Wholemeal bread rolls, given a nice kick with crushed chillis! Delicious for dipping into soups and stews or spread with houmous. These wholemeal chilli bread rolls are great for making a small batch at the weekend so you have fresh bread for the week ahead (freeze to make them last longer).
These wholemeal bread rolls taste great as a base for your sandwich creations or alongside a pot of chilli or casserole.
I’m sure I’ll still be making them when it warms up to serve with houmous, tomatoes and salad.
Small batch of rolls
This recipe makes six rolls so is ideal for a small family or if you don’t want to make too much bread all at once.
A small batch of wholemeal rolls is perfect for lunches.
Based on a mix of wholemeal and white bread flour, this ensures they are not too heavy.
Ingredients
Here’s what you will need for this recipe, get the quantities in the recipe card below.
- strong wholemeal flour
- strong white flour
- salt
- yeast – I use easy-bake yeast
- butter
- water
- milk
- egg
- chilli
Method
- Place the flours in a large bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer) and add the salt on one side of the bowl and the yeast on the other.
- Add the butter and then add half the egg. Keep the rest for egg wash before baking.
- Add the milk and water and mix until the dough forms a ball. You may not need all of the water so add it bit by bit.
- Knead the dough for ten minutes until it is smooth and elastic (either by hand or using a stand mixer for about 8 minutes).
- Place the dough in a bowl covered in clingfilm to prove for an hour until doubled in size.
- When the dough has risen, take it out of the bowl, add the crushed chilli and knead lightly to mix it through.
- Form it into a ball and then tear into 6 equal pieces.
- Form each piece into a ball and place on a lightly oiled baking sheet or tray to rise again, for about an hour, until it has doubled again.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
- Brush the rolls with the leftover egg.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown. Tap the bottom of the rolls to check if they are baked through. It should sound hollow if they are done.
Tip
To make equal rolls, weigh the pieces after dividing the dough. Weigh the whole ball of dough and divide by 6 to be really precise.
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Recipe
Wholemeal Bread Rolls with Chilli
Ingredients
- 125 g (1 cups) strong wholemeal bread flour
- 100 g (¾ cups) strong white bread flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp easy-bake yeast
- 27 g (2 tbsp) unsalted butter softened
- 100 ml (¼ cups + 3 tbsp) boiling water
- 60 ml (¼ cups) milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp crushed chilli or chilli flakes
Equipment
Instructions
- Place the flours in a large bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer) and add the salt on one side of the bowl and the yeast on the other.125 g strong wholemeal bread flour, 100 g strong white bread flour, ½ tsp salt, 1 tsp easy-bake yeast
- Add the butter and then add half the egg. Keep the rest for egg wash before baking.27 g unsalted butter, 1 egg
- Add the milk and water and mix until the dough forms a ball. You may not need all of the water so add it bit by bit.60 ml milk, 100 ml boiling water
- Knead the dough for ten minutes until it is smooth and elastic (either by hand or using a stand mixer for about 8 minutes).
- Place the dough in a bowl covered in clingfilm to prove for an hour until doubled in size.
- When the dough has risen, take it out of the bowl, add the crushed chilli and knead lightly to mix it through.2 tsp crushed chilli
- Form it into a ball and then tear into 6 pieces.
- Form each piece into a ball and place on a lightly oiled baking sheet or tray to rise again, for about an hour, until it has doubled again.
- Preheat the oven to 200℃ / 390℉.
- Brush the rolls with the leftover egg.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown. Tap the bottom of the rolls to check if they are baked through. It should sound hollow if they are done.
Joy | Yummy Seconds says
This bread looks tasty. Thanks for sharing. Stumbling,
bakingqueen74 says
Thank you Joy!
Jen @ Jen's Food says
I used to make something very similar to this but haven’t made them for ages. Must make them again, chilli works so well in bread. Thanks so much for taking over Bready Steady Go, you’ll be a great host 🙂
bakingqueen74 says
Thanks Jen! Great to see you have a new recipe on the blog today, I am coming over to visit!
TheVegSpace says
Yum, what perfect rolls Lucy – and a kick of chilli is always welcome in a homebaked roll! Delicious.
bakingqueen74 says
thanks Kate, they are great with a bit of cheese and houmous!
Kavey says
These look perfect with soup or maybe a stew, or the goulash I posted recently?
bakingqueen74 says
Perfect idea Kavey