Adapted from The Messy Baker's grandmom's rolls.
Ingredients
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (divided)
2 tsp active dry yeast (or a whole pack)
3/4 cup hot milk
1/4 cup warm filtered water
1/2 cup cold filtered water
1 tbsp honey
3/4 tsp kosher salt
1 1/2 tbsp shortening
Butter mix for glaze:
1 tbsp butter melted (about 1 min in microwave, go in 15 min inc after the first 30 min until melted)
1 tbsp powdered garlic
Procedure
(1) Place 3 1/4 cups flour in a large mixing bowl. Set aside.
(2) In a small bowl, pour 1/4 cup filtered lukewarm water and sprinkle yeast on top. Sprinkle a little sugar. Stir to mix. Let sit for at least 10 min.
(3) Heat milk for 1.5 min to 2 min in microwave until hot to touch. Take off heat and add shortening, sugar, and salt. Stir until shortening melts into the milk mixture. Stir in 1/2 cup of cold filtered water to combine. Cool until comfortable to touch (slightly warm/room temp).
(4) Briskly mix now bubbling yeast from (2) and pour into the flour bowl; mix to combine with a spatula (I like chopsticks for this than spatula).
(5) Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Knead for 12-15 minutes or until well kneaded. Use all of the reserved 1/4 cup for dusting and de-stickifying, with up to another 1/4 cup if necessary. If too sticky let dough sit a couple minutes before kneading (if your hands are clean and dry dough will stick less).
(6) Place dough in a large, greased/floured bowl. Cover with teatowel and rise for 90 min.
(7) Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Stretch and fold dough 2xce. Let sit for 10 min covered.
(8) Cut dough into 12 pieces and place in a greased cast iron pan about a ½-inch apart. Cover and rise for 1 hr before baking.
(9) At 45th minute, heat the oven to 350. Make the butter mix and brush over the dough. When oven is heated up (even if rising hasn't reached 1 hr) bake for 25-35 min (check at 25) until the tops are golden brown.
(10) Turn the skillet over and take the bread out once it is out of the oven. Cool on a rack for at least 10 min before breaking into it.
