• You can make the rolls and cottage loaf with the white or brown bread recipe

    Crusty rolls

    Serves: 18 – 24 rolls, depending on type of roll
    Cooking Time: 20 mins + proving time

    Ingredients

    • KNOTS
    • quantity of basic bread dough
    • 1 large egg, beaten, to glaze
    • sesame or poppy seeds, to decorate

    Instructions

    1

    Preheat the oven to 200°C. Grease a baking tray.

    2

    Make your dough according to the recipe on p45 and use one-third of the quantity to make the knotted rolls.

    3

    Divide the dough into 18 portions, roll each portion into a thin sausage shape and twist into a knot.

    4

    Set the knotted rolls aside to prove until double in size.

    5

    Glaze the rolls with egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds or poppy seeds, or leave them plain.

    6

    Bake in the centre of the oven until they sound hollow when tapped, about 20 minutes. Remove from the baking sheet and cool on a wire tray.

    Notes

    Be careful not to over-prove or the dough will spread and lose its shape.