Albemarle Tradewinds November 2016 Web Final

A Drum Roll for Thanksgiving Fan Rolls
By Rosie Hawthorne
rosiehawthorne@gmail.com
The breaking of bread is a simple but ancient rite. It is a conspicuous act signifying giving thanks and fellowship. Special
meals require special bread and such is the case at Thanksgiving. I have the perfect rolls for your Thanksgiving
meal. They’re excellent on their own, but dipping these delights in a mushroom and giblet gravy or sopping up sauces
and drippings takes them to wonderful places. If you have any leftover, you might try them toasted with cinnamon and
sugar for breakfast.
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They are buttery.
They are yeasty.
They are rich.
They are crisp.
They are chewy.
They are fan rolls.
And they are grand.
Fan Rolls
3 ounces warm skim milk (110°)
3 ounces warm heavy cream (110°)
1 egg and 1 yolk, room temperature
1 packet yeast
3 1/2 - 4 cups of King Arthur unbleached
all-purpose flour
2 tsp kosher salt
8 TB unsalted butter, softened, cut into
8 pieces
4 TB unsalted butter, melted
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine, milk,
cream, egg, yolk, and yeast.
Let sit until foamy.
Add 3 1/2 cups flour and the salt.
Using the dough hook, knead on medium-low
until dough is shaggy.
Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface
and separate into two balls.
Roll one dough ball into a 15 x 12 inch rectangle
with 15-inch side parallel to counter’s
edge.
Repeat with remaining dough and 1 TB butter.
Cover loosely in plastic and let dough rise
until double in size - about 2 hours.
Add softened butter, one tablespoon at a
time.
Continue to knead until dough is smooth -
about 7 minutes, adding more flour if needed.
Place dough in greased bowl, cover, and let
rise until doubled, about 2 hours.
Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
Cut dough vertically into 6 (2 1/2 x 12 inch)
strips.
Brush tops of strips with 1 TB melted butter,
then stack strips evenly on top of each other,
buttered to unbuttered side.
Cut stacked dough strips into six equal
stacks. Place stacks, cut side up, in each
cup.
Heat oven to 350°.
Bake until golden brown, 20-25 minutes, rotating
the pan halfway through and brush rolls
with remaining 2 TB butter.
Let cool in tins for 5 minutes, then remove
and transfer to wire rack.
For more recipes, tours of my
garden, and the occasional travelogue,
please visit with Rosie
at KitchensAreMonkeyBusiness.
com. For any culinary questions,
e-me at
Rosie Hawthorne@gmail.com.
Social problems overstep frontiers. The sores of the human
race, those great sores which cover the globe, do not halt at
the red or blue lines traced upon the map.
- Victor Hugo
God manifests himself to us in the first degree through
the life of the universe, and in the second degree through
the thought of man.
- Victor Hugo
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