Easy Potato Rolls

I haven’t done many bread recipes and I don’t know why, because I love bread. But when I saw this recipe for potato rolls on Rasa Malaysia’s website, I just had to try them. Omgoodness, they are to die for! So soft and delicious and really not that hard to make. I changed nothing in this recipe, by the way.

So, let’s get cooking!

Place the flour into a large mixing bowl. In a smallish saucepan, scald the milk. You don’t want it to boil, but to start to bubble on the bottom. Take it off the heat and stir in the sugar, 6 Tbl butter, potato flakes, and salt. Let cool until tepid and stir in the yeast and the beaten eggs, mixing well.

Pour the milk mixture into the bowl of flour and stir well until it forms a somewhat sticky dough. Cover with a clean cloth and let rise in a slightly warm place for an hour.

Sprinkle flour onto your work surface and knead into dough until not quite so sticky. Cut into fourths. Take two of the portions of dough and on a floured surface, roll out each into circles about 10” in diameter. Spread half the softened butter on top of one circle, then place the other circle of dough on top of it. Press down the edges to seal. Do the same to the other 2 portions of dough.

Cut each doubled circle of dough into 8 triangles by halving until you have eight. Take each triangle and, starting at the wide end, roll up towards the point. Curve slightly to form a crescent shape.

Place the crescents on a sheetpan. Cover with a towel and let rise until doubled, about an hour. See how nice and plump they are? Bake in a 350° oven for around 15-18 minutes, until lightly browned on top. Brush with the melted butter and serve. 

Enjoy! ~TMMF

Easy Potato Rolls

1 ½ c scalded milk

½ c + 2 Tbl sugar

6 Tbl butter

½ c potato flakes

1 ½ tsp salt

1 ½ tsp yeast

2 eggs, beaten

3 ½ c flour

2 ½ Tbl butter, softened

2 Tbl butter melted for brushing