Nana Rolls

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 3 large eggs, beaten lightly
• 3/4 ounce dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 cup water, lukewarm
• 7 cups bread flour, plus 3-5 more for bench flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter

Recipe

• 1 best pans to use: round aluminum (3 to a package).
• 2 in a heavy bottom pot heat:2 cups whole milk, 2 sticks butter.
• 3 add 3 slightly beaten eggs to the heated milk – stir, and let the mixture cool.
• 4 in another bowl combine 3 packages of active dry yeast and 1 tbsp sugar in 1 cup of lukewarm water, let this mixture sit for 10 minutes.
• 5 in a large bowl combine 7 cups flour (all-purpose or bread), 2 cups sugar, and 1 tsp salt.
• 6 pour the cooled milk mixture through a strainer into flour mixture, and combine (using your hands or a wooden spoon).
• 7 then pour in the yeast sponge and combine (again using your hands).
• 8 in the bowl, work the dough and add some vegetable oil while working and this will alleviate the sticky factor of the dough (it takes about 1/3 of a cup). this dough is more like a "batter" than it is a dough, but don't be worried after the dough rises - it'll be workable, and the bench flour is for incorporating.
• 9 cover dough with a damp towel, and set in a warm place and let it rise for 1 hour.
• 10 punch down dough, knead it a little bit, and let it sit while you prep your pans.
• 11 the best pans to use are round aluminum, pour 1 tbsp of oil in the bottom and turn pan to coat. melt 1/2 stick of butter.
• 12 place the dough on a well-floured pastry board, pat dough till it’s evenly thick.
• 13 using a biscuit cutter, cut circles of dough, flatten with your fingers, then fold in half.
• 14 put dough “pocketsâ€? into the pans, once the pan is full, brush the tops of the rolls with the melted butter.
• 15 let rolls rise for 30 minutes then bake at 400° for 15 minutes.
• 16 you may brush the tops again with butter to glaze.