This recipe makes the most light and fluffy dinner rolls that are so yummy, you’ll wonder why you ever bought the store kind. I made them for Thanksgiving and my family loved them, so they will become a regular part of our menu from now on. If you thought making your own rolls was hard, then you have to try this recipe. You’ll be so glad you did.
Fluffy Dinner Rolls
Ingredients
- 3/4 cups milk
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cups hot water
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 - 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 heaping tablespoon yeast
Directions
- Pour your milk into a microwave safe container. Add your butter to the milk and put it in the microwave for 1 1/2 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 170 degrees. While the milk is getting warm, turn on the tap to get your hot water. Temperature is important to making these rolls rise quickly. If you add cold water, your rolls are going to rise to slowly. I put my hand in the water to test it. You want it to be just on the edge of unpleasant.
- Put your milk/butter and hot water in the bottom of your Kitchen Aid Mixer. See my tip below for an even easier way of mixing the dough. Add the sugar and salt. Then add 2 cups of the flour. Let mix for 1 minute.
- Add the yeast. Turn the mixer on and add the rest of the flour 1 cup at a time.
- You have enough flour when the dough scrapes the side of the bowl clean. Mix on medium speed for 5 minutes.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let sit for 5 minutes. You need the plastic wrap to trap the heat.
- Coat the inside of a 9x13 pan with butter.
- Spray your counter, or a cutting board with cooking spray. Lay your dough on top of it.
- Take a sharp knife, spray it with cooking spray and cut your dough into 12 pieces. Make them as equal as you can....perfection is not necessary.
- Gently round them into balls, and put them in your buttered 9x13 pan.
- Put the pan into your warm 170 degree oven. Let them rise for about 20 minutes or until they have risen about 1 inch above the rim of the pan.
- Leave your pan in the oven and turn the heat up to 350 degrees. Bake for 15 minutes. This time includes the time it takes the oven to increase in temperature. If your oven takes a long old time....you will of course need to increase the time baking. Bake until golden brown.
- Brush with a little softened butter and serve warm.
- *For an even easier way to mix these rolls up, pour the milk, water, sugar and yeast into a bread machine. Let it proof for 10 minutes. Add the butter, salt and flour and set it to the dough cycle. When it reaches it's first rest cycle, usually 20 minutes, let the dough rest in the machine with the lid closed for 5 minutes, then proceed with the rest of the recipe. Easy peasy! :)
- To mix the dough by hand: In a large bowl, stir the yeast into the warm water and let it sit until dissolved. (About 10 minutes).
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the warm milk, melted butter, sugar, and salt. Add this to the yeast mixture and stir until combined. Add 4 cups of the flour and stir until it forms a shaggy dough.
- Flour your work surface and place the dough on it. Begin kneading the dough for 8-10 minutes, until smooth but slightly tacky, adding the other 1/2 cup of flour a little at a time as needed. It should spring back when poked.
- Place dough back into the bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to sit for 5 minutes. Proceed with the rest of the recipe.
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Recipe Source: Jamie Cooks It Up
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april
April is a dedicated wife and mother of five, as well as Mamaw to two adorable grandbabies. She resides in Southern Indiana, along with her husband Joe and their daughter Melissa, and enjoys the quite life on their 3 acre homestead. She enjoys blogging about her adventures in frugal and healthy, grain-free cooking, gardening, household tips, and her family. April is also the owner and writer of The Secret Recipe Club, the fun Secret Santa of the food blog world.
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I tried to make homemade rolls one time but it was a complete flop. :( I may try this recipe whenever I can work up enough courage to try again.
I really have to quit looking in here while I'm hungry! :)
You should really give them a try Crystal, these are super easy.
Homemade rolls are the best!
Same recipe.
Victoria - Hmmm… I'm not sure, it may be from several things. Was your yeast fresh? You can test it by adding the yeast, warm milk, hot water and sugar together, stirring a few times, then letting it set for 10 minutes. It should be foamy and bubbly by then. If not the yeast is no good and your rolls will not rise and be fluffy. From there, follow the rest of the instructions for the recipe, making sure the dough is mixed well.Was your dough to wet or to dry? Did the dough pull away from the sides of the bowl as it mixed, but still have a very slight stickiness to it?Did you use regular table salt or kosher salt? From my experience, kosher salt tends to retain a slight crunch in foods.Let me know if any of these things sound like the possible culprit. I've never had a problem with this recipe, so I'm really interested in finding out what went wrong, especially since the recipe you tried is just like mine.
I checked my yeast, its a couple months old. They didn't rise fast.. must have been the problem. Will try again. :)
I'm glad we seemed to have found the problem. Keep me updated on how they turn out on your second go around!
I'm a sucker for bread! these rolls look wonderful! Will have to try them! Pinning! Thanks for linking up to Tasteful Tuesdays at Nap-Time Creations!
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These look so very yummy!
I don't have a bread maker or a stand mixer. I do have a Kitchen Aid hand-held mixer with the regular metal beaters. Will that work? Or do I absolutely have to have a stand mixer? Thanks!
Hi Linda :) I'm afraid a regular hand mixer wouldn't work, the bread dough is so thick that it would burn the mixers motor up. You can do this recipe by hand, but you will definitely get an arm workout! I have updated the recipe with instructions on how to do that. Good luck, and let me know how they turn out for you.
Could these be frozen?
Yes, they can be frozen Kim. I've done so in the past, but we usually eat them all before I can do so. Just place them into an airtight container, squeeze as much air as possible out, and freeze. I wouldn't recommend freezing them more then a month though. To reheat, just pull them from the freezer, allow to defrost for an hour or so, and reheat in your oven for about 5 - 10 minutes at 300 degrees.