Rye Dinner Rolls with Crisp Tops

Ingredients

• plus more for kneading and dusting
• ¾ teaspoon sugar
• ¹/₃ cup light or dark rye flour
• 1 water
• 1 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 large egg white
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• + 6 more ingredients
• • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons light or dark rye flour
  • ¹/₈ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons Salt
  • 2 ¼ cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Stir together yeast, 1/4 cup warm water, and sugar in a large bowl and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, start over with new yeast.) Stir flours, salt, and remaining scant 3/4 cup water into yeast mixture with a wooden spoon until a soft dough forms. Turn out dough...

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