Apple Raisin Foccacia Rolls

I was feeling like an apple focaccia, and I have a lot of raisins as well. I made apple raisin foccacia rolls/

  

Ingredients:

• 8 1/2 ounces sourdough starter, fed or unfed
• 3/4 cup lukewarm water
  
• 2 teaspoons instant yeast
• 12.75 ounces All-Purpose Flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• ⅓ cup  (66 grams) sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon 
  
• 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 small apples peeled, cored and shredded. 
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (for the apples!)
  
• 1 cup raisins, perhaps chopped a bit 
•  3 or 4 tablespoons course sugar for topping
  

Instructions:   

1. Combine the starter and water in stand mixer bowl. Mix in yeast, and 1 cup of flour. Let proof for 5 to 10 minutes.
2. Mix in rest of flour, salt, 1/3 cup sugar sugar, cinnamon, powdered milk, and oil, and knead them in the stand mixer for 5 minutes to make a smooth, soft dough. 
3. Add in the applies and raisins and knead for another 2 minutes.
   
4. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, and let it rise for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
   (This time, I just scooped the dough and let it rise in the pans.)
   
5.  Using cooking spray, lightly grease 24 cup cake wells. (
   
6. Scoop the dough into each of the wells, and press down to fill wells.
7. Let the dough rise for 30 minutes or so, covered. It should get puffy.
   (Let it rise for 60 minutes if you skip the first rise.)
   
8. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees for the last 15 minutes of proofing time.
9. Bake the mini muffin sized rolls for 15 to 17 minutes. Bake the cupcake size rolls for 20 to 22 minutes. The edges should be golden brown.
10. During the last few minutes of baking time, prepare the glaze by adding 1/2 cup brown sugae to 1 cup of wate. Stir well to combine then microwave on high power for 1 minute to dissolve the sugar.
11. When the focaccias are removed from the oven, immediate brush them with the glaze mixture.
    
12. Remove pan from oven, let cool for 10 minutes or so.

 

Carole's Notes:

We liked this! It really made a lot - 12 cupcake size rolls, and about 40 mini muffin size rolls.

The recipe is adapted from https://carolelikesroundfood.blogspot.com/2021/05/cranberry-danish-focaccia.html with ideas from https://thecafesucrefarine.com/ridiculously-easy-apple-cinnamon-breakfast-focaccia/