Description
Really nice dinner rolls that are easy to make and good to eat. Brush rolls with melted butter when they come out of the oven.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- ¼ cup white sugar, divided
- ½ cup warm water
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 cup lukewarm milk
- 2 room-temperature eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Place yeast and 2 teaspoons sugar in a medium bowl. Pour in water. Let stand until frothy
- about 5 minutes.
- Place remaining sugar
- flour
- and salt in a separate bowl; mix to combine. Make a well in the center. Add yeast mixture
- milk
- eggs
- and butter. Mix with a wooden spoon until a thick
- sticky batter forms.
- Cover dough with a clean
- damp dish towel and place in a warm place. Let rise until almost tripled in volume
- 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- Line a 9×13-inch baking pan with parchment paper
- leaving an overhang on 2 sides. Punch dough down to deflate. Mix briefly in the bowl to get rid of bubbles.
- Dust a work surface with flour. Scrape dough out and dust the top with flour. Cut into 4 pieces
- then cut each piece into 3 pieces.
- Press down 1 piece of dough with your palm. Use your fingers to gather it into a ball. Flip so the smooth side faces up and roll briefly to form a ball. Place roll in the prepared baking pan. Repeat with remaining dough. Line up rolls in a 3×4 grid in the baking pan. Spray the surface of the rolls with cooking spray. Cover with plastic wrap.
- Place baking pan in a warm place and let rise until almost doubled in size
- 30 to 45 minutes. Halfway through the second rise
- preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Bake rolls in the preheated oven until surface is golden brown
- 15 to 18 minutes. Use parchment paper overhang to lift rolls onto a cooling rack. Serve warm.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins
Servings: 12