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Directions:Peel and boil the potatoes in plain water without any salt or seasoning. Use a little over two cups of water to cook the potatoes because you will need to have two full cups left over to set aside for the dough.
When fully cooked, remove the potatoes from the water and mash them to a fine consistency so that there are no lumps. Use your fingers if necessary to break up any lumps. Let mashed potatoes and water cool to lukewarm.
In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in the potato water with a teaspoon of the sugar to aid growth.
Add the remaining sugar, salt, oil, and eggs to yeast mixture and beat slightly with a whisk.
Whisk in the mashed potatoes.
Add flour a scoop at a time, stirring between each, until dough pulls away from the bowl and makes a firm ball.
Turn out on a floured surface and knead 5-10 minutes until smooth to the hand.
Wash bowl and coat with oil or softened butter. Wipe bowl with dough ball so that the ball becomes coated with oil.
At this point the dough can be covered and put in the refrigerator for a day or two before shaping and baking. You may have to punch it down a time or two so it won't grow out of the bowl!
Cover and let rise to double before shaping and placing in greased roll pans.
Let rise about 45 minutes and bake at 400º F for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned on top. Serve immediately! |
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Notes: If possible, serve immediately while still very hot.
This recipe is known as a refrigerator roll recipe because it substitutes potatoes for milk. Before milk was pasteurized, it could not be kept very long without cooking or drinking. All the fresh milk used by Zella Pampe on the farm was unpasteurized until 1966 when she no longer kept cows. The other advantage of the potato in the rolls is that it provides a very light, melt in the mouth roll. This is one of the lightest dinner rolls you will ever eat.
This recipe is the one Zella also used for her doughnuts. See New Year's Doughnuts for the instructions.
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