Hot Pandesal
Famous to Filipinos as “Pandesal” for breakfast, this soft sweet dinner rolls is a delight to any meal.
Sweet Dinner Rolls or Filipino Pandesal
Sweet Dinner Rolls or Filipino Pandesal has no butter, no egg, nondairy but tastes amazing.
Ingredients
Method
- Activate the yeast. First, activate the yeast by adding it into a warm water. Let it sit for about 10 mins. Yeast is activated when bubbles are formed. Set aside.
- Combine ingredients. In a mixing bowl, or the bowl of your Stand Mixer, combine, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and oil. And then, add the activated yeast. Mix the ingredients well with your clean hands. Cover loosely with a plastic wrap. Let it sit for about 30 minutes.
- Knead the dough. Knead the dough in the bowl by gently stretching and pressing down the dough with your palm and turning it around for about 10-15minutes. For easier kneading, use a Stand Mixer with a dough hook, knead the dough in a low setting for about 10 minutes. Cover again. Let it sit until the dough rise to its doubled size or about 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, turn on the mixer again in a low to medium setting for about 10 minutes. Cover and let it sit again until the dough doubled in size. Kneading the dough two times will make the pandesal soft.
- Prepare the baking tray. Slightly oil and sprinkle flour on a baking tray or line it with a parchment paper.
- Shape the pandesal. Approximately in an hour or when the dough had doubled in size, in a lightly floured flat surface knead the dough until the texture becomes soft and elastic when you stretch it out.
- Using a baking cutter, cut the dough into its desired equal portion, about 15 equal parts. With a quick circular motion, cup the dough in your palm to make a ball. Transfer each ball to the prepared baking sheet. Space out each ball about an inch apart. Cover loosely with a plastic wrap, and allow to rise at warm room temperature until almost doubled in size, about an hour.
- Prepare the oven. Thirty minutes before baking, preheat the oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Bake the pandesal until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
- Serve. Transfer to a serving platter, and serve immediately. Pandesal are best served with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate as an afternoon snacks.
Notes
Storage. Leftover pandesal can be stored in an airtight container for up to 4 days at room temperature. You can also bake pandesal ahead, store, and reheat it. To reheated, transfer the pandesal in a baking tray and put in a preheated oven at 350 F (177 C) for about 3-5 minutes.