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Home » Uncategorized » BBA: Kaiser Rolls

BBA: Kaiser Rolls

August 31, 2009 · WCC Administr@tr · 10 Comments

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This week’s Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge is Peter Reinhart’s recipe for Kaiser Rolls (which you can get from his book below, starting on page 175-177). Friends joined me in the kitchen and together we had a lot of fun making mini kaiser rolls.

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The bread starts out with a pate fermentee, a yeast starter, which is then cut into pieces and introduced with the other dry ingredients – bread flour, yeast, salt, sugar, oil and water. Unlike previous weeks when I used my stand mixer to do the kneading for me, we call took a quarter of the dough and kneaded it by hand. We found bread baking as a group to be pretty enjoyable as we kneaded the together over some good conversation! After the dough had their first rise, we divided the dough and shaped them into small boules for mini kaiser rolls.

To give our own signature look, each of us decorated our rolls with fun cuts like these:

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After our creative cuts, we also used dried herbs and seasonings top our rolls for additional flavor…

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Once they finished rising, they were ready for the oven! I can’t even begin to tell you how wonderful the kitchen smelled as these were baking. Finally after a few minutes, they were ready… and the insides were warm, fluffy and delicious!

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  1. Shauna says

    September 1, 2009 at 2:55 am

    Those look delicious!

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  2. Valerie Gamine says

    September 1, 2009 at 2:55 am

    I like your blog! And your kaiser rolls are making me hungry despite the fact that I just pasta. Love those carbs. 🙂

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  3. Spryte says

    September 1, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    Those look so good!

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  4. ATigerInTheKitchen says

    September 1, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    Very pretty — love the creative markings! You make the whole process look so easy…I hope that's the case when I make them!

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  5. Oggi says

    September 1, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    I also love making and eating these rolls. I agree they are so much fun to make.

    The mini buns are lovely and I like the variety of cuts, very creative.:)

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  6. Peabody says

    September 2, 2009 at 12:18 am

    I love all the different cuts you tried out!

    I also love all your bread posts as of late!

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  7. FG says

    September 2, 2009 at 12:35 pm

    I've never heard of Kaiser Rolls but yours looks so tempting I might just have to try them.

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  8. Cindy says

    September 2, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    What a great idea to have friends join you in the kitchen for baking. It sounds like you had a great time. Love all those fancy cuts on top of the kaiser rolls.

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  9. Pete Eatemall says

    September 15, 2009 at 12:59 am

    Cant wait to make these! I have loved almost every bread so far! Yours look amazing and how fun to bake with friends…Happy Baking!

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  10. misterrios says

    September 15, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    Very nice rolls! I love all the different cuts, and the crust just looks wonderful.

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