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\"\"They may not be green, but these dinner rolls are exactly what you need for your St. Patrick’s Day meal. Made with Guinness, Irish butter, and oats, their flavor is rich and hearty, and they have a fantastic texture. Soft but substantial – which is what they’ll be calling me if I keep testing my creations!<\/p>\n

And believe it or not, the rolls\u00a0are super easy to make. (See the recipe below? See how short it is? I think this is a personal record.) I made three batches of dough in less than forty minutes, but\u00a0I admit that flour was flying. My mixer is a real workhorse, thank goodness. For the sake of full disclosure, I also have to mention that each batch uses one cup of beer, so there’s a little left in the bottle. By making 3 batches back to back, I got to have a full bottle of Guinness as I worked. Sweeeeet.<\/p>\n

Dividing the dough into\u00a036 equal parts and rolling them into balls\u00a0is the only thing that will take a little time, but there’s nothing hard about it. I wanted mine to be similar in size, so I weighed the dough, did the math, and (in case you’re wondering) each ball was approximately 1 1\/2 ounces, or 45 grams. Just sayin’. You don’t have to do this unless you plan to take photos and put them on a blog!<\/p>\n

I used Irish butter because I love it and it seemed appropriate. It’s a little pricey for baking,\u00a0but hey – St. Patrick’s Day only comes once a year.\u00a0Splurge a little; it really does have wonderful flavor.<\/p>\n

You’ll smell the beer as the rolls are baking. I’ve got to\u00a0say, it made me a wee bit nervous; it smelled like a distillery in my kitchen. But the rolls didn’t taste like beer at all to me. If anything,\u00a0the\u00a0Guinness\u00a0gives them sort of a whole wheat taste, and I’m good with that. Yum.<\/p>\n

The only warning I’m going to give you is this: keep an eye on the bread as it’s rising<\/em>! Mine only took about 45 minutes for the first rise and once the rolls were formed, it took less than an hour for them to be ready for the oven. They are very enthusiastic.<\/p>\n

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Guinness Cloverleaf Rolls<\/div>\n
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Author: The Rowdy Baker<\/span><\/div>\n
Makes 12 jumbo or 24 standard rolls.<\/div>\n
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Ingredients<\/div>\n