Categories: bread

Ingredients

• 1 yam, mashed and lukewarm
• 2 cups buttermilk, at room temperature
• 1 egg, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 scant tbsp yeast
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 6 1/2 cups flour

Directions

1. For sweet potato puree, microwave 1 medium sweet potato for about 7 minutes (poke holes all over with a fork first). Let cool then peel off skins. Mash the potatoes well.

2. In a large bowl whisk together mashed sweet potato, buttermilk, egg, butter, sugar and yeast.

3. Let the mixture sit for a few minutes while you measure out about 7 cups of flour.

4. Stir in one cup of flour along with the salt.

5. Gradually add more flour, about a cup at a time, until a soft dough begins to form. Dump the dough out onto a floured surface when it gets too hard to mix with a spoon. Using well-floured hands, knead the dough for 8 – 10 minutes, adding flour as necessary to keep the dough from sticking to work surface and hands. When you finish kneading, the dough should be moderately soft and tacky, but not sticky.

6. Scrape the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead a few times to form a smooth ball of dough.

7. Cover dough with a towel, and clean out your mixing bowl. Spray the inside of bowl with nonstick cooking spray or grease it with butter or oil.

8. Place ball of dough, smooth side down, into the greased bowl. Turn the dough over to grease the other side, then cover with the bowl with a towel or plastic wrap.

9. Put bowl in a warmish place and let dough rise for a little over an hour or until it has doubled in bulk.

10. When dough has doubled, deflate it and dump it out onto a lightly floured surface. Cut the dough in half with a knife then cut each half into 8 equal pieces. Cover pieces with a towel and let rest for a few minutes before shaping.

11. While dough is resting, preheat your oven to 375 degrees and move two oven racks towards the center of the oven. Also, line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

12. Shape rolls by rolling against the work surface or between your hands to form balls. Divide the rolls between the two baking sheets, and cover with a towel.

13. Let rolls rise for about 20 minutes then remove towel and sprinkle the tops very lightly with flour.

14. Place baking sheets in preheated 375 degree oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until they are puffed and lightly brown. Rotate sheets halfway through baking time (move bottom to top and vice versa).

15. Let rolls cool slightly and serve immediately.

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