A Challenge: Recreating O'So Lo Rolls

[NulloModo]

I'm not positive, I've never used a bread machine.

What I learned the big secret was is to make sure the dough is properly kneaded. I think that it takes a bit more kneading time than regular flour-based dough would, and if you don't 'wake up' all of the gluten, it just doesn't work right, and you get soggy biscuits instead of rolls (the end result of my first several attempts).

[MotherOfGizmo]

ugg I made them but I went to chat while there were rising and popped them in the oven and then became charcoal brickettes. :sadblinky

Do you think I could mix and bake them in my bread machine as a loaf?

Hey, if you can do that 2big I might actually attempt to make them. They sure look yummy Nullo! Good job!

[NulloModo]

They are actually really easy to make, a bread machine is totally uneccessary.

Just knead the dough in a food processor (mine has a dough blade for this purpose, but I suppose you could use a stand mixer as well if you have a dough hook) until it goes from pasty/mealy to actually looking like a ball of dough, around 4/5 minutes in my food processor.

Then, divide into roll four portions, shape into rolls (nice and smooth and top and all) place on a cookie sheet or in individual baking dishes, and let proof for a while (I let mine proof for near an hour or so). If you don't have a proofing chamber, all you need to do is heat a glass of water in the microwave till boiling, then quickly toss the rolls (works best if they are in the individual baking dishes) into the microwave with it (the microwave not running, obviously) and shut the door. The warm water will keep the temps up and encourage the yeast to be fruitful and multiply.

Then, preheat your oven, and when done proofing, outta the microwave and into the oven till done, simple as that.

[Blubberly]

Sorry if this was already asked/said, but what the carb count on each roll?

[NulloModo]

By my rough estimate it is around 3.5 - 3.75 net carbs per roll depending on how you count the flax, yeast, and polydextrose.

These also contain a ton of fiber.

[MotherOfGizmo]

They are actually really easy to make, a bread machine is totally uneccessary.

Just knead the dough in a food processor (mine has a dough blade for this purpose, but I suppose you could use a stand mixer as well if you have a dough hook) until it goes from pasty/mealy to actually looking like a ball of dough, around 4/5 minutes in my food processor.

Then, divide into roll four portions, shape into rolls (nice and smooth and top and all) place on a cookie sheet or in individual baking dishes, and let proof for a while (I let mine proof for near an hour or so). If you don't have a proofing chamber, all you need to do is heat a glass of water in the microwave till boiling, then quickly toss the rolls (works best if they are in the individual baking dishes) into the microwave with it (the microwave not running, obviously) and shut the door. The warm water will keep the temps up and encourage the yeast to be fruitful and multiply.

Then, preheat your oven, and when done proofing, outta the microwave and into the oven till done, simple as that.

:sadblinky

Ah, but I don't have a food processor or a mixer that will do dough. :sadblinky

[2big4mysize]

then you MOG can hand knead the dough which was why i wanted to use the bread machine it takes about 15 minutes by hand to get it to look like dough and then 5 more to get it to feel right and I just kept thinking about my veggie sister back in the 70s making that gluten roast kneading all that flour for so long.

My bread machine has a dough setting i'll try kneading it in there tomorrow and see what happens.

Nullo you must have the biggest microwave to place a cookie sheet inside! :yikes

[NulloModo]

Nullo you must have the biggest microwave to place a cookie sheet inside! :yikes

I do have a huge microwave, but a cookie sheet won't quite fit

I did mine in individual baking tins, these roll-sized aluminum jobbies that I picked up 8/$1 or something like that at Safeway.

[MotherOfGizmo]

then you MOG can hand knead the dough which was why i wanted to use the bread machine it takes about 15 minutes by hand to get it to look like dough and then 5 more to get it to feel right and I just kept thinking about my veggie sister back in the 70s making that gluten roast kneading all that flour for so long.

My bread machine has a dough setting i'll try kneading it in there tomorrow and see what happens.

Nullo you must have the biggest microwave to place a cookie sheet inside! :yikes

I do have a bread machine! :yes I guess i could just do the mix/knead part in there and then yank it out---but I'd really like it if it would work in the bread maker--I never have been much into baking! Cooking I like, baking I don't like so much! :nono

[lostandfound]

Nullo,

They turned out beautifully. Well done!!!
Hugs,Tammy

[NulloModo]

Thanks, glad you liked them. Scott really deserves most of the credit though, he is the one who came up with the recipe.

[Fluffynomore]

I'm waiting for the results with the bread machine. I have asked for one for Christmas (they are now dirt cheap) and I am far too busy/lazy to knead dough.

I have an order with Honeyville I am getting in next week!

[NulloModo]

Buy a food processor instead It will knead dough super-quick and is not a single-task appliance like a bread machine.

However, I have seen bread machines as cheap as $10 at goodwill if that is truly your persuasion...

[Fluffynomore]

I get your drift but I am still attracted to the breadmaker idea. I got a food processor when they were all the rage and still have blades and attachments around. Now where the heck did I put that thing? ensive

[scott123]

Thanks, glad you liked them. Scott really deserves most of the credit though, he is the one who came up with the recipe.

Nullo, you're very kind. I may have done a little back seat baking/theorizing, but you physically made the bread. Abstractions are all good and nice, but you produced results.