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Gruyere Dinner Rolls with Blackberry Honey Butter
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Prep time 3hrs 30mins
Cook time 20mins
Serves or Makes: 15
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For the Rolls:
ingredients
- 1 cup (8 ounces) whole milk, warm, 100-105F
- 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 3/4 + 2 tablespoons (392 g) all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup (43 g) potato flour
- 5 tablespoons (76 g) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into 5 pieces
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon sea salt
- 5 ounces Gruyere cheese, shredded
- 2 tablepoons rosemary, minced (any fresh herbs work)
For the Roll Glaze
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons salted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Flaky sea salt
For the Blackberry Honey Butter
ingredients
- 8 tablespoons (113 g) salted butter, softened
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 cup blackberries, smashed
Method
Step 1
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, add the warm milk, yeast and honey and let mingle for about 10 minutes until foamy and frothy (this lets us know our yeast is working). Add in the flour, potato flour, butter, egg and sea salt and mix on low at first, working your way up to medium high. Run the machine for 10 minutes. The dough will stick to the bottom of the bowl but should be clearing the sides. Some minor sticking on the sides is fine. The dough should smooth out the longer it is kneaded.
Step 2
Lightly grease a large bowl with olive oil. Scoop the dough into this bowl and let rest for two hours or until double in size. **At this point, the bowl could be covered tightly and stashed in the fridge for 24 hours. When ready to use, just move onto the next step, no need to bring the dough to room temperature.
Step 3
In a small bowl toss the shredded gruyere with the minced thyme. Set aside. Lightly grease and line a 9x13 baking dish with If You Care Parchment Paper, letting the excess hang over the sides…this will make it easier to lift the rolls out of the dish.
Step 4
When read to bake, separate the dough into 15 equal-sized pieces. Total dough weight should be about 789g; each dough ball should weigh roughly 52g. Roll the pieces into balls and then flatten them into about 2-inches circumference (no need for a rolling pin, you can use your hands). Fill with 1 1/2 tbsp of the gruyere-thyme mixture. Grab the edges of the dough and pinch them together to seal the cheese in the middle. Place the seam side down and gently roll until they’re a perfect little ball again. Set the balls, even-spaced apart from each other, in the prepared baking dish and cover loosely with a damp dish towel. This is a perfectly imperfect process. Some cheese will spill out, that’s fine. Let it stick to the bottom or the outside of the dough, it will all bake up beautifully. Let rest until almost double in size in a warm, draft-free area for about 1 hour.
Step 5
Preheat your oven to 350F (177C). Place an oven rack one rung underneath the middle rack (in the bottom 1/3 of the oven).
Step 6
Make the Blackberry Honey Butter: In a small bowl, whisk together the softened butter with the honey until combined. Fold in the mashed blackberries.
Step 7
Sprinkle any remaining cheese over the rolls. Bake on that rack in the lower third of the oven for about 20 min. As soon as they come out of the oven, brush with the honey butter and sprinkle with sea salt flakes.
Step 8
Use the overhanging parchment paper to get the rolls out of the baking dish. Use two forks to separate the rolls from each other (if you pull or use a knife you will crush them. These rolls are best the day they are baked. Reheat briefly in the microwave or covered in the oven to freshen them up. Serve with the blackberry honey butter and live your best life!!