Kaiser Rolls

One of the things Mike and I miss most about NY is good Kaiser rolls and since I got a new Kitchen Aid…I thought I would try to make them.  They are very good and not so hard to make. And when you make them at home you control how many seeds:)


Yum!!

Ingredients:
1 package baking yeast
1 cups warm water
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
1 teaspoons salt
3 to 3-1/4 cups bread flour
1 egg white
2 teaspoons cold water
Sesame seeds or poppy seeds if your prefer…or both


Directions:
In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Add 1 tablespoon sugar; let stand for 5 minutes. Add the oil, salt, remaining warm water and sugar and 2 1/2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.

Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.

Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 8 pieces. Shape each into a ball. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.

Beat egg white and cold water; brush over rolls. Sprinkle with poppy seeds. With scissors, cut a 1/4-in.-deep cross on tops of rolls.

Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.



Ingredients:

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Add 1 tablespoon sugar; let stand for 5 minutes.

Add the oil, salt, remaining warm water and sugar and 4 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.

Knead 6-8 minutes:

Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour:

Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 8 pieces:

Shape each into a ball. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.


Mix egg white and water and brush over the tops:

Sprinkle with seeds:

There is a pretty cool stamp that can be bought to make the swirls in the tops, Kaiser Roll Stamp, or if you don't have one just use a pair of scissors to make a plus sign on the top like I did:

All 8 rolls ready to be baked at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown:

Cooling and will be ready to eat very soon:

I really liked the recipe a lot.  Mike liked them the first day.  The second day he thought they were too doughy.  Grr…he is so picky…next week I will try one more recipe that has a whole egg in it.



Gives these a try…I promise almost all of you will love them:)