September 18, 2010 - 7:10am
Lunch Lady Rolls
We got into a short discussion during the testing period for Stan and Norm's upcoming book. It was a recipe for lunch Lady rolls. As I recollect Allabubba (Allan) was experimenting with the two recipes. It's cold and raining here today in Omaha and good old-fashioned pot roast is on the menu. The lunch lady rolls would be perfect with this menu and it's a great day to bake! Allan - I sent you a PM regarding which recipe you preferred and what your final formula was. If you're out there today (or anyone else for that matter) I'd appreciate some pointers on these rolls.
Trish
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From this thread.
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/13907/southern-style-yeast-rolls
Thanks to Cooking202 for the original recipe.
There have been several tweaks to the original recipe culminating with this.
Cafeteria Lady Rolls
Ready in: 2 hrs
Serves/Makes: 16
Ingredients:
4 cups flour (19 oz)
1 tablespoons yeast
1 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup melted butter (plus extra for brushing on top)
1 3/4 cup warm milk
Directions:
Add yeast to warm milk and let sit 1 minute; stir and add melted shortening.
Have dry ingredients ready and add to milk. Mix on medium speed until the dough no longer sticks to the side of the bowl.
Place dough in a well-greased bowl and let rise until doubled in bulk. Stir down and form into rolls (note that dough is sticky) and let them rise again. Bake at 425 degrees until brown and brush with butter while hot.
I usually make sixteen 70g rolls, and bake them 8 to a pan in round cake pans.
I'm utterly amazed that the same basic ingredients, upon slight alteration, can make such an array of just good food. These are outstanding.
I'm curious though...for each roll, I had to dip my hands in water just to be able to get them from the bowl to the scale to the pan. Any ideas on how I'd make crescent dinner rolls with this recipe? No way would I be able to roll this out. (You're right, it is a sticky dough.)
Crescent, is usually made from a laminated, or layered dough. While I love these rolls, they are what they are.
That's exactly what I was looking for. It's 3:20 PM Central Time here and still only 51 degrees and cloudy - brrrrrrrrrrrr. These will be good!
Trish
Your welcome Trish. Let us know how they come out.
I have my KA in parts all over my counter now. Just doing maintenance and making sure it last another 40 years (its an old Hobart K5A) So none for me today. Maybe tomorrow.
allan
Hi Allan,
I have an old Hobart KA as well and have never done a thing to it. It's working fine but is there some basic maintenance that can be easily done or should I take it somewhere for routine servicing?
Barbara
If your handy its a fairly straightforward job, I don't get as deep into it as he does. Just wipe out as much of the old grease as I can and put new grease in.
http://artisanbreadbaking.com/ka_greasing
K5A's were manufactured from the 1940's to 1980. So if your mixer has not been serviced it has AT LEAST 30 year old grease.
Maybe someone can suggest someplace in the Seattle area to get it serviced.
Made these tonight with fresh lard, I thought they were rich when made with butter. WOW. I will reduce the fat to 3oz of lard.