World's Best Dinner Rolls
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5
15 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
2 hrs
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Cook Time
15 mins
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Servings
24
World's Best Dinner Rolls
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World's Best Dinner Rolls are soft, fluffy yeast rolls made with milk, sugar, butter, and eggs to enrich the dough. The warm milk mixture activates yeast combined with water to create a bubbly starter. The dough is beaten, then risen until puffy, resulting in tender rolls with a slightly sweet, buttery flavor and a delicate crumb that pairs well with meals.
Description
This recipe uses milk heated with sugar, butter, and salt, cooled to lukewarm to avoid killing the yeast. Active dry yeast is dissolved in warm water with a bit of sugar and allowed to foam, indicating readiness. Flour, milk mixture, eggs, and yeast solution are combined and beaten, creating a soft, slightly sticky dough that firms with rising. The dough rises covered in a warm spot for about an hour, then is punched down and shaped into rolls.
The resulting rolls bake up with a tender crumb and golden crust, enriched by butter and eggs. Their subtle sweetness and soft texture make them suitable for dinner, holidays, or bread baskets. Adjusting roll size yields from 24 large to 48 smaller rolls.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups milk 2% milk also works, but whole is best, whole
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar divided, + 1 tablespoon
- 1/3 cup butter salted
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 4 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
- 2/3 cup water 105 to 115 degrees F, warm
- 8 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 egg beaten, large
Instructions
- Combine milk, 1/2 cup sugar, butter and salt in a medium saucepan. Heat over medium heat until butter melts. Remove from heat and allow to cool until lukewarm. (This step is important because if the mixture is too hot, it will kill the yeast.)
- While the milk mixture is cooling, dissolve the yeast and 1 tablespoon of sugar in the warm water. Let stand about 10 minutes. (after the 10 minutes, the yeast should be very bubbly and foamy)
- In a large mixing bowl, combine 3 cups flour and milk mixture. Beat on low for 30 seconds, scraping sides of bowl. Add yeast mixture and beat on high for 3 minutes. Add in beaten eggs. Then stir in remaining 5 cups of flour to make a soft dough.
- *NOTE- The dough will be very soft and coming away from the sides of the bowl, but it will still be sticky. Don’t worry about this. It will firm up a little during the rising process*
- Place the bowl in a warm place and cover with a clean kitchen towel. Allow to rise for 1 hour.
- Punch down dough, and turn dough onto a lightly floured clean surface. Divide in half. Spray two 9×13 glass pans with cooking spray.
- Roll first portion of dough into a rectangle and then cut into 12 equal-sized pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and then place in prepared pans. Repeat with remaining dough in the second pan. Cover pans with clean kitchen towels, and let rise 30-45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden-brown.
- When done baking, remove rolls from oven and then rub a stick of cold butter all over the tops!
Notes
- This recipe yields 24 large rolls but can be made into 48 smaller rolls by halving their size.
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