Soft Sub Rolls

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons active dry yeast

1 ½ cup warm water, divided

2 tablespoons sugar

4 cups flour

3 tablespoons butter, cold, plus a little more for topping, cold

½ tablespoon salt

Directions:

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine yeast, ½ cup of warm water, and sugar. Stir until well combined. Let stand for about 10 minutes or until nice and foamy.

In a separate mixing bowl add the flour and set aside.

Add the remaining 1 cup warm water to the yeast mixture. Add the flour.

Mix until combined, about 4 minutes.

Cut up cold butter into little cubes and add to the mixing bowl. Add salt. Mix an additional 6-7 minutes, until butter is mixed in. Pull the bread off the hook if needed throughout the mixing process.

Grease a large bowl. Place dough inside and roll around a little to get it greased all around Cover and allow to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour.

Punch the dough down and divide into 6 equal pieces using a large cutting board sprinkled with flour.  Roll out each piece into a 6-inch-long loaf. The dough should be the same thickness all the way across. Place on a large nonstick baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Cover and allow to rise for 40-60 minutes, until dough doubles in size.

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake for 20-25 minutes (check at 15 minutes), until bread is golden brown. Remove from oven and lightly run a little cold butter over the top.

Allow loaves to cool completely, then serve with all your favorite sub sandwich toppings!