Making homemade bread is an almost daily part of life in my house. Whether a quick and easy all-purpose loaf or my most famous Smoked Mozzarella Cheese Bread, it’s always so much better to have on offer over store bought.
What’s even better than having one type of bread on hand? Two! That’s what we’re baking up today with this recipe that can be used to make a savory bread roll, and a sweet-filled doughy treat. Today’s recipe makes for 2 different rolls. A half of dough is used to fill with a chocolate cream or fruit jam. The other half you can stuff with your favorite cheese or add some meat. I’ll keep it plain and just add some seeds to the top. Today, I cut each into 16 pieces, resulting in 32 rolls. Alternatively, you can cut them into 12 pieces for slightly larger rolls. But the beauty of this recipe is that it’s yours to decide what to do with!
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For a savory bread, consider:
– Diced ham and shredded cheese
– Cream cheese and sundried tomatoes
– Mozzarella and garlic
– Feta and spinach
– Empty and topped with seeds like sesame, poppy, sunflower, or flax seeds
For a sweet treat, try:
– Nutella, of course
– Plum (or any) jam
– Biscoff buttercream
– Berries and pastry cream
Now, let’s bake some sweet and savory bread rolls! Follow along on YouTube for visuals.
PrintDough Recipe for Sweet or Salty Bread Rolls
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups milk: 1/2 cup (125ml) warm milk will be used to activate the yeast and 1 cup (250ml) hot milk for the dough
- 1.5 tbsp dry active yeast
- 1 cup (250ml) plain yogurt (cold)
- 1/2 cup (125ml) oil
- 3 eggs: 1 egg and 2 yolks will be used for the dough; 2 egg whites for brushing before baking
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 6.5 cups bread flour (850g)
- 1 tbsp salt
- 3.5 oz (100g) softened butter
- Fill or spread of your choice
Instructions
- Mix dry yeast with 1/2 cup warm milk and a pinch of sugar, leave to bubble (this will be your activated yeast).
- In a mixing bowl, add 1 cup of hot milk (microwave for 2 minutes).
- To the milk, add 1 cup of cold yogurt, 1/2 cup of oil, and 1 egg and 2 egg yolks (also cold).
- Mix and add 1 tbsp of honey and 1 tbsp of sugar. Now, add your activated yeast.
- Slowly, start adding flour (you will need 6.5 to 7 cups (~850g) bread flour total). In the middle of adding your flour, mix in 1 tbsp of salt, and then finish adding in the rest of the flour. Mix until the dough forms.
- Grease a bowl with 1 tbsp of oil and transfer the dough to the bowl. Leave to rise until double in size.
- When ready, transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface.
- Cut into 4 equal parts and form balls with each part. Let these 4 balls of dough rest for about 20 minutes.
- Starting with your first ball of dough, stretch it with a rolling pin into a circle.
- Spread with half of softened butter (about 1.75 oz or 50g).
- Roll another ball of dough into a circle and place it over the buttered dough.
- Pinch together and stretch this into a very large circle. Cut into 16 equal pieces (they form 16 triangles in the circle).
- Fill with chocolate spread or jam
- Repeat steps 9-13 with your remaining 2 balls of dough. You can use the same filling, a different one, or leave them empty.
- Place on a pan lined with parchment paper and brush the tops with your saved egg whites.
- Let the doughs rise one more time while on the pan for about 1 hr.
- Bake on 410F (210C) for 15 to 18 minutes depending of your oven.
