Dark & Soft Dinner Rolls

Ingredients

• 1 cup Lukewarm water

Instructions

1. 1

   cup Orange juice 4 tablespoon Unsalted butter, cut into pieces cup Honey 9 ounces Traditional whole wheat our 9 � ounces Unbleached bread our 1 � teaspoon Salt 3 tablespoon Sugar 2 tablespoon Dutch-process cocoa 2� teaspoon Instant yeast (one packet) Combine the dough ingredients, and mix and knead them - by hand, mixer or bread machine - until you have a medium-soft, smooth dough.

2. 2

   Cover and allow the dough to rise until it's quite pu y, though probably not doubled in bulk, 1 to 2 hours.

3. 3

   Lightly grease a baking sheet or line with parchment paper.

4. 4

   Gently de ate the dough, and transfer it to a lightly greased work surface, and shape 5x2inch oval rolls.

5. 5

   Place the rolls on the prepared baking sheet, and allow them to rise, covered, for 1� to 2 hours.

6. 6

   They won't have doubled in size, but will appear pu y; when you gently press your nger into one, the indention will rebound quite slowly.

7. 7

   Toward the end of the rise, preheat the oven to 350�F.

8. 8

   Uncover and bake the rolls until the bottoms appear slightly browned (you'll have to carefully pick one up to look) or until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center of a roll reads about 200�F, 25 to 30 minutes.

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   Remove the rolls from the oven, and cool them on a rack.