Sweet German Milk Rolls – Authentic Recipe

In Germany we love rolls and especially the sweet German milk rolls. They taste so good just alone with butter or with cream cheese and a dot jam on top. I have found for you an authentic recipe for these kind of rolls. They are made out a yeast dough and are not that difficult to make.  The milk rolls are great for the breakfast or brunch table. Happy Baking!

Ingredients Sweet German Milk Rolls

Starter Dough
500 g wheat flour, all purpose, unbleached
1 cube fresh yeast (42g or 0.6oz) or 1 package dry yeast

YEAST INFO:
If you can only find dried yeast use this as a guide for 500g flour: 15g fresh = 1 tablespoon dried = 7g fast-action.

500 ml whole milk (low fat is not recommended)

Dough
500 g flour, all purpose, unbleached
150 g sugar
50 g butter
1 tsp salt
some milk

The German Snack Box is available all year around

Baking Instructions Sweet German Milk Rolls

• Dissolve yeast in milk, add to flour, make a so called “Vorteig” which is a pre-dough or starter: Mix all ingredients very well.
• Let rise at a warm place, covered with a clean kitchen cloth, until dough has doubled (up to 1 hour).
• No add all dough ingredients and knead with kneading hooks until you get a smooth dough. You also can knead with your hands which should be sprinkled with flour.
• Let dough raise again for another 30 min.
• Sprinkle flour on a baking board or a clean and smooth surface.
• Knead dough with hands very well.
• Now form rolls (each should weigh about 80g).
• Place the rolls on a baking tray layered with parchment paper.
• Brush milk on top of each roll.
• Pre-heat oven to 390 F.
• Before you would bake the rolls, with a knife make a small cut in the middle. Brush again with milk.
• Bake the rolls for about 15 min.

Attention: They brown fast! Move the grid to a lower level if they are already brown before the end of the baking time.

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