After our great success with Blender Pancakes and Waffles, I decided to try it out with yeast rolls. I first mixed all the whole grains I had together in a cereal container. The mix includes: brown rice, amaranth, millet, oats, wheat, and rye.
Then I added the liquid ingredients from my roll recipe to the blender. It was a stick of melted butter, 1/2 cup warm water, 1/2 cup applesauce, 1 cup milk, and 2 eggs. Then I added a teaspoon of salt, a half a cup of sugar and 3 cups of the grain blend. I have a vitamix and even then, I wish I had started with 2 cups of grain. 3 cups seems to stress the machine a little bit. I blended for 2 minutes and then blew the GFC outlet :). I thought I had broken my blender and was much relieved to find an easy fix. Everything was blended well, except the amaranth which gave a little pleasant crunch to the outside of the rolls (depending who you ask :).
After that I poured the batter into my kitchen aid mixer, added a tablespoon of yeast, 1/4 cup of gluten (Since most of my grains were gluten free), and 2 cups of unbleached flour. After kneading well in the machine, I let it rise for an hour. Then divded into 2 balls and rolled each into a circle about 1/4 inch thick. I used a pizza roller to cut each circle into 16 wedges and rolled each wedge up starting at the wide end.
After rising an hour on the cookie trays, I baked them at 400 degrees for 12 minutes. Yum! I may try them again with whole wheat flour instead of unbleached, but I was out this time. They still had a hearty whole grain flavor.
Very nice post!