TRINIDAD HOPS BREAD | SOFT DINNER ROLLS RECIPE (2024)

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“Trinidad Hops bread is essentially dinner rolls. In Trinidad, it’s eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It has a unique softness, delicate, airy, light chew, and totally satisfying.”

As I shared on Facebook over the weekend, we ate a hearty breakfast of bread and chow mein on Saturday morning before heading to the bank thru). I accompanied my husband, and, as we waited in a long line of cars, it offered me the opportunity to reminisce.

It reminded me of my childhood days when I’d jump in my daddy’s car on a Saturday and accompany him on his errands, in my swimsuit, mind you. I was always begging Daddy to take me to the beach so I was prepared —just in case.

Our excursions usually ended at the Chinese Mart in Couva (a town in Central Trinidad) for a quick snack of either hops and chow mein, channa (curry chickpeas), stewed chicken, or str fry gizzards, accompanied by a cold sea moss for him and a refreshing peanut punch for me. Those were the good old days, almost 40 years ago!! Time sure flies when we are having fun.

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What is Trinidad hops bread?

Hops bread is essentially dinner rolls. In Trinidad, it’s eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It has a unique softness, delicate, airy, light chew, and totally satisfying. Find my other bread recipes here (loaf bread) and here (challah bread).

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What to eat with Trinidad Hops Bread?

It’s enjoyed with
 chow mein as shown in my video
 channa as in the famous ‘bread and channa sandwich’
 cheese and hot sauce
 butter
sardine choka
canned salmon cooked with onion and tomatoes

Baked Pork

Holiday Ham

Geera Pork

Click here for links to all Trini Holiday Recipes and Menu

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Trinidad Hops bread is a lazy day food. Now that the bakeries are closed, we all have to learn to make our own. That’s where I come in. I have devised a tasty yet simple recipe utilizing one technique for the kneading. Check out the video for Trinidad Hops Bread below if you are interested.

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On Thanksgiving Day 2020, I made a batch of dinner rolls to send over to my neighbors using this recipe.They were lovely and absolutely soft and delicious. I kneaded the flour in the Electric Mixer for 10 mins, formed it into a ball and allowed it to rest. Then made made the rolls smaller.

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Serve also with holiday baked pork shoulder! See that new recipe here!

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Curry Stew Turkey

Sada Eddoes

Instant Pot (started) Curry Channa

Stewed Beef with Dumplings

Chicken Biryani

Trinidad Gulab Jamoon

Trinidad Doubles

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Trinidad Sweet Rice – Rice Pudding

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TRINIDAD HOPS BREAD RECIPE

Hops bread is essentially dinner rolls. In Trinidad it’s eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It has a unique softness, delicate, airy chew and totally satisfying.

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Course: Appetizer, Breakfast, dinner, lunch, Snack

Cuisine: Caribbean

Keyword: homemade bread, hops bread, trini style hops bread

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

RESTING TIME: 2 hours hours

Total Time: 2 hours hours 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 196kcal

Ingredients

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Place all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix to combine.

  • Mix the melted butter and milk and gradually add to the dry ingredients to form a sticky dough.

  • Once the dough comes together, sprinkle in flour (1 – 2 tablespoons only) to make the dough manageable(but not dry).

  • Knead for 10 mins using the technique shown in my video—folding toward the middle, spin and fold.

  • Place the dough in an oiled bowl, ensuring that the entire surface is oiled. Cover with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel and set in a warm area for 20 mins.

  • After 20 mins, remove the cover and knead, using the same technique for exactly one minute.

  • Place the dough back in the oiled bowl, cover and set in a warm area for the second proofing, 60-90 minutes. It may take longer in a cold climate.

  • After it has doubled (or tripled) in size, press dough to remove air and divide into 12 or 16 pieces.

  • To make the balls or loyahs, fold the dough towards the top and pinch to seal. Roll between the palm of your hands to shape it into a ball. Repeat with the remaining dough.

  • Place the dough in a prepared baking pan and allow it to rise (third proofing) until doubled, 30-60 mins, depending on the room temperature.

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degreed F and place the baking pan in the middle rack. Bake for 25-35 mins or until the dough has once again doubled in size, is golden brown, the house smells amazing, the bread is hollow when tapped and light in weight. Brush the top with butter if you wish for a softer, less crusty top and enjoy.

