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I teased you just a bit earlier in the week when I wrote the post, A Recipe for Endless Herbs without Endless Watering, I shared a few pictures of these fabulous dinner rolls with a promise of the recipe later in the week. It's the end of the week and I'm keeping my promise - I think if you try them, you'll agree they were worth waiting for!
I had some leftover mashed potatoes from a meal last weekend and decided to make potato rolls. You'd think that adding mashed potatoes to bread would make it heavy but, amazingly, just the opposite is true. These rolls are light, yet moist and loaded with delicious, flavorful fresh herbs. They are heavenly served warm with a pat of honey butter, but I know you'll want to find out for yourself, so here's the recipe!
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 ½ cup mashed potatoes room temperature
- 1 ½ sticks butter softened
- ½ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup fresh herbs finely chopped (you can use all of one kind or a combination; I used equal parts of chives, basil and rosemary to equal ¼ cup)
- 2 large eggs
- 5-6 cups all purpose flour
- 1 large egg combined with 1 tablespoon water for wash
- sea salt
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Warm milk to 110-115˚F. Add yeast and sugar and stir to combine. Set aside for 5 minutes or until mixture begins to get foamy.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment, mix together mashed potatoes, butter, eggs, honey and salt. Mix on medium speed for about a minute. Add fresh herbs and yeast mixture then mix on low speed until blended.
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Gradually add flour (one cup at a time) until a soft dough forms. Switch to the dough hook attachment on the stand mixer and knead for about 10 minutes at low speed adding a little more flour a little at a time until the dough leaves sides of bowl while being kneaded.
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Place dough in a large bowl that has been greased with olive oil. Cover bowl with a kitchen towel and place in a warm place to rise until doubled in size.. Punch down dough and divide into approximately 48 equal size pieces. Shape into round rolls and place rolls about 1 ½ inches apart on parchment paper lined or greased baking sheets or roll each piece into a 10" rope then form into a coil (like a sleeping snake). Place coils into a well-greased muffin tins. Brush rolls with egg wash and sprinkle lightly with sea salt. Let rolls rise until doubled in size. Bake in a preheated oven set at 375 degrees for approximately 15-20 minutes or until golden.
Kim - Liv Life says
Oh, my, goodness!!! I could eat the whole batch. Two of my favorite things, bread and potatoes. Unfortunately, my middle aged waistline is no longer so tolerant of bread and potatoes.... ah well.
I read on Christianne's post that you two had lunch! Can I just tell you how envious I am?? I sure would love to meet you both!
Martha says
aaahhh, delicious!! would love to taste one of them!
sweets says
Oh Chris these look heavenly! I'm working to lose a couple 2-3 maybe 15 lbs and am so tempted to make these. Guess I could start on Monday huh?
Eri says
Here they are and I didnt miss them!
I;m going to make them tommorow Chris!
they are beautiful!
Have a wonderful weekend my friend!
Lyndsay Wells says
I often have left over mashed potatoes and never know what to do with them. I love this recipe - thank you so much for sharing it. Will be making these the next time I do mashed potatoes.
Lauren says
Chris, these look delicious! I've been on a baking kick lately and I'm adding them to my list of Must Makes!
France@beyondthepeel says
I really enjoy a nice potato bread and if its anything like that these are sure to be a hit.
lena says
so pretty. Hopefully i can get my hands to work on this soon!
The Café Sucré Farine says
Wouldn't that be so fun Susan?! I could learn a lot from you too! We'd probably never get anything done, though!
Susan says
OMG, Chris! I will definitely have to try these soon. They are beautiful & sound delicious! I wish we lived closer to each other so you could show me how you make everything so beautiful!
Paula {Salad in a Jar} says
Chris,
You know this is my kind of recipe. Love the look. Now I just need to figure out how to cut it down a bit and make them in my bread machine.
Nicole says
These look wonderful, Chris! I can almost smell and taste them:)
The Café Sucré Farine says
Mom Chef - you are so sweet but I love reading your wonderful, funny, insightful blog and make the most amazing stuff - I guess we are just mutual admires! thanks so much for the kind comment! Wish we could share one of these together!
The Café Sucré Farine says
Lora and Elin,
I can't believe I left out the herbs! The most important part of these rolls ...... I am on a two day girl's getaway and we talked and laughed till late last night - then I finished up the blog for today - by the time I clicked the publish button my head was nodding a bit. I did check over the recipe this morning and add the herbs so it should be A-okay now! Thanks so much!
The Mom Chef says
Your bread goods always leave me with a dropped jaw and green with envy. They're amazing, gorgeous and send deliciousness vibes through the monitor. These are no different. Wow.
Kim says
I did try to add some mashed potatoes in bread and, in fact, it makes the lightest dought! Love these and I'm printing this recipe! I always like to have little breads like these to eat with soups! Have a nice week end Chris!
Veronica Miller says
I've been wanting to try making potato bread for a long time, and I will add this recipe to my list. Nothing beats homemade bread, and I love the sound of those herbs in ther!
Dana says
Fantastici!
Happier Than a Pig in Mud says
I've been craving potatoes and see a very fattening weekend coming up:@) Your rolls are beautiful and I'd roll the coils just like you did-so fun!
Jen @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says
What a great idea! These look so good!! These will be great to make this weekend and I can freeze a batch!! Yum!
Claire @ Claire K Creations says
Bread and potato in one? Chris I think you have created carb heaven!
Lora says
Love the idea! Sounds like a good Monday recipe for the left overs from Sundays roast beef dinner. You mentioned these rolls were loaded with herbs, but my eye sight must be failing me, for I see no herbs in the recipe or instructions. May I choose my own herbs, and at what point do you incorporate them?
Ginny says
These look wonderful!!!!!
Hovkonditorn says
These rolls are so beautiful and I bet they taste really good!
Elin says
There is no mentioned of fresh herbs in your recipe. May I know what fresh herbs you used for these delectable rolls and how much to put in to the dough. Your clicks are beautiful and are teasing too 🙂 Thanks for sharing the recipe with us.
Regards,
Elin