Cranberry Walnut Rolls

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 3 1/2 cups bread flour
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons quick-rising dry yeast
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus additional for coating bowl
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries
• nonstick cooking spray
• 1 large egg, beaten to blend (for glaze)
• raw sugar

Recipe

• 1 stir the walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat until toasted, about 5 minutes. set aside to cool.
• 2 mix 3½ cups bread flour with the brown sugar, yeast and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
• 3 warm the milk in a small saucepan over low heat until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the milk registers 95 degrees f. add the oil; remove from the heat.
• 4 add the milk mixture and 1 egg to the flour mixture. mix on low speed until a wet coarse ball forms, about 1 minute.
• 5 add the nuts and the cranberries. replace the paddle attachment on the mixer with a dough hook. mix dough on low speed until smooth, elastic, and slightly tacky, adding more flour by the tablespoonfuls as needed, about 4 minutes. transfer the dough to a floured surface and knead for about 2 minutes.
• 6 lightly oil a large bowl. shape the dough into a ball; place in the prepared bowl, turning to coat with oil. cover with plastic wrap and let the dough rise at room temperature until almost doubled in volume, 1¾ to 2 hours.
• 7 line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. transfer the dough to an unfloured surfaced; divide into 12 equal pieces. shape each piece of dough into a smooth round ball. transfer the rolls to the prepared baking sheet, spacing them apart. spray the rolls with nonstick spray. cover loosely with plastic wrap; let rise at room temperature until 1½ times original size, about 1½ hours. brush rolls with egg glaze; sprinkle with raw sugar. let rise 15 minutes longer.
• 8 position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 425f,.
• 9 place rolls in oven; reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees f and bake 7 minutes. rotate baking sheet; continue to bake rolls until golden and slightly firm to the touch, about 8 minutes longer. cool completely on a cooling rack.