St. Patrick’s day is right around the corner and this month’s host for Bread Bakers group Wendy (A Day in the life on the farm) asked us to share our favorite Irish Bread. So I made these delicious and pretty looking Four Leaf Clover rolls for the event.
This recipe is from King Arthur flour site. Four leaf clovers are considered as good luck, so these lucky rolls are great addition to any meal for St. Patrick’s day. But they are just as good to eat as is with some butter.
These rolls are soft and absolutely addictive. They are slightly sweet and the addition of currants add nice sweet fruity element to the rolls. We had them for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner — they are that good.
Don’t forget to check out the ‘Irish Breads’ that my fellow Bread Bakers have baked for the event.
- Apple, Beer, and Cheddar Soda Bread by A Baker’s House
- Blaa by Sara’s Tasty Buds
- Caraway Rye Soda Bread by A Salad For All Seasons
- Carrot and Dillisk Bread by A Shaggy Dough Story
- Cheddar and Herbs Soda Bread by Ambrosia
- Currant Drop Scones by A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Egg Free Irish Raisin Tea Scones by Gayathri’s Cook Spot
- Four leaf Clover Rolls by Cook’s Hideout
- Guinness Bread Rolls by The Bread She Bakes
- Guinness Buckwheat Bread by Baking Sense
- Irish Amber Ale Pretzels by Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
- Irish Barmbrack by The Schizo Chef
- Irish Freckle Bread by Mayuri’s Jikoni
- Irish Freckle Bread by Passion Kneaded
- Irish Multigrain Bread by What Smells So Good?
- Irish Soda Bread by Herbivore Cucina
- Irish Soda Bread by Sneha’s Recipe
- Irish Soda Bread Scones by Spill the Spices
- Irish Soda Buttermilk Bread by Sizzling Tastebuds
- Oat and Potato Bread by Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Potato Clover Leaf Rolls by Spiceroots
- Soda Bread Farls by Food Lust People Love
- Soft Wheat Irish Soda Scones with Raisins (Spotted Dog) by The Wimpy Vegetarian
- Super Easy Potato Roll Recipe by Hostess At Heart
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Four Leaf Clover Rolls
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup Wholewheat flour
- 2 tsp Instant Yeast
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter, softened
- 1 cup Lukewarm Water
- ½ cup Walnuts, toasted and chopped
- ½ cup Currants, optional
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in the bowl of the stand mixer or a large mixing bowl. Mix and knead until a smooth and pliable dough forms, it should take about 7~8 minutes.
- Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover and rest for 60~90 minutes, until puffy but not necessarily doubles in bulk.
- Grease 8 5~6oz. ramekins.
- Gently deflate the dough, divide the dough into 8 equal pieces, then divide each piece into 4 balls. There will be 32 pieces in all. Now roll each piece into a ball.
- Place 4 balls into each of the prepared ramekins. Cover the pans and let the rolls rise for 45~75 minutes or until the rolls have crested over the rims of the ramekins.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Bake the rolls for 25~30 minutes, or until golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center registers 200°F.
- Brush the rolls with melted butter and let them cool for 5 minutes in the ramekins. Then turn them onto a wire rack to cool completely. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Namita
Hello Pavani, your clover rolls looks gorgeous. With the crunch of toasted walnuts and sweetness of currants, they must be delicious. Will try them out surely
Karen
Those look so cute in the little ramekins! What an adorable and delicious sounding bread!
Holly
These are going to the top of my list of must-bakes.
Wendy
I wish I had the good luck to have one of these rolls right now….they look delicious.
Sarah Reid, CNP (@jo_jo_ba)
Can’t get any more perfect for st pats than a 4 leaf clover!! Love the ingredients you used
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I would eat these rolls any time of the year. They are beautiful! And they looks so soft and light. LOVE that you baked them in ramekins. GREAT idea! 🙂
susan | the wimpy vegetarian
These are absolutely gorgeous!! I need to make them!
Chef Mireille
love the idea of baking them in the ramekins to keep the uniform shape
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Such cute breads in ramekins. And yes, awesome pictures as usual!
Kalyani
OMG ! these look so cute .. I used muffin pans too to bake them but ramekins is such a cool idea…
sharanya
lovely clover rolls Pavani………..