Kaisersemmeln (Emperor Rolls)
Recipe: #19006
May 13, 2015
Categories: Breads, Budget-Friendly, Entertaining, Fall/Autumn, Sunday Dinner, Winter, Oven Bake, Low Fat, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Make it from scratch, Yeast Bread, Flour, Kosher Dairy more
"Adapted from Breads of the World."
Original recipe yields 24 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (48.4 g)
- Calories 105.6
- Total Fat - 0.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.2 g
- Cholesterol - 1.1 mg
- Sodium - 319.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 21.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.8 g
- Sugars - 0.8 g
- Protein - 3.2 g
- Calcium - 16.6 mg
- Iron - 0.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Dissolve yeast in water.
Step 2
Add sugar, malt extract and 2 cups flour.
Step 3
Blend well.
Step 4
Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
Step 5
Add milk, salt and remaining flour.
Step 6
Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth.
Step 7
Place in a large buttered bowl, turning to coat.
Step 8
Cover with a towel and let rise for 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
Step 9
Punch dough down.
Step 10
Break off egg-sized pieces, and shape into buns.
Step 11
Take each bun and pull corners of dough upwards, twisting to form a topknot.
Step 12
Place on a greased baking sheet sprinkled with cornmeal.
Step 13
Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes.
Step 14
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Step 15
Bake rolls until light brown, about 15-20 minutes.
Step 16
Cool on a rack.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
