seriously good dinner rolls
I thought I saw someone asking about dinner rolls recently and I wanted to share this recipe, they are so soft and delicious, I cannot remember where I got this recipe, but we love it and I make them quite often.
2 cups whole milk, can use 2% but whole is best.
1/2 cup (+ 1 Tablespoon sugar, divided)
1/3 cup ( 5 1/3 Tablespoon butter)
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 packages active dry yeast (or 4 1/2 teaspoons) instant
2/3 cup warm (105-115 degree water)
8-9 cups all purpose flour
3 beaten eggs
Combine milk, 1/2 cup sugar, butter and salt in medium saucepan. heat over medium heat just until butter melts, remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm.
disolve yeast and the 1 tablespoon sugar in the 2/3 cup warm water. let stand 10 minutes.
In large mixing bowl, combine 3 cups flour and add cooled milk mixture.
Beat on low for 30 seconds scraping bowl, then add yeast mixture and beat on high for 3 full minutes.
stir in beaten eggs.
stir in as much of the remaining flour needed to make a soft dough. ( I rarely use 9 cups, but just depends..) the dough should be quite soft, will come away from sides of bowl, but will still feel sticky to your finger.
no worries, it firms up during rising...I tend to hand mix just enough flour to get it to just pull from sides, then add remaining flour needed on the bread board so I don't add too much. you want these to be light.
place bowl in a warm place and cover. allow to rise 1 hour (this dough rises slow for me in the winter...)
Punch dough down.
Lightly flour bread board and turn dough onto surface and knead a few times.
divide in half.
spray two 9 x 13 glass pans with cooking spray.
Roll first portion of dough into rectangle and then cut into 12 equal size pieces. shape each into a ball and place into pan.
Half of the dough makes 12 large rolls, so you can make them smaller.
(I typically take the other half and make scrumptious cinnabon type rolls with it.. will post that recipe if anyone wants it)
Cover rolls and let rise in warm place 30-60 min's.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Bake 15- 18 minutes or until golden brown.
when done rub a stick of cold butter/margarine over the tops of the rolls.
these are sooo good!
cinnamon roll recipe using dinner roll dough, yum!
I prolly don't need carbs either, but I need my winter fat to keep warm, lol
If you make up the dinner rolls and halve that dough you will have enough dough to make 9x13 pan of cinnamon rolls.
(The cinnamon rolls are large so if you want smaller ones, I would halve the dough again and make into two cinnamon roll logs ... sounds confusing but will make sense after reading the directions).
Cinnamon Rolls
while the dough is rising make the filling
Cinnamon Filling
1/2 cup ( 1 stick) butter at room temp, (set aside 2 Tablespoons to melt and brush on top of rolls when they come out of oven)
3/4 Cup packed brown sugar
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
Cream butter, brown sugar and cinnamon together until combined and fluffy. It will be on the thick side. (When I substituted margarine it tended to make the filling run to the bottom, but will work).
Once the dough has risen, punch it down,(halve for more, smaller rolls) lightly flour the bread board and roll the dough out into a rectangle.
cover the dough with the cinnamon mixture and roll up from the long side. pinch seam closed along length.
I take a knife and make slight cuts on top so the slices come out equal.
then take dental floss, (any kind works, even flavored) slide underneath the roll, pull up and it will make your slices clean without 'squishing' the rolls...
place in 13x9 pan that has been sprayed with cooking oil, cover and let rise in warm place.
preheat oven to 375 degrees, bake for 15-20 minutes, watch for the middles to be done, don't overbake. brush rolls with melted butter. let cool for 5-8 minutes before glazing.
Cream cheese glaze
2 Tablespoons melted butter
1 cup powdered sugar
2-3 tablespoons cream cheese
1 teaspoon Vanilla
mix togther and adjust consistancy if needed and after rolls have cooled for 5 minutes or so, top the rolls with the glaze and eat one right away, lol
Plain Glaze
2 Tablespoons melted butter
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk or cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
hope the directions are clear enough, any questions, let me know, these are really excellent and look great too.