Oatmeal Bread Rolls

If you like Hawaiian Bread Buns, you will love these dinner rolls. Oatmeal Bread Buns stay moist, yet they are light, fluffy, and tender. They have a slightly sweet and nutty taste, perfect to serve with any meal. These are definitely one of our favorite dinner bread rolls to make!

Ingredients

2 c. water
1 c. oats
3 Tbs. butter
1/3 c. very warm water
1 pkg. yeast
1 Tbs. granulated sugar
1/3 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. salt
4 1/2 to 5 c. flour

Directions

Grease two 9-inch round baking pans. Set aside.

In a saucepan, bring water to a boil.  Stir in oatmeal and butter.  Cook and stir for 1 minute, then remove from heat. Let stand until it cools a bit, but is still warm. You don't want it too hot because it will kill the yeast.

In a large bowl, combine warm water, yeast and granulated sugar together. Place in a warm location for 10 minutes to allow the yeast to bloom. That will let you know that your yeast is active.

Stir in the oatmeal, brown sugar, and 1 1/2 c. flour into the yeast mixture. Beat with a wooden spoon until smooth, or you can use your mixer.  

Stir in more flour until you have a soft dough. **see below 

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface.  Knead the dough for 8 to 10 minutes, adding more flour as necessary.  

Lightly grease or oil the bowl you were mixing the dough in. Place the dough into the bowl, turning once to make sure that all sides are oiled or greased.  Cover the bowl and place in a warm location until doubled in size. This takes about 1 hour. 

Punch the dough down. Allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes. Divide the dough into 18 equal pieces. Shape each piece of dough into a ball and place in the prepared pans. If you want smaller buns, divide the dough into 24 equal portions.

Cover and place the pans in a warm location. Let rise until doubled in size. This rising can take about 45 minutes.

Heat oven to 350°. What I do is I have the pans already in the oven to rise, because my stove has a pilot light. Then, after they are doubled in bulk, I turn the oven on.  Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown. 

Brush the tops with some butter.  We just take a stick of butter and run it over the tops of the hot rolls. Remove the buns from the pans and cool on a wire rack. Or put them in a bowl with a tea towel to keep warm if you are serving them with your meal. 

Serve with honey butter if desired.

Notes

Don't just dump all the flour in at once. When you make bread, you never use the same amount of flour.  The weather, humidity and liquid you added will make the amounts of flour different every time.  

You can also use this recipe to make 1 loaf of bread, or 2 mini loaves of bread.