Video

Notes

Storage: Place in a resealable bag - seal tightly. Warm or toast if eating the next day.

Calories and nutrition calculated using 12 rolls.

Nutrition

Calories: 196kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 240mg | Potassium: 95mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 140IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 2mg

TRINIDAD HOPS BREAD | SOFT DINNER ROLLS RECIPE (2024)

FAQs

How many carbs are in hops bread? ›

Calories in hops bread
Calories239.3
Total Carbohydrate45.3 g
Dietary Fiber1.7 g
Sugars0.8 g
Protein6.2 g
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What makes commercial bread fluffy? ›

There's something magical about the bread you get at your local bakeries - they're always sooo soft and fluffy. Many of these breads, especially packaged ones, are made with a ton of chemical additives such as calcium propionate, amylase, and chlorine dioxide which help keep them soft, light, and fluffy for days.

What is the secret to crispy crust bread? ›

To make crusty bread, create steam in the oven.

They have a professional secret: the steam-injected oven. Nothing offers the baker quite as nice a crust as an oven filled with steam for the first part of the baking process.

Why are my bread rolls not crusty? ›

The following principle might seem a little odd at first: for a thinner and softer crust, you want to bake at a higher temperature. This is because the crust gets thicker the longer the bread stays in the oven.

What is hops bread made of? ›

The traditional Hops bread recipe is quite simple. Flour, water, yeast, very little sugar, salt and either margarine or shortening. This recipe mimics that simplicity in terms of flavor. These hops are soft and have a good crumb structure.

Is there iron in hops? ›

Hops also contain a range of minerals including potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, sodium, and trace amounts of manganese, zinc, copper, as well as soluble chloride, phosphorous, selenium and iodine.

Is there protein in hops? ›

The results show that the majority of hop proteins were in a size range between 5 and 45 kDa, represented by three main protein peaks at 5 kDa, 15 kDa, and 25 kDa. The hop varieties could be divided into two different groups according to their percentage of protein content in certain size ranges.

Why are my dinner rolls not light and fluffy? ›

Too much flour, or not the right kind, could be to blame. Dough made only from flour with a high or even average amount of protein (like bread flour or all-purpose flour) can become tough from overmixing. Protein gives bread structure in the form of gluten—the more you mix and move the dough, the more gluten you get.

Why are my homemade dinner rolls dry? ›

Either, you added too much flour or you possibly used all bread flour. Alternately, not giving your dinner rolls enough time to proof and get puffy before baking could yield dense rolls.

Why did my dinner rolls come out heavy? ›

If you are measuring by cups, you may be packing the flour too dense and using too much. Also depending temperature in your home, you may just need to let them proof longer. Test the yeast. Active yeast takes longer to rise than instant dry.

What is the secret to a soft and fluffy bread? ›

Add Sugar

Adding sugar weakens the gluten structure, absorbs water, and eventually makes the bread lighter and softer. As a result, sugar improves the bread's taste, structure and texture. Yeast also eats up sugar to produce carbon dioxide, which raises the dough and makes bread fluffy.

Does letting bread rise longer make it fluffier? ›

Does Rising Bread Affect Its Texture? For a fluffy bread texture, the key is to let the bread rise long enough.

Why is Wonder bread so soft? ›

Wonder bread is impossibly soft and pillowy, and that's because of the process used to make it: The flour is treated and softened, and other special chemicals prevent it from drying out.

How do you reheat crusty bread rolls? ›

METHOD 1: OVEN
  1. Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 350°F.
  2. Place rolls in a baking dish or arrange on a baking sheet, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with coarse salt, if desired.
  3. Bake until warm, 7 to 10 minutes.

How do you make soggy bread crispy? ›

Put the bread in a cold oven, then turn the heat to 300° F. Let the loaf slowly heat up for 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the density and dryness of the bread. Start checking the bread after 10 minutes.

How do you keep crusty rolls from getting soft? ›

Adjust the water amount slightly

As the loaf cools, any moisture which is left in the loaf escapes through the crust as steam and this is what causes the softening. You can help to prevent this from happening by reducing the water content of the loaf.

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