Having breakfast at Parker's Restaurant under the watchful gaze of Harvey D. Parker (1805-1884) founder and chief proprietor of the Parker House which opened #OTD 170 years ago, October 8, 1855. #Boston #BostonCreamPie #ParkerHouseRolls #FreedomTrail
The Parker House opened #OTD 170 years ago, October 8, 1855! #Boston #BostonCreamPie #ParkerHouseRolls #FreedomTrail
Incredible birthday dinner with Mom, aka The Toots, tonight at #RareSociety #steakhouse in #solanabeach #newyorksteak #FriedChicken #whippedPotatoes #brocollini #augratinpotatoes #bananasfoster #parkerhouserolls WAY too much food but what the hell. Service was impeccable, we were taken care of!
A side view of grain, showing large holes inside and a distinct but still soft crust layer
MUCH fluffier, bigger grain. Very, very soft.
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The rounded side of one of the rolls, the fold clearly still visible, quite a bit taller than last time.
Yes, much taller
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eight buttered rounded rectangular rolls still in their glass baking pan, nice golden brown tops, shiny from freshly applied butter.
Buttery (as in I painted them with butter)
looking good too
[reposting in proper thread order]
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The same rolls, taller and wider, having grown into each other in the oven, and bulking up in ways they definitely did not last time.
"now" was actually 10 minutes ago, _this_ is now. and they've grown into each other like they are supposed to but didn't last time
this is good
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the same rolls with 10 minutes more rise, still in their glass baking tray
10 minutes later, going into the oven now
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the same eight rolls after an hour or rise time. definitely puffier, it's clear in comparison against the previous photo. but they're still nowhere near the level in the recipe photo.
hrmmmmmm
well
I'll give them 10 more minutes. they have risen. i just don't think they've risen enough to make me happy.
maybe they'll puff up more in the oven.
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much less rolling, let’s see how these rise given a full hour.
(this is a half recipe, like last time.)
They are less flat, I think. I mean, they should be, I didn’t roll them much at all.
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a round ball of smooth, fatty dough in a white bowl.
And down for the first long nap. Let’s not over-roll the result this time!
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a shaggy dough coming together in a white bowl
let’s try this again
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never made rolls from scratch before, so this is new
these are specifically Parker House Rolls according to the King Arthur Flour website
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In #Boston stay at legendary Omni Parker House, known for its hospitality since 1855. #JohnFKennedy proposed to Jackie Bouvier at Table 40 of Parker Restaurant in 1953, she said yes! Try the famous #parkerhouserolls + #bostoncremepie. @downtownboston.bsky.social
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