No-Knead Cloverleaf Rolls

5 from 1 vote

This Cloverleaf Rolls recipe was very simple to put together and I also let the dough sit in the refrigerator for a day before I made the rolls. This dough can be made couple of days ahead and refrigerated.

Prep Time3 15

Cook Time18

Total Time3 33

Course: Appetizer, Bread, Breakfast, savory snack

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings: Rolls

Calories: 154kcal

Author: Sandhya Ramakrishnan

Equipment

Oven
pan

Ingredients

4 ½ cups All-purpose flour
2 ¼ teaspoon Active dry yeast
2 cups Milk
½ cup Vegetable oil
½ cup Sugar
½ teaspoon Baking powder
½ teaspoon Baking soda
1 tablespoon Salt

Instructions

MAKING THE DOUGH -

In a large pot add the milk, sugar, and vegetable oil and let it just come to a boil. Just before the mixture is coming to a boil, turn off the flame and let this cool down to a lukewarm temperature. The mixture should still be warm when you touch it, but not too hot to kill the yeast.
To this add 2 cups of flour and the yeast and mix well. The mixture will now look like a thick batter.
Now add 2 more cups of flour and mix with a wooden ladle. At this stage, the mixture will still be very sticky. Cover the pot with a kitchen towel and let it sit in a warm place for about an hour or until it is doubled in volume.
Now add the remaining ½ cup of flour along with baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix well with the ladle. At this stage, I did knead the dough a little to help incorporate the ingredients well. It was hard to stir using a ladle.
We can make the rolls now or if making them later, refrigerate at this stage. If making it at a later time, make sure you bring the dough back to room temperature before shaping it. I made the dough a day before and refrigerated it. Then I left it out for a couple of hours before shaping. The dough was still rising inside the refrigerator and I had to punch it down once as it was up to the top of the pot.

SHAPING AND BAKING ROLLS –

Grease the large muffin pan liberally with butter.
Pinch very small ping pong size pieces out of the dough and shape it into a rough ball.
Place 3 balls in each muffin hole. Repeat until you have used up all the dough.
Cover the tray and let it rise until the dough has risen well. I left them to rise for about 1 ½ hour and by then they rose over the rim of the muffin hole.
Brush the rolls liberally with a mixture of milk and butter or cream. I use about 2 teaspoon of butter and 2 tablespoon of milk and warm them to mix well. This mixture helps in giving a nice color to the rolls when compared to just the milk. I am assuming the bit of fat helps in color development.
Preheat the oven to 400 F and bake the rolls for about 17 to 20 minutes. Mine baked at about 17 minutes.
Let them sit in the pan for about 10 minutes and then loosen them gently from the pan and serve warm with butter. It was just so much fun to pull apart the cloverleaf and eat!

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