What is Sunflower Rolls?
Sunflower rolls are a type of bread roll made from yeast leavened wheat dough. The roll is formed into a round ball and baked. The bottom becomes flat and the top is domed and golden brown. The diameter is a few inches or so and is topped with nutty tasting sunflower seeds, which may also be mixed into the dough. The roll is mild and pleasing in flavor with a light bready texture.
Ingredients
All purpose flour comes from wheat and though wheat is cultivated all around the world today, it was first cultivated in Turkey 10,000 years ago. All purpose flour is white in color and has a soft texture. This incredibly versatile flour is used in everything from breads, cakes, pastries, crackers, pasta, sauces and much more because of its pleasing and mild flavor that is slightly nutty and buttery. The gluten protein is what helps hold together breads and other products, part of what makes all purpose wheat flour so popular.
Skimmed milk, also called skim milk is when all of the cream has been removed from the milk. The cream contains the fat from which butter is made and which gives milk an extra rich flavor. Skim milk can have no more than 0.2% fat. The milk is white and a little thinner than whole milk. The flavor is mild, creamy and a bit blander than milks that contain more fat.
Butter is made from churned cream, usually from a cow. It has a cream color and a texture that is smooth and melts easily. The flavor is mild and creamy. Butter is often sold in square sticks, or as a flat or round block. It is delicious on bread. It pairs better in baked goods than salted butter, due to its more neutral taste. It also makes an excellent cooking fat.
Eggs are an incredibly versatile protein and binder. Most eggs used in cooking come from hens and are usually unfertilized. Eggs are oval shaped and roughly 53 mm in length and 40 mm in width. Eggs have a hard, but thin and delicate shell that is brown or white and occasionally green. Inside is the clear and glossy white, with a slimy texture and in the center is the yellow opaque, round shaped yolk. Once cooked, the whites become opaque. Eggs can be scrambled, fried, boiled, and more. They are used in desserts and baked goods as a binder. Egg is also used as a wash to glaze items or dip meat into before breading it. The flavor is mild and sulfurous. It has many uses.
Sunflower seeds come from the sunflower, a tall flower with a huge face. The seeds cover the face of the sunflower and are small grey and shaped into thin teardrops with a flat bottom and pointed top. The flavor is mild and nutty and when toasted becomes richer and a bit oily from the heat. Sunflower seeds are a popular snack, topping and additional ingredient to salads.
Onion bagels are individual serving sized, ring shaped breads, roughly the size of a donut. They are made from a yeasted dough. The outside of the bagel is covered in small, savory onion pieces.
Salt is a mineral composed mostly of sodium chloride. It is the main flavoring used in food and is naturally occurring in certain foods, such as cheese, beets, meat and celery, plus many others. Salt is white and has finer granules than sugar. Many commercial salts include iodide, while others exclude it. Most salts are white, while some are naturally pale pink with minerals. Salt brings out the flavor of something and can create a tangy mouthfeel, if used in excess.
