Semmel Rolls- (Bavarian Bread Rolls) Recipe - Food.com (2024)

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Submitted by Brenda.

"Delicious Semmels easily made with your stand mixer. These have a wonderful crisp and chewy crust. Great for sandwiches or burgers hot off the grill. Fabulous with butter while still warm. :)This recipe is more of a hamburger/ sandwich bun vs a dinner roll. I suppose you could make them smaller but would need to adjust baking time.I found this recipe duplicated on several websites so I am not sure exactly who to credit it to. I made several changes to the original recipe to suit our taste.The recipe calls for 1/4 ounce of yeast but I often add an additional tsp of yeast if I am going to use all of the flour. I can usually tell by the weather if I am going to need all of the flour (damp, humid)."

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Ready In:
3hrs 10mins

Ingredients:
10
Yields:

12 Rolls

Serves:
12

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ingredients

  • 5 12 cups bread flour (divided, you may not need all of the flour)
  • 14 ounce dry yeast (approx 2 1/2 tsp)
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 12 teaspoons salt
  • 1 12 cups warm water (105-110 degrees)
  • 1 teaspoon malt extract or 1 teaspoon unsulphered molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 tablespoon shortening
  • cornmeal, for dusting

directions

  • Measure 4 1/2 cups of flour into a mixer bowl.
  • Add the yeast, sugar, and salt. Stir to blend well.
  • Pour in the warm water and malt extract.
  • Mix for 1 minute with a flat paddle beater until a smooth and heavy batter forms.
  • Add the egg, egg white, and shortening.
  • Beat together until the mixture is smooth.
  • Switch to dough hook.
  • Add remaining flour if needed-- 1/4 cup at a time -- until the dough is on the softer side of firm. You want it to clear the side of the mixer bowl without sticking.
  • Knead the dough with dough hook for 8-10 minutes.
  • Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place until double in bulk, about 1 hour.
  • Uncover the bowl and punch down the dough with your fingers tips.
  • Cover the bowl and allow the dough to double in volume again, about 45 minutes.
  • Place the dough on work surface and loosely roll it into a 12-inch long cylinder.
  • With a sharp knife cut into 12 equal pieces and shape the pieces into smooth balls.
  • Cover loosely and allow to relax for 5 minutes.
  • Flatten each roll with your hand to about 1/2 inch thick.
  • Dust lightly with cornmeal.
  • With the handle of a wooden spoon or similar object, press a deep indentation into the top of each roll almost like you were using the side of your hand to split the rolls in 2 halves. Press firmly and deeply, almost to the bottom. As each roll is shaped, place it face down on a greased or parchment lined baking sheet.
  • Cover the rolls with a lint free towel or loose plastic wrap and let them rise an additional 40 minutes at room temperature. They will be slightly less than doubled.
  • In the meantime, prepare the oven by placing a pan on the bottom oven rack. Twenty minutes before baking, preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
  • Five minutes before the rolls are to go into the oven, pour 1 cup of hot water in the pan to form steam and provide a moist environment for the rolls. Be sure to use Hot water.
  • Uncover the rolls, carefully turn them right side up, and spritz lightly with an atomizer of water.
  • Place the pan of rolls on the middle shelf of the hot oven.
  • After three minutes lightly spritz the oven walls with water.
  • Midway through the bake period turn the sheet around so that the rolls bake evenly. They are done when crispy brown all over, in about 20-25 minutes.
  • Remove the rolls from the oven and cool on cooling rack.

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  1. Made these for dinner tonight to go with recipe #299431 #299431 by Sarah_Jayne. Made great hamburger buns. Followed recipe. Thank You. Made for ZWT6 - Family Picks. No -Nonsense Nibblers.

