Whole Wheat Rolls

I found a wonderful recipe for dinner rolls at
http://thestayathomechef.com/the-best-homemade-dinner-rolls-ever/

But dinner rolls are like candy - not much nutrition, and taste so good that it's easy to overeat.  I needed to modify the rolls to be heartier.  The first substitutions are red.  The second are purple.  If you make it, use either the original or make the red substitutions or make the purple substitutions.

The basic recipe calls for:

• 2 cups warm milk
• 2 tablespoons instant dry yeast
• ¼ cup white granulated sugar  substitute 1/4 cup molasses 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 6 tablespoons salted butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 6 cups all-purpose flour  substitute 4 cups bread flour and 2 cups whole wheat flour  2 stone ground whole wheat flour, 2 whole wheat pie and pastry flour, 2 bread flour
• 1 tablespoon melted butter

I made the following changes:
Substitute 1/4 cup molasses for the sugar.
Substitute 2 cups of medium stone-ground whole wheat flour.

First rise 90 minutes.  Shape.  Second rise 60 minutes.  Bake at 375º for 12-14 minutes.

The recipe makes 24 rolls.  Here they are on parchment, beginning to rise.

 After baking, they are brushed with butter.

Couldn't wait - had to cut them open and add more butter!!!

The rolls are really delicious!

I used blackstrap molasses, and we thought it was a bit bitter.  Will try regular molasses or brown sugar next.  The rolls were very light, so it may be possible to increase the whole-wheat flour.  I may try using 1/3 stone-ground, 1/3 pie and pastry white whole-wheat, and 1/3 bread flour.  Let me know if you are interested in the results of further experiments.

Nutrition info from:  https://www.caloriecount.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 64 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories 169 Calories from Fat 40

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 4.5g 7%

Saturated Fat 2.5g 13%

Cholesterol 26mg 9%

Sodium 235mg 10%

Potassium 102mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates 27.4g 9%

Dietary Fiber 0.8g 3%

Sugars 2.9g

Protein 4.5g

Vitamin A 3% • Vitamin C 0% Calcium 4% • Iron 9%

Nutrition Grade B

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet