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Breakfast-For-Dinner Rolls

These dinner rolls also make a great base for sandwiches and hamburgers.
Mia Morgenstern for NPR /
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These dinner rolls also make a great base for sandwiches and hamburgers.
Breakfast-For-Dinner Rolls
Mia Morgenstern for NPR /
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These soft rolls are perfect for using up leftover oatmeal. Leftover oats have had a chance to more fully absorb the water they have been cooked in. They tend to congeal a bit after cooling, and this is good for mixing into the dough. Add the water a little bit at a time, as cooked grains release their liquid as they're mixed into the dough. Serve these with butter, or use them as hamburger buns or sandwich rolls.

Makes 16 small rolls

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast

2 teaspoons salt

2 tablespoons sugar

3 tablespoons melted butter

3/4 to 1 cup cooked and cooled oatmeal

3/4 to 1 cup water

Whole milk, for brushing

Poppy or sesame seeds, for sprinkling on top

In a large bowl, mix flour with yeast, salt and sugar. Add melted butter and oatmeal to flour mixture, and stir to combine, using hands to break up large bits of oatmeal.

Add 1/2 cup water and knead with hands to incorporate. Add another 1/4 cup water and continue kneading, adding additional water by tablespoonfuls if necessary until dough is no longer shaggy and comes together into a ball..

Turn dough onto a clean, lightly floured surface and knead with heel of your hand, turning periodically, until dough is soft, smooth and elastic, 5 to 10 minutes.

Place dough in an oiled bowl, cover and let rise until doubled in size, 1 to 1-1/2 hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Punch down dough. Divide into 16 pieces and form each piece into a tight ball, pinching dough together on the bottom of each roll.

Place rolls on an oiled or parchment-lined baking sheet and cover with oiled plastic wrap. Let them rise for another 30 minutes, until puffy. Before baking, brush the tops with milk and sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds, if desired.

Bake until tops are deep golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

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