Morgenboller (Morning Rolls)
These morgenboller are tasty and filling, and will brighten up any morning. Eat them with butter, cheese, jam, Nutella, or whatever you like - you could even try the controversial Scandinavian topping of cheese and jam together!
Ingredients
- 2 tsp instant yeast (2.25 tsp active-dry yeast, 17.5g fresh yeast)
- 200 ml (a little under 1 cup) milk (can be replaced with water or non-dairy milk to make the recipe vegan)
- 100 ml (a little under 1/2 cup) water
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 40 grams (1/4 cup) flax seeds
- 85 grams (1/2 cup + 1 tbsp) sunflower seeds
- 130 grams (1 cup) whole wheat flour
- 195 grams (1 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil (can be replaced with any other oil)
- 1 egg for egg wash (use water, coconut oil, or non-dairy milk for vegan rolls)
- Poppy seeds/Sunflower seeds/Sesame seeds for topping
Instructions
- Combine milk and water and heat up in the microwave or a saucepan until warm (not hot - you don't want to kill the yeast!). Add the heated milk and water along with the yeast and sugar to a large mixing bowl and stir to dissolve. Let this sit for 5-10 minutes until it bubbles up - this tells you that your yeast is alive and well!
- In a separate bowl, combine salt, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, whole wheat flour, and all-purpose flour. Mix well.
- Add the vegetable oil to the yeast and milk/water mixture. Then, add the dry ingredients. Stir until the dough begins to come together.
- Once the dough starts to come together, knead for 5-10 minutes, or until the dough becomes smooth and elastic. Then, cover with a clean dishtowel or cling film and set aside to rise either overnight in the fridge or for 1 hour at room temperature/until doubled in size.
- Once your dough has doubled in size, shape into 8-10 balls.
- Cover and let rise again for 30 minutes. In the meantime, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
- Once about doubled in size, egg wash your rolls.
- Then, sprinkle them with poppy/sunflower/sesame seeds, and bake for 10-15 minutes.
- Check the bottom of the rolls - they should be golden brown! Enjoy!
