Soft Rolls

These soft rolls were the first part of my basic bread series. With no kneading and no shaping they’re a great “Beginners Bread” to get you started on your bread making journey. 

Freshly baked artisanal bread rolls dusted with flour, placed on a woven mat with a bowl of flour and a dough cutter in the background.

Soft Rolls

Sourdough bread dough in a blue baking dish with parchment paper, flour in a patterned bowl, and kitchen tools on a wooden tray.
Bread dough being cut into sections with a metal scraper in a baking dish.
Freshly baked bread rolls dusted with flour on a woven placemat, accompanied by a blue patterned bowl of flour and a dough cutter on a wooden tray.

Ingredients

  • 250g Lukewarm Water 

  • 7g instant yeast 

  • Squeeze of honey (about 1tbs)

  • 1 Tbs Olive Oil

  • 350g Strong Bread Flour 

  • 1/2 tbs salt 

Instrustions

Mix the water and yeast and add the honey and olive oil and mix again. Add flour and salt and mix well until combined and sticky.

Cover and rest 30 min.

After 30 min do 4 stretch and folds with a damp hand to prevent the dough from sticking. Reaching round and underneath the dough lift it up gently and fold over. Turn the bowl after each fold. Cover and rest 30 min.

After 30 min repeat the process and cover and rest in the fridge for 10-24 hours. You can add some oil to your cling film to stop it sticking but if it does just pull the dough away from the plastic.

Once ready prepare your dish (9 inch square) with parchment paper and some flour, flour the top of dough and the work surface generously and turn the bowl out on top of the baking dish. It may take a few minutes and if you don’t have the patience you can help with your hand. 

With floured hands stretch the dough slightly from underneath, sprinkle the top with more flour and cut into 9. Do strong cuts into the dough and if it becomes sticky add more flour. Cover and rest for 30 min while your oven heats up.

Heat your oven to 210C and a little oven dish with some water inside (about 300ml) place this at the bottom of your oven as soon as your turn it on.

Bake for 15 min, turn oven down to 190C and take out the dish with water. Bake for another 15 min at 190C.

Take out of the dish and cool for at least 20 min before eating.

Enjoy D