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Banh Mi Rolls

Crispy and airy rolls for banh mi sandwiches
Prep Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 35 minutes
Course Bread
Servings 6 rolls

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/4 cups water give or take a little
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 2 tsp instant yeast
  • 4 cups bread flour spooned and leveled or 500g
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 large egg

Instructions
 

  • Combine everything in a stand mixer with a dough hook. Mix on medium low until the dough comes together into a ball. Test the dough with a wet hand to see how stiff it is. If it is too stiff, add a tbsp of water at a time while mixing until it is slack and smooth. If the dough feels super sticky and loose, add a tbsp of flour at at time until the dough has a good consistency. When you turn the mixer off, it should slump a bit but not be completely loose.
  • Test the dough with the window pane test. Continue kneading until it passes. Shape into a rough ball and place in a greased bowl or dough bucket and cover while it rises. Allow to rise until doubled 1-2 hours depending on temperature.
  • Preheat oven to 425 with steam tray and pizza steel if using. Divide into 6 pieces and shape into batard shapes. Allow to rest 5 minutes then shape into baguettes. There are great youtube videos on how to shape dough you can check out if you haven't made these shapes before.
  • Allow to rise again on a floured couche or on parchment covered by plastic wrap sprayed with oil spray. Allow to rise until almost doubled again. 45 min - 1 1/4 hours.
  • Slash a cut at 45 degrees in the top of each roll. Pour boiling water into the steam tray and place the rolls on the pizza steel, or bake them on the back of a cookie sheet on parchment paper. Spray the rolls with a spray bottle of water. Allow to bake 1 minute and spray quickly again. Bake for 10 minutes, then remove the steam tray if it still has water in it.
  • Continue baking for another 10-12 minutes or until the rolls are deep golden brown and baked to at least 200 degrees inside. Cool on a cooling rack.
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