Bread Machine Buttermilk Bread Loaf or Rolls

I make these rolls often and it is fast and easy in my bread machine.  The rolls serve as the extra dinner carbohydrate for the many hungry young people my kids bring home for dinner.  The smell of home baked bread hot from the oven filled with cold butter melting is soul filling along with the family table filled with conversation and laughter. These rolls can serve as the base for smoked pork or make them larger for hamburgers, leftover roasted chicken sandwiches or sloppy joes.  

Bread Machine Buttermilk Bread Loaf or Rolls

1 ½ pound loaf	1 pound loaf
1 1/8 cup buttermilk or non-dairy milk	7/8 cup buttermilk or nondairy buttermilk
3 cups bread flour	2 cups bread flour
1 ½ teaspoon salt	1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoons butter or  nondairy butter substitute	1 tablespoons butter or  nondairy butter substitute
3 tablespoons honey or sugar	2 tablespoons sugar or honey
¼ teaspoon baking soda	¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ teaspoons instant yeast or active yeast	1 ½ teaspoons instant yeast or active yeast
Buttermilk	Buttermilk
Add 2 teaspoons of lemon juice or vinegar to the non-dairy milk or dairy milk	Add 2 teaspoons of lemon juice or vinegar to the non-dairy milk or dairy milk

Place all ingredients in bread machine pan.

Select Light Crust setting.

When machine beeps, use hot mitts to remove hot pan from machine and turn loaf on to a cooling rack.

Let loaf cool for 1 hour before slicing.

Buttermilk Rolls

Select dough mode.

When dough has risen long enough, the machine will beep.

Turn off bread machine, remove bread pan and turn out dough on floured countertop or cutting board.

Turn on proofing setting in oven, if have, or warm oven at lowest temperature for a few minutes then turn off.

Using a bench scraper or knife, cut dough in half, then half again until there are 12 to16 pieces. 

Roll each dough piece in roll shape.

Place on a parchment or Silpat lined baking sheet.

Cover with a lint free towel and place in a warm place, warmed oven, or proofing oven. 

When doubled, remove from oven and preheat to 375F.

Bake rolls 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown.

Topping, if desired

Once the rolls have risen, mix with oil chopped onion, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, herbs, garlic etc.  I often use finely minced onions and oil and salt and pepper spooned over right before the rolls go in the oven.