Thanksgiving Series: Mom's Dinner Rolls
Ingredients:
6 cups flour
1/4 cup wheat germ
1.75 cups warm water
1/2 cup vegetable oil (I used canola)
1/3 cup sugar
1.5 tsp salt
1 Tbsp yeast (instant)
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Sift or stir together flour, wheat germ, and salt in a large mixing bowl
In another large mixing bowl (or the bowl of a Kitchen Aid mixer), combine water, oil sugar, and yeast. Stir vigorously for about a minute.
Add 1/2 of the flour mixture to the water/oil/sugar/yeast mixture slowly while mixing with an Kitchen Aid mixer (Do this with the bread hook attachment if you have one!). Beat on a medium-high setting until very smooth.
Add remaining flour mixture and continue kneading with Kitchen Aid bread hook on level 2 (or with a wooden spoon until dough becomes too thick/heavy - at which point you must start kneading with your hands) until everything is incorporated.
Grease/oil a bowl and turn out dough into the bowl. Turn the dough upside down so it gets lightly coated with the oil from the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm spot (or room temp. counter top) for 1 hour.
Stick your hand into the dough to break the bubbles formed while rising. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and slice into equal pieces until there are 36 little pieces (see photos).
Form pieces into little balls (see photos!) and place on greased baking sheets.
Bake for 10-15 min until golden brown.
Enjoy with butter or gravy if you’re feeling extra Thanksgiving-y!
