30 Minutes Bread Rolls

Like the 1 Ingredient Ice Cream, this is yet another recipe that sounded too good to be true. Freshly baked bread in 30 minutes (ok.. actually 35 minutes according to the author, but she thought 30 mins sounds better)?! After learning a lesson from the ice cream, I know I'll have to try first before dismissing it again.

30 Minutes Bread rolls (makes 12)

(recipe from Real Mom Kitchen)

270g     Water, warm

  80g     Oil

2 tbsp   Yeast, active dry

  50g     Sugar

    3g     Salt

     1      Egg

450g     Flour (either bread or all-purpose)

Preheat oven to 200°C

1. In the bowl of your stand mixer, combine warm water, oil, yeast and sugar. Let rest for 15 minutes.

2. Using a dough hook attachment, mix in the salt, egg and flour until dough no longer sticks to the sides.

3. Shape dough into desired sizes and shapes. Let rest for 10 minutes.

4. Bake for 10 - 13 minutes or until tops are just golden brown.

Thoughts: This is amazing! I have never tasted success in making sweet bread before, let alone one in such short time! I even tried rolling hot dogs, wrapping chicken curry filling, and it tastes just like those sold in the neighborhood bakeries! When you're in a place that sells the "normal" hotdog bun you grew up on, for A$3 instead of S$1.50, this is a God sent recipe!

The dough is quite sticky, so I'll advise oiling hands liberally before handing the dough. Adding a little flour will be acceptable, but too much will probably render it heavy and dry, be careful there.

Another noteworthy point is that the warm water used to activate the yeast should be between 41°C - 50°C. Anything beyond 55°C will kill the yeast, hence the dough will not rise. On the other hand, if the water temperature is anything less than 38°C, an amino acid called glutathione leaks from the cell walls, making the dough sticky and hard to handle.

The whole process actually took longer than the stipulated 30 mins. Like she mentioned, it is supposed to be 35 mins, but she didn't take into account the mixing and shaping of the dough. The mixing took about 5 mins, shaping another 5. So even though the "alot-more-than-usual" yeast provides an ultra extra boost in leavening the dough, the whole thing from start to end will take about 45 mins. No matter, it is still amazing to have freshly baked bread in under one hour!

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