Slow Cooker Whole Wheat and Spelt Idaho® Potato Rolls

Slow Cooker Whole Wheat and Spelt Idaho® Potato Rolls

Source:
Kathy Hester
Food Blogger
Healthy Slow Cooking

Yield: 8

There’s nothing that says fall like a big bowl of comfort paired with a homemade whole grain roll. But don't forget these little beauties when Thanksgiving comes around. Making the rolls in your slow cooker frees up your oven for all your other dishes. Once you make bread this way you'll be hooked!

Ingredients:

Sponge Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Make sure the potatoes and potato water has cooled to room temperature so it’s not so hot that it kills the yeast.
  2. Add the mashed Idaho® potatoes, potato cooking water, sugar and yeast to the bowl of your stand mixer. Mix well with the paddle attachment and let sit for about 10 minutes, or until the yeast begins to bloom. (This make take longer on cold days.)
  3. Add the aquafaba, olive oil, salt and spelt flour and mix well. Remove the paddle and put on the dough hook, add the whole wheat flour and knead on a low speed for 8 minutes.
  4. If your dough is too wet and doesn’t form into a ball, you may need to add extra flour. Add ¼ cup at a time until the dough firms up and form a ball around the dough hook.
  5. You can use any slow cooker, though I prefer to use a round one. I made one batch in a 3 quart and another in a 4 quart and both worked fine.
  6. Prepare your slow cooker by lining with parchment paper so the rolls will be easy to lift out.
  7. Sprinkle some flour on a cutting board and put the kneaded dough on it. Divide into 8 even pieces and roll into balls.
  8. Place these in the lined slow cooker. Cover the top of the crock with a clean dish towel or a few paper towels under the lid. This keeps the condensation from dripping on your rolls and making them soggy.
  9. Let rise in the slow cooker by cooking on low for 45 minutes.
  10. Then cook on high for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  11. The tops won’t brown like the would in the oven, but you can tell if they are done by looking at how brown the sides are.