butter, salt and 1/2 cup (110mL) water. Stir until you can't anymore. Knead in as much flour as you can, adding more water a tablespoon at a time until all the flour is combined and dough pulls away from the side of the bowl. 


Cover and allow to rise for about half an hour. Rub the dough with soft butter around the whole ball of dough and allow to rise another half an hour. Split into pieces about fist sized. Cut a slit in the top and place them on a baking sheet. 


Preheat the oven with a heat-safe dish of water in it at 460°F or 240°C. Bake for about 20 minutes. Makes about 12 Brötchen. Spray with a fine amount of water immediately after removing from oven.







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