Whole Wheat Cottage Cheese Rolls

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 ounce yeast (two packages)
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups cottage cheese
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 eggs

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, combine 1/3 cup all-purpose flour, 3/4 cup whole-wheat flour, yeast, brown sugar, salt, and baking soda. mix well.
• 2 in saucepan, heat water, cottage cheese, and butter until warm (butter does not need to melt).
• 3 remove from heat and add eggs to the liquid mixture.
• 4 combine dry and wet ingredients, blend at low speed until moistened, beat 3 minutes at medium speed.
• 5 by hand, gradually add all of the whole-wheat flour and enough of the all purpose to make a firm, non-sticky dough.
• 6 knead until smooth and elastic - 5 minutes or so.
• 7 place in greased bowl, flipping to grease top. cover and let rise in warm place until doubled. this takes roughly an hour.
• 8 punch down dough and divide into 24 pieces. form these into balls and place in greased muffin cups.
• 9 cover and let rise until doubled, another 45 minutes.
• 10 bake in an oven preheated to 375 for 12-15 minutes.