BASIC DINNER ROLLS/BREAD STICKS

BREAD MACHINE

7 1/2 oz. water (80-90ºF)                      

3 cups bread flour

2 Tbsp. dry milk                     

3 Tbsp. butter or margarine

3 1/2 Tbsp. sugar                     

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. active dry yeast or 1 1/2 tsp. fast rise yeast

softened butter or slightly beaten egg white

Add liquid ingredients to pan. Add dry ingredients, except yeast, to pan. Level ingredients. Cut butter into four pieces. Place a piece in each corner on top of dry ingredients. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add yeast.

Program machine for DOUGH setting.

When done, remove dough from pan and place on a floured surface. Let rest 15 minutes.

Finish as desired. Place on greased baking pans or sheets, cover and let rise in warm, draft-free place until double in size, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Brush with butter or slightly beaten egg white and bake in preheated 350º oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.   Serve warm.

Clover Leaf Rolls: Yields 1½ dozen (Make 54 balls)

Crescent Rolls: Yields 2 dozen                     

Bread Sticks: Yields 2 dozen