Whole Wheat Honey Rolls

Here is a recipe I modified for dinner rolls. I use my handy dandy kitchenaid mixer for whatever I can, but you can always make recipes by hand, just be prepared to use a little bit of muscle and elbow grease :). They taste great and are full of good stuff from the whole wheat and honey. Start by getting 1 and 1/2 Cups of warm water and 2 packages (or 4 and 1/2 teaspoons) of yeast. Let stand in your mixing bowl for about 10 mins. Add 1/2 cup of Honey and 3 Tablespoons of shortening and turn on your mixer. Add 2 eggs and 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of salt. I also add ground flaxseed to just about every bread I make. In this recipe I added 2 Tablespoons of ground flaxseed and well as 2 Tablespoons of dough enhancer (also optional). Turn off mixer and add the dough hook attachment. Begin to add flour one cup at a time. You will probably use between 4 and 5 cups of flour and your dough should be clinging to the dough hook and picking up from the sides of the bowl. Add the last two cups slowly as the flour will absorb the liquid if you give it time. After mixing remove dough to a large bowl and knead with your hands just a little bit. I like to grease the dough with a little bit of oil before I let it rise.

Cover the dough and set in a warmed oven or on top of a warm stove. Make sure to keep it free from drafts and let rise until doubled in size. Repeat this process one more time and then take pieces from the dough and form balls. You can also cut the dough into fours which will make them pull apart neatly after baking

 

This should make about 12 fairly large dinner rolls. You could make smaller ones and probably get double the amount. Let them rise for about 20 mins or so and bake at 400 degrees for about 13 to 15 mins. Enjoy!!