Best Buttery Yeast Rolls Recipes

BREAD MACHINE SOFT AND BUTTERY YEAST ROLLS.

Steps:

• 1. Sprinkle yeast over warm water in small bowl. Stir until yeast dissolves.
• 2. In separate bowl, add sugar and 1/4 cup softened butter to hot milk. Stir until sugar dissolves and butter is melted. Cool mixture to 105-115 degrees.
• 3. Pour milk mixture into bread machine pan. Add foamy yeast mixture to milk mixture in bread pan. Mix in lightly beaten egg.
• 4. Add 4 cups of flour on top of liquid mixture in bread pan. Add salt on top of flour. Place pan in bread machine. Set to "dough only" cycle.
• 5. When "dough only" cycle is complete, pour dough ball out onto lightly floured cutting board. Dough may be slightly sticky, but use as little flour as possible for flouring hands and cutting board. Otherwise, rolls may not be as feathery light as should be!
• 6. With large knife, cut dough ball into four (4) pieces. Cut each piece into 4 more pieces OR simply pinch off small chunks of dough and roll into round balls about 1 & 3/4 inches in diameter. As you roll into balls, pull sides down and under to shape roll. Place bottom side down in neat rows, not quite touching, in well-buttered 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan.
• 7. Cover rolls and allow to rise in warm place until doubled in bulk; 30-45 minutes. When doubled in bulk, brush tops with melted butter and bake in 375 degree F oven for 16-20 minutes or until nicely browned.
• 8. If desired, brush baked rolls with more melted butter when they come out of oven. The butter will sizzle down sides and bottom of rolls for a buttery and soft crust! For leftover rolls: 10 seconds in your microwave will create that "just out of the oven" warm roll magic!

OLD-FASHIONED SOFT AND BUTTERY YEAST ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Sprinkle yeast over very warm water in large bowl. Stir until yeast dissolves. Leave to foam about 10 minutes.
• 2. Add sugar, the 1/4 cup butter and salt to hot milk and stir until sugar dissolves and butter is melted. Cool mixture to 105 to 115 degrees.
• 3. Add milk mixture to yeast and then mix in egg. Beat in 4 cups of the flour, 1 cup at a time, to form a soft dough. Use some of remaining 1/2 cup flour to dust a pastry cloth.
• 4. Knead the dough lightly for 5 minutes. Use remaining flour for flouring pastry cloth and your hands.
• 5. Place dough in a warm, buttered bowl; turn greased side up. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.
• 6. Punch dough down and knead 4 to 5 minutes on a lightly floured pastry cloth. Dough will be sticky, but use as little flour as possible for flouring hands, otherwise rolls will not be as feathery light as they should be.
• 7. With large knife, cut dough ball into four (4) pieces. Cut each piece into four (4) more pieces OR simply pinch off small chunks of dough and roll into round balls about 1 3/4 inches in diameter. As you roll into balls, pull sides down and under to shape roll. Place bottom side down in neat rows, not quite touching, in well-buttered 13 X 9 X 2 inch pan.
• 8. Cover rolls and allow to rise in warm place until doubled in bulk; 30 - 45 minutes. When doubled in bulk, brush tops with melted butter and bake in 375 degree F oven for 18 - 20 minutes or until nicely browned. My oven runs hot so I usually bake @ 325 so tops do not brown before rolls are done inside. Adjust your oven temp accordingly.
• 9. If desired, brush (or bathe!) rolls in more melted butter when they are hot. The butter will sizzle down sides and bottom of rolls for a buttery soft crust.

BUTTERY YEAST ROLLS

Steps:

• Place all ingredients except the 1/4 cup butter into bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Select the dough cycle and start machine.
• Shape dough into 20 to 24 balls and place in buttered pan (s).
• Melt the 1/4 cup butter and brush it over the tops of rolls, saving the excess for brushing on after baking.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place about 1 hour, or until double in bulk.
• Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 to 18 minutes.
• Brush baked rolls with remaining butter.
• NOTE: This dough can also be divided into two portions and each rolled into a 12-inch circle; spread each circle with softened butter, cut into 8 wedges and roll up starting with wide end, to make crescents OR use this dough for cinnamon rolls or sticky buns.

BUTTERY YEAST ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Place all ingredients into bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• 2. Select the dough cycle and start machine.
• 3. When the dough cycle has finished, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead a few times to remove the air bubbles (sprinkle on more flour as needed to keep dough from sticking).
• 4. Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with a baking spray containing flour (or grease and flour pan). Divide dough into 24 balls. Place rolls in pan and brush tops with melted butter if desired.
• 5. Cover rolls lightly with wax paper and let them rise till they are double in size.
• 6. While rolls finish rising preheat the oven to 375 degrees,
• 7. Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 to 18 minutes (I bake for about 20 minutes as I like a little browner roll). Serve and enjoy.

BUTTERY YEAST ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Pour 1/2 cup water at 100-115 degrees into warm Kitchen-Aid mixing bowl. Add sugar and then sprinkle yeast on top of water. Stir with wooden spoon and set aside in draft-free place to rise (about 15 minutes). If no rise, start over. 2. Add warm (100-115 degree) milk, room-temperature egg, slightly melted or room temperature butter and salt into mixing bowl (don't mix). Add flour on top and begin mixing on low speed. 3. Knead the dough until very elastic and stretchy. It will be sticky. 4. Place in a warm-bowl coated with oil, and place in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in size (about an hour). 5. Punch down and roll into balls, place in buttered pans. Brush tops with melted butter, place in warm place and let rise again. 6. Bake 375 for 15-18 min, brush with remaining melted butter.