Dark And Soft Dinner Rolls

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water
• 1/3 cup warm milk
• 2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
• 4 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/2 cup honey or 1/4 cup molasses and 1/4 honey
• 2 3/4 cups bread flour (king arthur unbleached)
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (king arthur 100% whole wheat flour)
• 1/4 cup ground flax seed meal (bob's red mill)
• 2 teaspoons salt

Recipe

• 1 combine all of the dough ingredients in the bucket of a bread machine, or in an electric mixer. if you are using instant yeast, just mix. if you are using regular yeast, warm the milk, water and honey or honey/molasses and "proof" with the yeast (let the yeast wake up and get all bubbly- about 5 mins).
• 2 mix and knead until you’ve formed a smooth, slightly sticky dough. it’s a sticky dough and a bit messy at first, but just keep at it, flouring your hands and trying not to add too much additional flour to the dough; eventually it’ll smooth out.
• 3 let the dough rise in the bowl covered with a kitchen towel (or bucket of the bread machine) for 1 hour. it may not have doubled in size, but should be just a bit puffy.
• 4 punch down and either shape into 10 small loaves and place on a slightly oiled cookie sheet or into 24 small balls in a muffin pan.
• 5 cover with a kitchen towel and place in a warm place for about 2 hours. they may not have doubled in size, but will appear puffy.
• 6 bake the rolls in a preheated 350°f oven for about 25 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• 7 remove from oven and cool on a rack (if made in a muffin pan, remove from the cups as soon as possible and cool on rack).