Cloverleaf rolls

This recipe is from Fine cooking!
These rolls are very easy to make!Just make round balls like you would to make roti and cut each into four pieces using a knife,dust them with flour and place them in a greased muffin pan and bake.

Ingredients:
All purpose flour (sieved)- 500 gms or 4 and 1/3 cup,
Yeast-1 pkt,
Milk (luke warm)-1 and 1/4 cup,
Sugar-1/4 cup,
Egg-1,
Oil-1/4 cup,
Butter (melted)-2 tbsp,
Salt-1 tsp,
Egg +1 tbsp of water-egg wash,
Plain flour in a bowl (for coating the cut pieces of dough)

Method:
(you can knead the dough with hand if you do not have a dough hook attachment- knead the dough for 10 minutes)
Add yeast and 1 tsp of sugar to luke warm milk.
Mix with a spoon.

Let the mixture rest for 5 minutes for the yeast to activate.
After 5 minutes the yeast will foam up.

Add oil,melted butter and one beaten egg to the yeast mixture.

Sieve flour,salt and sugar in a bowl.

Mix with a whisk.
Add the yeast mixture to the flour mixture and run the blender with dough hook attachment for 3 to 4 minutes.(I have taken 4 cups at the start,then added 1/4 cup more of flour,as the dough was very gooey).

When the dough starts to leave sides,close the mixer.

Place the dough on a lightly floured counter.

Knead the dough for few seconds to make into a round smooth ball.

Place the dough in a greased bowl,tossing it to coat oil evenly from all sides.

Cover with moist towel or cloth.
Place the bowl in a warm place(microwave with the lights on) for the dough to rise(double in size).

Once the dough has risen,make a few punches to let the air out.

Transfer the dough to a greased counter.
Divide the dough into 18 equal parts(approx 40 grams each).

Make round balls,smoothing the top surface and pinching the ends below.
Make the balls round on the counter or between both your palms.

Keep the top smooth.

With a knife slice the dough into half and then slice each half into half.

Dip each cut dough into plain flour and place the pointed side down in a greased muffin pan.

Brush the cloverleaf  shaped dough with butter.

Cover with moist cloth and let it rise for another half hour.

Pre heat oven to 375 F or 180 C.

After half hour,brush the rolls with egg wash.

Place the tray in the oven to bake for 15 to 20 minutes or till you see the rolls are lightly brown.
Take out the baked rolls from the oven and place them on wire rack.

Brush the rolls with butter and remove the rolls from the muffin tray.

The rolls will just slide out  from the muffin tray.

Once the rolls are on wire rack,cover with a cloth to keep the rolls soft.
Let it cool down and then keep the rolls in a zip lock bag or in a plastic bag.
Makes 18 cloverleaf rolls.

The same dough can be used for making any shape dinner rolls.