    MomLuvs6

  2. Made these to use with grilled brats just like they do in Wisconsin and they turned out great. We didn't have any molasses so I left it out. They were perfectly done after about 17 minutes. I started with 3 1/2 cups of flour (as specified in a different recipe - you can always add more if needed) and added about another cup while running with the dough hook. Contrary to the poster, I think these would make really good dinner rolls...

    emitpan

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FAQs

What are some different names for bread dinner rolls? ›

This could be a barm cake, bread-cake, bap, batch, bun, buttery, muffin, cob, oven bottom, roll or stotty.

How do you bake store bought dinner rolls? ›

Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 350°F. Place rolls in a baking dish or arrange on a baking sheet, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with coarse salt, if desired. Bake until warm, 7 to 10 minutes.

What do Scottish people call bread rolls? ›

For example, baps is a term used in the North of England and Scotland and refers to bread rolls/buns.

What do southerners call a bread roll? ›

Bread roll is a term used widely in England, southern Wales and Scotland, whereas bap was the favourite of North Wales, the West Midlands and Staffordshire.

How to make store-bought rolls taste like homemade? ›

Sprinkle your herbs, your cheese, your pulverized garlic, etc. onto the bottom half, then place the other half back on top. Brush the top with fat and finish with crunchy flakes of salt, or Parmesan (a cheese that tastes pretty good when browned), before popping them into the oven or under the broiler for browning.

Should you brush dinner rolls before baking? ›

Butter basting: Rolls can be brushed with butter before, during, or after baking. While it doesn't brown the surface as much as egg wash will, it does promote browning and adds a lot of flavor.

What are sister rolls? ›

Sister Schubert's® mouthwatering Yeast Dinner Rolls use only the finest ingredients for a homemade taste and uncompromised quality. They are fully proofed, yet partially baked, to allow each customer to achieve their perfect level of browning.

What is the best pan to cook rolls in? ›

Baking Pan: I prefer baking the rolls in a glass 9×13 inch baking pan because I find they brown a little too quickly in metal. As long as you bake the rolls on a lower oven rack and keep your eye on them, any pan is great.

What is the difference between a bun and a roll? ›

Rolls are typically proofed and baked closer together for a softer, “pull apart” result. This makes them great for dipping or eating alongside other food. On the other hand, buns are proofed with space between them, which makes them crustier.

Why are my homemade rolls so dense? ›

There may be several reasons for a dense, cake like texture in bread. It may indicate the kneading wasn't enough for the gluten to develop properly, or the dough was proved for too short a time or the dough may have been too dry. It is also worth checking the flour you used.

Why are my bread rolls not light and fluffy? ›

Too much flour, or not the right kind, could be to blame. Dough made only from flour with a high or even average amount of protein (like bread flour or all-purpose flour) can become tough from overmixing. Protein gives bread structure in the form of gluten—the more you mix and move the dough, the more gluten you get.

Why are my bread rolls tough? ›

The flour you used may have contained too much protein. Protein is one of the ingredients that help yeast bread brown. Use bread flour that is purchased at a grocery store or a national brand of all-purpose flour. You may have overdone it on the protein.

What makes a bread roll well risen? ›

The secret of successful rising

Generally speaking, a warm, humid environment is best for rising bread. For deeper flavour (and convenience), most doughs can be put in the fridge for their second rise and left to prove overnight.

What is another name for bread rolls? ›

These names include roll, and for a minority of the population (usually concentrated in specific regions) bap, barm cake, batch, breadcake, bun, cob, teacake and muffin.

What are slang words for bread roll? ›

A cob, a roll, a bun, a barm, a batch, a bap – it's just flour, yeast, salt, and water, but the country seems to be overflowing with different names for the humble morsel.

What are dinner rolls called in England? ›

What is the word for a small round bread roll in England? Bun, roll, cob, barm, bap - depending on location in England. Some will call them batch, tea cake or muffin but I have only heard that and never met anyone who actually does.

What do you call this bread roll? ›

This barmy topic gives many hotly debated names to a circular blob of bread, dependent on where you come from. Around these parts it's a barm/barm cake. In the Midlands it's a cob. Elsewhere around the country it might be a roll, bun, batch, bap, teacake, stottie, Vienna. So many names!

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