If at first you don't succeed ...

You remember me telling you about my experimental Rye bread that the birds wouldn't touch? Tonight I had another go and made these yummy rolls.

Simplified the recipe from last time:

1lb 5ozs Flour made up of 2ozs Soya Flour, and the rest 50:50 Rye and Spelt flour;

1 tablespoon dry yeast mixed with 1 teasp sugar and 3/4 pint water at 37º;

1 dessertspoon honey

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/4 teaspoon salt

Mix the flour and salt and put to warm;

Whisk the yeast into the sugared water and leave to stand in a warm place until it has a thick layer of froth on top; rub the honey and olive oil into the warm flour then mix in the yeast liquid and knead well for 5 minutes; put dough back into bowl, cover and leave in a warm place to prove for about an hour; knock back and knead again, break into small dough balls and put on a baking tray, cover and prove for another 20 minutes then bake in a hot oven (170º if fan assisted). Check they're cooked by tapping the bottom - they should sound hollow. Delicious!

I guess that motto (if at first you don't succeed, try and try and try again) will have to serve for a while as I continue to send out job applications.