Bread & roll shaping guides

[maddy]

Tonight I had some fun with my rolls.......



I used Tenina's bread roll recipe, but I cut the sugar down to 50g, and used full cream milk.  Very happy with the results.
I also used an egg glaze which gave them a lovely golden colour.

Egg glaze: 1 egg whisked with 1 tablespoon water.


Plaited roll

Cut your dough into 3 pieces, and roll into same length sausages.  Pinch one end together, and plait the strands from outside strand and under centre strand.  Repeat process with the two outer strands.



Tuck the ends under neatly, then glaze with egg wash and let rise.



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Don't know what this shape is.....I winged it 

Shape the roll portion into a fat sausage, and cross over like the breast cancer symbol



Curl the two long strands around, and tuck under the centre piece.



Egg wash then rise.



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And the happy face, poke a hole with the end of the wooden spoon, and use a sharp knife to cut in the smile.
Egg wash, then place the poppy seeds in for his eyes and smile.......the kids love it 

[judydawn]

Maddy looks like you had fun today - bet it's the start of a new craze.  I have only 1 roll left in the freezer so was planning to do another batch tomorrow (if there are no interruptions).  Like you, I was going to try some of the designs which have been posted on here too.

[maddy]

I did have fun Judy.......just reliving my childhood,  playing with play-doh 

[meganjane]

Hi MJ - does that mean you are not Over Cream Donuts? 

Of course!

I know round rolls are easy, but sometimes it's hard to get them smooth on top. This is how I do it. Roll into a ball, then push the ball up between your forefinger and thumb, twisting dough underneath. These are Hot Cross Buns.

                       

[Thermomixer]

Certainly did have some fun Maddy    - good to see.

[CreamPuff63]

Maddy its great to see what you have been experimenting with. Gives me the inspiration to just wing it! Love the clear cut pics.

[KL_inTheMiX]

I did plain round rolls tonight using Isi's Portuguese recipe.
Flattened a round (100g) out with my knuckles and then tuck all the sides in to form the round.
Wash with oil/water mix and sprinkled with sesame and chia seeds.

BEST BUNS in the history of EVER!!!!

 

[obbie]

  Hi, i made small dinner rolls last night, and they were perfect, so thanks for the tips.

Robyn

[achookwoman]

All these beautiful photos tell a story,  sorry i still can't post photos.   I make snail rolls.  These can be any size.  Take a piece of dough,  form it into a long sausage,  roll it around you finger, pinch the end to attach it to the coil.

[Russell]

I just posted this link in the cob thread, but thought it belonged here too, as it's quite handy for shaping bread.

http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t--1120/creating-bread-shapes.asp

Russell.

[cathy79]

There's also this one which I found when looking at Russell's link above.

http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t--1121/shaping-rolls.asp

[Thermomixer]

Oh well - too slow.  After thinking for ages that I should find links with pics you have already found the ones that I was going to post about.

Thanks.

There are others, but I'll leave that.  things like epi sticks/rolls are here somewhere already.

[Tebasile]

Watch this: How To Braid a 5-Strand in Bread

[CreamPuff63]

Two DD's with the thickest longest hair you could imagine and I stuffed up on the plaiting of 3 Colour Bread ...(knew I should've taken more responsibility when they were younger, and not just bought a book and  left all the braiding up to them to learn! its payback time i'm hearing you)

[Thermomixer]

Thanks Tebasile - I could do that - and very impressive when finished