Dinner Rolls Baking in Oven
Yield: 16 rolls

Dinner Rolls

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Dinner rolls are small, round rolls that are typically served as a side dish with lunch or dinner. 

They can be made into many shapes: round, crescent, braided or twisted.

Brush with melted butter or an egg wash before baking to give them a golden brown color or a glossy finish. 

Enjoy your rolls with butter, jam, honey or any other spread of your choice. I use them to make mini sandwiches.

Ingredients

Stand Mixer Bowl with dough hook attached

  • 1 package Active Dry Yeast
  • 1/4 cup Warm Water, 105F - 115F
  • 1 tbsp Molasses

Measuring Cup - Wet Ingredients

  • 1 cup Milk
  • 5 tbsp Butter, soft
  • 2 tbsp Sugar (dissolves in liquid)
  • 1 large Egg

Dry Ingredients

  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 4 cups All Purpose Flour

Instructions

  • In a Stand Mixer, with dough hook attachment, put yeast, water and molasses.  Wait about 5 minutes.  If the yeast is good you will see a foamy brown creation.
  • If you don’t see a foamy brown creation then the yeast is expired and you need to start over with unexpired yeast.
  • Add milk, butter, sugar, egg and salt to the yeast mix.  Mix on low speed until combined.
  • Add 2 cups of flour.  Mix until all flour is wet, scraping down side before adding more flour.  Add the remainder flour, 1/2 cup at a time.
  • Let the mixer knead dough until smooth and elastic.  About 8-10 minutes.
  • In same bowl, lightly coat dough with oil.  Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in a warm draft free area.  (oven with light on)
  • First Rise: 90 mins.  The dough will double in size.  Remove dough from bowl and began shaping.
  • You can make as many rolls as you like.  I like about 10-16 larger rolls, so I can stuff them with food and have little slider sandwiches.
  • Once you are done shaping, place rolls on a parchment paper lined backing dish.
  • Second Rise: Cover the rolls and let them rest about 20 minutes.
  • Pre heat oven to 350F.
  • Before baking you can put butter, oil or egg wash over the tops of the dinner rolls.  Caution butter browns a lot.  I cover the rolls with foil for the first half of baking to slow down the browning.  Then remove the covering the last few minutes.
  • Bake for about 20-25 minutes.

Notes

If you don’t want to bake all your rolls at once:

        - after shaping, but before 2nd rise

        - put shaped dough in freezer bag. 

        - make sure they are not touching.

        - place shaped dough of a flat surface in freezer, so that they can freeze without touching

        - once they are solid enough to be individual pieces, then you can place the bag anywhere you want.

In the future, all you have to do is let them defrost, rise and bake.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

16

Serving Size

1 roll

Amount Per Serving Calories 168Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 22mgSodium 187mgCarbohydrates 27gFiber 1gSugar 3gProtein 4g

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