Great little bread rolls

1 tablespoon fresh yeast

1 tablespoons sugar

1/2 cup warm water

1 onion

2 cups warm milk

5 tablespoons of soft butter

1/4 cup sugar

2 tablespoons garlic powder

3 large eggs

1 tsp salt

8 cups of bread flour

Plus 1/4 to 1/2 cup for kneading

1. In a large bowl put the warm water, 1 tbsn sugar and yeast, mix well, cover and set aside for 5 mins.
2. Peel the onion chop roughly and put it in the blender or food processor and puree it.
3. Add the pureed onion, warm milk, soft butter, sugar, garlic powder, eggs, salt and flour to the yeast mixture and knead until smooth.
4. Cover with and oiled plastic bag and put in a warm place to rise for at least an hour and a half.
5. After dough rises knead again until smooth and then form 40 rolls.
6. Place the rolls on floured baking trays, put a little flour on the top of each roll and cover with clean tea towels and let them rise in a warm place again for an hour and 30 mins.
7. Put the oven on to heat up to 200º C
8. When the rolls have risen put into the oven for 20 minutes until lightly golden.
9. Remove from the oven and cool on cooling racks.

‎

Based on Robert Roberts‎ at Old Fashioned Cooking, Baking and Recipes. (cannot find it online anymore July 2020)