Potato Dinner Rolls

Name: Potato Dinner Rolls
Yield: Makes 12 Rolls
Cuisine: US & Canada
Ingredients: 1 pound (454 grams), russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces; 2 1/4 cups (12 1/3 ounces/350 grams), bread flour; 2 teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 1 teaspoon, salt; 2 , large eggs, 1 lightly beaten with 1 teaspoon water and pinch salt

Side Dishes
Desserts or Baked Goods
US & Canada
Fruits & Vegetables
Potatoes
Breads

By Andrea Geary ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2012

Could the old-fashioned trick of adding stodgy mashed potatoes to bread really create rolls with the lightest, most tender texture?

SERVES Makes 12 Rolls

TIME 1½ hours, plus 1 hour resting

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