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TxRover · Joined: 02 Jun 2018 Posts: 2850 Location: North Texas, USA

Still casting about on the World Wide Web, and have been unable to find a decent recipe for soft, floury morning rolls. Not the crispy crust Mortons or Glasgow style, but closer to the sandwich rolls seen here: https://profoodhomemade.com/sandwich-rolls/

Even that recipe fails to get the soft, light feel and taste, the pull apart/share nature of the rolls. The kind of rolls you used to get from the little baker down the street or the corner store. Anyone have a recipe or a link to look over and try?

happy days · Joined: 07 Mar 2022 Posts: 203 Location: Kirkcaldy

TX try this recipe for soft rolls.

2ib 8 oz strong flour (bread flour)
3/4 oz of salt
1/2 oz milk powder
1&1/2 ozs of sugar
3 ozs of fat
2 ozs of yeast or one pkt of dried
1
1lb 6 oz of tepid water.

Put in a mixing bowl and run for about 7 minutes stopping to scrape down occasionally.

Hope this works for you as I have had this recipe for over 50 years.

Just to let you know I am a retired baker.

Ferment the dough for 1 hour knock back and let recover for about 20 minutes then weigh out into whatever size you want them to be.

Prove for about 40 minutes then bake for 10 to 15 minutes check and if ready remove from oven if not give another 5 minutes.

TxRover · Joined: 02 Jun 2018 Posts: 2850 Location: North Texas, USA

happy days · Joined: 07 Mar 2022 Posts: 203 Location: Kirkcaldy

Any type of fat e.g. lard, or marg or something along those lines. It's only used to enhance the crumb of the roll or bread. Baking temp 180 C would probably do just keep an eye on them whilst in the oven.

Any problems just put a message on here and I'll do my best to help.

scotty · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 8842 Location: Almost Dysart.

Fair play to Happy days, for bread, rolls and pies he's grand although tbf he's no Jack Pillans!
But there's no point in asking him for great shortbread 🤔😁😉
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Big Alex · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 501 Location: Cotswolds

Jack Pillan?

Is that the Jack Pillan of the Pillans Bakery shop that was amongst those at Templehall, opposite the Tavern? These were the local shops to Carnethy Crescent where I spent my (very) early years. Pillan's Pies and Pineapple Ring were my favourites Razz

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WillieKirk · Joined: 08 Feb 2014 Posts: 1734 Location: Portobello

Pillans were at the bottom of Dunnikeir Road and Esplanade. Norrie was at North School at same time as me. Free pies were scarce - in fact non existent.
Surname was Pillans - like Nairns - does that make them Pillanses Pies?
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scotty · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 8842 Location: Almost Dysart.

The bakehous and main shop was at the Port Brae, there was another shop at the west end (now Tony's Kebabs). When the business was bought out by the Carlton there was a Pillans bakery at Valley Gardens and one on Cross St in Dysart.
Jack sits in front of me in the South stand, when I'm home at new year he brings me a home made pie... If I've been a good boy!

Everybody raved about the Carlton rolls but the Store made the best. Stephens made damned good rolls these days too.

The Store for rolls, Pillans for pies and the Carlton for cakes, although as a wee boy I remember Wilkies bakehouse in Anderson St as being great too, by the time I was of drinking age no night out was complete without a 2am hot steak bridie and a fruit scone from the Broty on my way home from a night out.
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happy days · Joined: 07 Mar 2022 Posts: 203 Location: Kirkcaldy

Scotty there was also a Pillans bakery on St Clair Street just down from Keith's the Butchers was a different Pillans though. I remember when the Broty bakery was John Parks and his ingin pies were to die for if you remember to pour out the grease first.

As far as shortbread is concerned I didn't buy mines out of a shop and then bribed people to vote for me.
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wellyboot · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 2137 Location: Aberdeenshire

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TxRover · Joined: 02 Jun 2018 Posts: 2850 Location: North Texas, USA

happy days · Joined: 07 Mar 2022 Posts: 203 Location: Kirkcaldy

Glad to help now if you want a good shortbread recipe I'll give you one cause Scotty buys his locally. Laughing