Soft and Chewy Dinner Rolls

Name: Soft and Chewy Dinner Rolls
Yield: Makes 12 rolls
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups, water, heated to 110 degrees; 2 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 2 1/4 teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 3 cups (15 ounces/425 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup, instant potato flakes; , Salt; 1 , egg, lightly beaten

Desserts or Baked Goods
Make Ahead
Breads
Holiday
Thanksgiving

Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2011

Some rolls are as squishy as a teddy bear, others as rustic as rawhide. We wanted a happy medium—a roll with a crumb that was soft yet chewy.

SERVES Makes 12 rolls

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 65 minutes rising

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