Light Potato Dinner Rolls

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp + 3 tsp. sugar
1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees)
1 (1/4 ounce) package dry yeast
1/2 cup mashed potatoes
10 Tbsp butter, at room temperature, divided
3/4 cup warm milk (110 degrees)
1 large egg
1 tsp. salt
3 1/4 cup flour

Instructions:

Place 1 tsp. of sugar into the warm water and stir to dissolve. Place the yeast into the mixture and allow to stand for 7 minutes or until the yeast becomes bubbly. Add the mashed potatoes and stir to combine. Stir in the remaining sugar, 6 Tbsp butter and milk with a wooden spoon. Add the egg and the salt and continue stirring with the wooden spoon until completely combined. Beat in 2 cups of the flour briskly until the mixture becomes smooth. Slowly add the remaining flour while stirring. Mixture should become soft and moist. Lightly flour a flat surface. Turn the dough out onto the floured surface and knead for 10 minutes or until the dough becomes elastic. Add flour as necessary to keep the dough from sticking. Grease a large bowl. Place the dough into the prepared bowl and coat the top with grease. Cover and place in a warm area to rise, double in size, for 1 hour. Melt 4 Tbsp of butter. After the dough has risen to double its size punch it down using your knuckles. Divide the dough into two equal size pieces. Roll both halves of the dough out to 3/8 inch thickness. Flour a round cookie cutter and cut the dough into disks. Brush the top of each disk with the melted butter. Use the handle of a wooden spoon and make a crease in each disk from side to side in the middle. Fold the disk over at the crease and press the folded edge together. Spray a cookie sheet with a non stick cooking spray. Place the rolls on the prepared cookie sheet and brush again with the melted butter. Cover the cookie sheet tightly with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise 45 minutes or until it doubles in size. Heat the oven temperature to 375 degrees. Remove the plastic wrap and bake the rolls 18 minutes or until a soft golden brown. Rolls can be brushed again with butter just before serving.