Party bread or rolls

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 700 g flour
• 300 ml milk, lukewarm
• 1 packet of dry yeast
• 100 g butter, melted
• 2 eggs
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp, leveled salt
• Sesame, poppy, or sunflower seeds
• 1 egg yolk, whisked with a little milk

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 2 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 3 hours 5 minutes

very soft and fluffy, great for Sunday brunch, cold buffet or as everyday bread

First, stir the dried yeast and 1 tablespoon of sugar into 100 ml of milk and let stand for about 5 minutes until it foams. Mix the flour with the remaining sugar and salt. Whisk the eggs with 200 ml of milk and 70 g of butter and knead into the flour mixture or knead in a food processor for at least 5 minutes. It is a very soft dough. If you have difficulty kneading, you can add a handful of flour, which I don’t think is necessary. Rub the dough all over with a little melted butter and let rest in an airtight container for 1.5 hours. Shape the dough into 15 balls and place them next to each other on greased baking paper in a 28 cm cake ring. Cover and let rise for another 30 minutes. Brush with the remaining butter and bake in an oven preheated to 200 °C for about 35-40 minutes. If you want to bake rolls, you can roll the dough balls into ropes and braid them into shapes, or simply score them. This will, of course, reduce the baking time to 20-25 minutes. If you want to sprinkle the bread or rolls with seeds, brush them with beaten egg yolk before baking. This helps the seeds adhere better.