Oat Rolls

Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup lukewarm water, plus 6 tablespoons
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 4 tablespoons canola oil
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 3 tablespoons potato flour
• 1/4 cup oat bran
• 1/4 cup nonfat dry milk powder
• 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast

Recipe

• 1 combine all of the dough ingredients, mix and knead them by hand until you have a soft and smooth dough. cover and allow the dough to rise until it's quite puffy, though probably not double in size. from 1 to 2 hours.
• 2 gently deflate the dough, and transfer it to a lightly greased work surface. divide it into 16 pieces. shape each piece into a rough ball.
• 3 place the rolls in a baking pan covered with partchment paper. space the rolls so that they won't touch each other.
• 4 cover the pan with lightly greased plastic wrap and allow the rolls to rise for another 1 to 1 1/4 hours. they won't double in size.
• 5 uncover and bake the rolls at 350 degres f until they're golden brown on top but still ligth colored on the sides, about 25 minutes.
• 6 remove them from the oven, and after 3-4 minutes transfer them to a wire rack to cool.