Potato Dinner Rolls with Cheddar & Mustard

Name: Potato Dinner Rolls with Cheddar & Mustard
Yield: Makes 12 Rolls
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound, 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), bread flour; 3 ounces, cheddar cheese, shredded (3/4 cup); 2 teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1 teaspoon ground, mustard; Pinch, cayenne; 2 , large eggs, 1 lightly beaten with 1 teaspoon water and pinch salt

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2012

Side Dishes

Desserts or Baked Goods

SERVESMakes 12 Rolls

TIME1½ hours, plus 1 hour resting

Potato Dinner Rolls with Cheddar & Mustard

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Mashed potatoes are hefty and substantial, but in a potato rolls recipe, they give the crumb a light, tender, moist texture. That’s because the starches in potatoes dilute the gluten-forming proteins, which weakens the structural network an...

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