Lapadia's Ridiculous Ham & Cheese Rolls

Directions

1. Start your KitchenAid with dough hook attached on low speed and slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry. When the dough forms a shaggy ball let it rest, covered, for 10 minutes, resume processing the dough, increase your speed to medium.
2. Stop the machine periodically to scrape the dough off the hook, if needed. Mix until the dough is pulling away from the sides of the bowl, add more flour if needed, but keep in mind that this dough should be soft; on the wet side.
3. Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth and soft, adding a sprinkling of extra flour if needed to keep from sticking to your hands.
4. Form the dough into a round and place into a lightly greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size – about an hour.
5. Punch down and knead the dough. Cover and let rest for 15 minutes to 1/2 hour.
6. Meanwhile, melt the butter and prepare baking dish. In a 9 x 13 baking dish brush with 2 tablespoons of the melted butter, sprinkle half of the red pepper/scallion mixture and 1 cup of the cheese mixture. Set aside until needed.
7. On a lightly floured counter; press the dough into a 9x12-inch rectangle. Brush with one tablespoon of butter.
8. Layer the dough with remaining filling ingredients, starting with the ham, then cheese followed by the red pepper/chopped scallions.
9. Starting with the longest end of the rectangle, roll up and pinch the seam together.
10. For 6 large rolls, cut the dough roll every 2 inches and assemble them into the baking dish. Brush with remaining butter. Note: cut into 1 inch slices for 12 smaller rolls.
11. Cover buns with plastic wrap and rise for an hour or until doubled. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
12. Bake for 35-40 minutes.
13. Let buns sit in the baking dish for 10 minutes; take a spatula around the edges to loosen (if needed).
14. Let buns sit 10 more minutes and then invert the baking dish onto a platter, let sit 5 minutes and then pull the buns apart.