Homemade Kaiser Rolls-Rolled TWO ways! You pick!
These rolls are great for sandwiches, hamburgers, or just plain eating with butter or jam. The rolls' decorative shape comes from tying strands of dough into knots.
1 cup very warm (110°F) water
2 1/4 teaspoons (one envelope) active dry yeast
1 large egg at room temperature
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 1/2 cups (16 ounces) AP flour (you can use bread flour)
Mix your water, yeast, and sugar (let bloom if you’re not sure it's good) otherwise, add the butter and egg and mix well.
In a separate bowl, I added my flour and salt and stirred it together.
Add half of your flour to the wet ingredients (as long as it bloomed), stir well, and then add the rest of the flour.
Now add your bread hook and start mixing, let it mix for a good 7-8 minutes. The dough may be a bit sticky, but not wet, if you need more flour add it by the TBLS full, and let it mix to be sure. I did have to add 1 TBLS to mine and it was perfect!
Add the dough to an oiled bowl, flip it upside down so oil is on both sides of the dough and let it rise for about 1 ½ hours, or until doubled in size.
Then flour your counter and start rolling away. However you feel like making them, but this was actually fun, once I got the hang of it 😊
Glaze: 1 egg beaten with 1 teaspoon water
Optional: Poppy seeds (or whatever you have 😊)
Bake 375°F 15-17 minutes
Let them cool (or not lol) and enjoy my friends! 😊