November 21, 2020

Dinner Rolls

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Bread is the best part of every meal. Don’t argue with me. Just accept it and learn how to make some tasty dinner rolls!

Back in the early days of the pandemic, it was the cool thing to start or perfect your journey of bread making. Here we are years later (wow) and I hope you’re ready to bake some bread after all that pandemic practice!

Making bread is therapeutic. It’s amazing that this my first bread post on here considering I make bread from scratch all the time. It is so relaxing to me and I will often go on a bread baking binge when I need to relieve some stress.

Many people are scared to make bread. I certainly was at first. Here’s the thing about bread though. Even if you “ruin it” it will probably still taste fine. While Mr. Paul Hollywood of the Great British Baking Show will judge how many air bubbles it has and the rise time of your bread, the average person will not know these things and will simply enjoy your amazing freshly baked bread.

This recipe from The Kitchn is probably my most frequently baked bread recipe since it is quick and easy and produced a great result. These also freeze beautifully if you want to save some for later!

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Dinner Rolls

These fluffy and buttery, pull apart dinner rolls go with just about every meal.

Course: Bread

Servings: 12

Author: Grace

Ingredients

1 tbsp dry active yeast
1/2 cup warm water 110 degrees F
1/2 cup milk
1 large egg
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tsp salt
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp unsalted butter

Instructions

Mix the yeast and water in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Let sit for 5-10 minutes to bloom.
Whisk together the milk, egg, oil, sugar and salt. Add this to the yeast/water and stir to combine. Add all the flour and stir with the dough hook to form a shaggy dough.
Knead on low for 8-10 minutes until smooth and slightly tacky.
Cover with a towel and let rise for 1 hour in a warm place until doubled in bulk.
Turn out dough onto a floured work surface. Cut into 12 pieces and shape the rolls into little packages by rolling against the counter.
Heat the oven to 375 and place the rolls in a parchment lined 13×9 pan that has been greased with cooking spray. Cover with the towel and let rise for 30 minutes.
Brush the rolls with the melted butter and then bake for 18 minutes until the tops are browned.
Remove from the pan immediately and set the rolls and parchment paper on a wire rack to cool.