Easy bread rolls

By Barney Desmazery

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• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:30 mins
  • Cook:25 mins – 30 mins
• Easy
• Makes 8

Bake these simple white bread rolls for sandwiches, burger buns or to dunk in soup. Using only a handful of ingredients, bread-making has never been so easy

Ingredients

• 500g strong white bread flour , plus extra for dusting
• 7g sachet fast action yeast
• 1 tsp white caster sugar
• 2 tsp fine salt
• 1 tsp sunflower oil , plus extra for the work surface and bowl

Method

• STEP 1Tip the flour, yeast, sugar, salt and oil into a bowl. Pour over 325ml warm water, then mix (with a spatula or your hand), until it comes together as a shaggy dough. Make sure all the flour has been incorporated. Cover and leave for 10 mins.
• STEP 2Lightly oil your work surface and tip the dough onto it. Knead the dough for at least 10 mins until it becomes tighter and springy – if you have a stand mixer you can do this with a dough hook for 5 mins. Pull the dough into a ball and put in a clean, oiled bowl. Leave for 1 hr, or until doubled in size.
• STEP 3Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a long sausage shape. Halve the dough, then divide each half into four pieces, so you have eight equal-sized portions. Roll each into a tight ball and put on a dusted baking tray, leaving some room between each ball for rising. Cover with a damp tea towel and leave in a warm place to prove for 40 mins-1 hr or until almost doubled in size.
• STEP 4Heat the oven to 230C/210C fan/gas 8. When the dough is

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