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In a large bowl, combine 3 1/2 cups flour, yeast, salt and sugar.
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In a small saucepan, combine milk and butter, and place over low heat until milk is lukewarm.
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Pour into bowl of dry ingredients, and mix with a fork to make a rough dough, adding more flour if necessary.
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Using a mixer with dough hook, or by hand, knead dough until smooth and silky.
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Place in an oiled bowl, and cover with plastic wrap.
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Let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 1 hour.
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Punch air out of dough.
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Oil a baking sheet, and set aside.
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Pull off pieces of dough the size of walnuts, and form into round balls.
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Place on baking sheet almost touching, about 1/4 inch apart, in 6 rows of 5 each.
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Cover with a kitchen towel, and let rise in a warm place 30 minutes.
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Meanwhile, heat oven to 425 degrees.
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When rolls have risen, make a glaze by beating together the egg, milk and salt.
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Paint rolls with glaze.
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Sprinkle one row with sesame seeds and the next with poppy seeds; leave the third row plain, and then repeat pattern.
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(A teaspoon of seeds should decorate 2 rows.) Bake rolls until risen and golden brown, about 15 minutes.
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Transfer to a cooling rack or serve immediately.
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To serve, place on a plate so rolls can be torn off to be eaten.
