Oma Rolls

Well, after many promises, here it finally is--the many ways to make Oma rolls! I will start with the original recipe, discuss use of a bread machine and then outline the recipe for a low carb version.

Old Fashioned Dinner Rolls

1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp yeast
4 1/2 to 5 1/2 cup flour
1 cup milk
1/4 cup butter
2 eggs

1 egg yolk and 1 tbsp water to make egg glaze

Combine sugar, salt, yeast and 1 1/2 cups flour. Warm butter and milk to 120-130 degrees, then add to flour/sugar mixture. Beat 2 minutes. Add eggs and 1/2 cup flour. Beat 2 minutes, then add the rest of the flour to make a soft dough. Turn out to floured board and knead (if you have a KitchenAid mixer with a dough hook, you can use that instead). Let rise for about 1 hour until doubled, then punch down and form rolls. Let rise again. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Paint rolls with egg glaze, then bake 7-10 minutes.

You form your rolls by rolling out a pinch of dough into a rope, then tying it into a knot.


I personally like these rolls best when they're slightly underdone--just beyond the doughy point. When you make them in a bread machine, check the directions to the machine. All of them have a different order to how you add ingredients. Here's the way it goes in my bread machine:

2 tbsp yeast
4 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 cup milk
2 eggs

You add all the ingredients and put the machine on making dough only. When it's done, you take the dough out, form the rolls, let them rise, glaze them and bake according to the regular recipe.

Here's the Low carb version.

Low Carb Oma Rolls

2 tbsp yeast
1 cup oat flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups carbalose flour (see previous posts)
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup butter
1 cup Atkin's milk
2 eggs

1 egg yolk and 1 tbsp water for glaze.

Add the ingredients in the order listed to the bread machine. Set to making dough. When done, form the rolls, let rise again, glaze, then bake 7-10 minutes at 400 degrees.

Ta-da!