Recipe: Oat Dinner Rolls

This is the second bread recipe from Ramona's recent Wise Women segment.

Oat Dinner Rolls

• 2 1/3 cups water , divided
  
• 1 cup quick cooking oats
  
• 2/3 cup brown sugar , packed
  
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
  
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  
• 2 (1/4-ounce) packets active yeast
  
• 5 1/2 cups flour
  

In a saucepan, bring 2 cups water to a boil. Stir in oats reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 1 minute. Stir in brown sugar, butter, salt and remaining water. Transfer to a mixing bowl let stand until mixture reaches 110-115 degrees. Stir in yeast. Add 3 cups flour beat well. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl turn once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch dough down shape into 24 rolls. Place on greased baking sheets (rolls should not be touching). Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan and cool on wire racks.

Saf yeast: 2 pkgs (1/4 ounce each) of yeast is equal to 5 tsp. of SAF yeast.