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Czech Rolls
  • 30 min.
  • 3+ hours
  • 3/5

Ingredients:

Dough

Brushing mixture:

Optionally: Sprinkle with:
● Black and/or white sesame seeds
● Crushed pepper flakes
● Poppyseeds
● Sunflower seeds or any other kind of seeds
● Sea salt (do not use if you are going to freeze or refrigerate the rolls; it will make them soggy)

Recipes

Best served with:

Directions:

1. Dough:

1.1. Place into a kitchen mixer with a hook attachment:

4 cups of bread flour
1 TBSP of active dry yeasts
1 TBSP of granulated sugar
2 TSP of salt

Shortly stir with a hand whisk just enough to combine all ingredients (about 1 minute).

1.2. Add:

1 ¼ cups of lukewarm milk
2 eggs
4 TBSP
of butter

Knead on low speed until all ingredients are partially incorporated (about 1 – 2 minutes).

1.3.

Then increase the speed to medium-high and knead until all ingredients are fully combined, and the dough is formed (about 3 – 4 minutes).

2. Rising the dough:

2.1.

Remove the bowl from the kitchen mixer and cover it with plastic wrap.

2.2.

Let it rise in a warm place until it has tripled in size (about 1 – 2 ½ hours).

3. Pre-shape the dough into compact balls:

3.1.

Place the dough on a surface without flour and separate it into 12 even pieces, about 3.2 OZ each using a bowl scraper and scale.

3.2.

Form each piece of dough into compact dough balls with your hands.

3.3.

Cover the balls with a dish towel and let them rest for about 10 minutes before the next step.

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4. Shape the rolls:

Before you proceed:

  • Shape rolls one by one on a surface that does NOT have flour.
  • Make sure that the surface is perfectly clean (no residue of food, ingredients, etc.).
  • Since the dough includes butter, it will not stick to the surface. If it occasionally does, use your bowl scraper to release the dough.

4.1.

Using a rolling pin, flatten each piece of dough into a long shape (approximately 3 – 4” x 5 – 8”).

4.2.

Then, using your hands, roll the dough into a roll shape:

4.2.1.

Hold both ends of the dough and start rolling and stretching it to the sides at the same time.

4.2.2.

Then, roll the roll with both hands on a work surface to a final thickness of about ¾”.

4.2.3.

Place on a baking sheet and repeat with the remaining dough balls.

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5. Proofing:

5.1.

Prepare a brushing mixture by briefly hand-whisking 1 egg with ¼ cup of milk in a measuring pitcher (for whisking, you can also use a silicone brush) to create a brushing mixture, and then brush all the rolls (keep the rest for the second brushing).

5.2.

Then let it proof in a warm place until it has doubled in size (usually about 20 minutes to 1 hour}. Watch carefully in order to prevent over proofing.

5.3.

Gently brush again all the rolls with the remaining brushing mixture right before baking (when proofing to the final shape is completed).

5.4.

Optionally, sprinkle with sesame seeds, crushed pepper flakes, sea salt, or poppy seeds.

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6. Set oven to preheat at 420°F.

7. Baking:

7.1.

Bake in a preheated oven until a nice golden color is reached, which means the rolls are done (about 12 -15 minutes). Rotate the baking sheets in the middle of baking.

7.2.

Test with a toothpick.

7.3.

Then cool on a cooling grate.

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Tips:

  • You can increase the rising time for up to four hours based on your convenience.
  • You can bake more rolls than you need and freeze them for later usage (they stay great in the freezer for up to a half year). Defrost in only two hours.
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