Friday, March 26, 2010

Whole wheat Rolls with Water Roux

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp        Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 cup       Water

1cup            Water + Pineapple Juice (I used 6oz canned pineapple juice in this case)
4Tbsp          Canola Oil
2Tbsp          Agave Nectar
1tsp             Sea salt

3 1/2cup      Whole Wheat Flour
3/4cup         Dried Mashed Potato Flakes
1/4cup         Skim milk powder
1 1/2Tbsp   Vital Wheat Gluten
1Tbsp         Wheat Germ
2tsp            Bread Machine Yeast

Direction:
1) Prepare water roux by heating up the top 2 ingredients until thickened. The ideal temparature would be around 49F/65C and the mixture will reduced to be around 2 Tbsp. Bring to room temparature.

2) Mix everything together (including the water roux) and start kneading. In other words, place everything in the bread maker :-)

3) If not using breadmaker, after mixing & kneading, let the dough proof until the size is about 1 1/2 the original size

4) Once proofed, sprinkle some flour on the workspace and put the dough on the work space

5) Divide the dough into 12-16, and shape them into balls or whatever shape you want

6) Place dough on baking sheet lined with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350F

7) Cover the dough, and let it proof until 1 1/2 it size about 45 minutes to an hour

8) Bake in the 350F oven for 12 minutes.