Our Daily Bread

Petits Pains Au Lait

A slightly sweet French milk roll with a soft crust that's perfect for serving with dinner.

Ingredients: 4 Cups Unbleached White Bread Flour

1/2 tsp. Salt

1 Tbls. Caster Sugar (superfine)

1/4 Cup Butter (softened)

1/2 Oz. Fresh Yeast

1 Generous Cup Lukewarm Milk, plus 1extra Tbls. (for glazing)

In a large bowl, sift together the Flour and Salt

Stir in the Sugar

Then rub the softened Butter into the mix and set aside

Add the Yeast to the lukewarm Milk

Stir and let sit 10 minutes

Pour the Milk/Yeast mix into the Flour

Mix until moistened

Then turn out onto a lightly Floured surface

Knead until smooth and elastic

Place the Dough into a lightly Greased bowl and cover with lightly Greased plastic wrap and let rise 1 hour

Once risen, punch down and roll out on a lightly Floured surface

Cut into 12 even pieces

Roll each piece into a ball, then cut a X in the top and place on 2 lightly Greased pans

Cover with lightly Oiled plastic wrap and let rise another 20 minutes

Brush the rolls with the extra Tbls. of Milk, then place into a pre-heated oven at 400 F and bake 20-25 minutes or until Golden brown, then serve and enjoy.

I didn't have enough white bread Flour for the recipe, so I substituted half whole wheat bread flour instead which worked out fine. The rolls didn't turn out as nice as the pictures in the book, but still tasted great. They have a nice flavor to them and a soft middle that was great dipped in soup.