Sweet Potato Sandwich Rolls

Sweet Potato Sandwich Rolls, via King Arthur Flour Co.
I'm constantly on a quest for good sandwich rolls. I sincerely believe they are the difference between mediocre and really good sandwiches. So when I happened upon this recipe a while back, I filed it into the...."hmmm must try this someday" partition in my brain. Which frankly, is more like a black hole.

By some lucky twist of fate, I remembered this recipe and was determined to give it a try! And it ended up surpassing my wildest dreams; it earned an enthusiastic 2 thumbs up!!

Alterations to the recipe: I used normal yeast not instant (and let sit & get bubbly in warm water, which takes approximately 5 minutes). I didn't measure the amount of sweet potato...I simply cooked down and mashed a medium sized sweet potato. Sadly, I have NO idea what type of dry milk I used since the baby peeled the wrapper off the box a while ago. Sorry King Arthur, but I just used the flour I had on hand...which wasn't your brand! And no sesame seeds since Berkley Bowl was closed the day I tried to shop. And lastly, I used a Kitchen Aid mixer instead of a bread maker. Actually the whole use of the bread maker in this recipe may merit a WTF?? Seriously, why?? You have to knead the bugger by hand after all.

Okay so the cooking went about as smooth as anyone could ever hope for. My main issue with the recipe is the dough came out of the mixer a bit too sticky so I ended kneading it for a lot longer than I would have liked because in order to add enough flour to not make it stick. And quite possibly this was all my fault for not measuring out sweet potato... Next time it will easily been corrected by adding a tiny bit more flour to the dough before taking it out of the mixer (and testing the stickiness).

To shape the rolls into the gorgeous Kaiser shape, I used another King Arthur Flour link...I might seriously become some sort of convert to King Arthur...they really do an amazing job! Here is is: Shaping Kaiser Rolls

The bread itself isn't sweet; it has subtle flavor to it. I love it! It is awesome too with the delicious black bean burger. What is most amazing about the bread is how gorgeous it is. It is hands down the most beautiful bread I have ever made. And more than one person asked me if it was in fact real...it is beautiful! And sadly my photography skills were not able capture it in it's full beauty. So, you've got to bake it to believe it!!