Best My Favorite Rolls Recipes

SOFT DINNER ROLLS RECIPE

Steps:

• Whisk the warm milk, yeast, and 1 Tablespoon of sugar together in the bowl of your stand mixer. Cover and allow to sit for 5 minutes. *If you do not own a stand mixer, you can do this in a large mixing bowl and in the next step, mix the dough together with a large wooden spoon/rubber spatula. It will take a bit of arm muscle. A hand mixer works, but the sticky dough repeatedly gets stuck in the beaters. Mixing by hand with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula is a better choice.*
• Add the remaining sugar, egg, butter, salt, and 1 cup flour. With a dough hook or paddle attachment, mix/beat on low speed for 30 seconds, scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula, then add the remaining flour. Beat on medium speed until the dough comes together and pulls away from the sides of the bowl, about 2 minutes. If the dough seems too wet to a point where kneading (next step) would be impossible, beat in more flour 1 Tablespoon at a time until you have a workable dough, similar to the photos and video above. Dough should be soft and a little sticky, but still manageable to knead with lightly floured hands.
• Keep the dough in the mixer and beat for an additional 3 full minutes or knead by hand on a lightly floured surface for 3 full minutes. (See video tutorial above if you need a visual of kneading dough by hand.)
• Lightly grease a large bowl with oil or nonstick spray. Place the dough in the bowl, turning it to coat all sides in the oil. Cover the bowl with aluminum foil, plastic wrap, or a clean kitchen towel. Allow the dough to rise in a relatively warm environment for 1-2 hours or until double in size. (I always let it rise on the counter. Takes about 2 hours. For a tiny reduction in rise time, see my answer to Where Should Dough Rise? in my Baking with Yeast Guide.)
• Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan or two 9-inch square or round baking pans. You can also bake the rolls in a cast iron skillet or on a lined baking sheet.*
• When the dough is ready, punch it down to release the air. Divide the dough into 14-16 equal pieces. (Just eyeball it- doesn't need to be perfect!) Shape each piece into a smooth ball. I do this entirely in my hands and you can watch in the video tutorial above. Arrange in prepared baking pan.
• Cover shaped rolls with aluminum foil, plastic wrap, or a clean kitchen towel. Allow to rise until puffy, about 1 hour.
• Adjust oven rack to a lower position and preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). (It's best to bake the rolls towards the bottom of the oven so the tops don't burn.)
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown on top, rotating the pan halfway through. If you notice the tops browning too quickly, loosely tent the pan with aluminum foil. Remove from the oven, brush with optional honey butter topping, and allow rolls to cool for a few minutes before serving.
• Cover leftover rolls tightly and store at room temperature for 2-3 days or in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

MY FAVORITE SNOWFLAKE ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Heat water,milk,and butter in a saucepan until warm (not hot). keep on warm. Get a large bowl and combine 1 1/2 cups of flour,salt,yeast,and sugar. Mix them all together really well.
• 2. add the warm butter mixture to the flour mixture.Get your hand held mixer and mix on medium for a couple of minutes,then gradually add more of the remaining 2 cups of flour a little at a time. Keep adding the flour until you get a soft dough to handle by adding a little flour at a time and mixing well.
• 3. Once your dough is easy to handle. Put on a floured surface,and knead for 5-7 minutes. Put in a greased bowl.turn to get the dough greased all the way around.Cover and let rise in a warm place for 15 minutes.
• 4. Take dough and put on floured board. Cut the dough in to equal size pieces. Shape in to rolls by rolling them with hand on floured surface..
• 5. Place the rolls in( 2 )- 9 inch square pans.Let rise for another 20 minutes,or until puffed up.Dust the tops of rolls with flour. Then bake at 425 degree's for 15 minutes or until light brown.

MY FAVORITE ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees.
• In your mixing bowl, add warm water and yeast, stirring to dissolve.
• Add butter, egg and part of the sugar, mixing well.
• Mix 1/2 of the flour with powdered milk, salt and the rest of the sugar.
• Add to yeast mixture and mix well.
• Add rest of flour as needed until dough is no longer sticky, but not too dry.
• Cover bowl with flour sack towel, place in a warm spot and let rise until doubled.
• Punch down.
• Lightly flour countertop, pull off pieces of dough, making them into a round shape a little larger than a golf ball.
• Place 1" apart in greased pan.
• Cover and let rise until doubled.
• Spray tops with butter flavored spray.
• Bake 10 minutes, turning pan and baking another 8 minutes.
• Rolls are done when you can thump them with your finger and they sound hollow !

MY FAVORITE SUB (HOAGIE) ROLLS

Steps:

• Dissolve sugar in water and add yeast to proof. Rest one to two minutes.
• Melt butter and, along with the salt, stir into yeast mixture.
• Mix in flour, 1 cup at a time until desired consistency is reached (this dough should not be terribly stick to the touch, but should have plenty of "give" and not be too tough).
• Knead until VERY well developed (important!). Your dough is finished when you can tear a small piece off, roll into a ball and stretch to form a nearly transparent "window" between your fingers without it tearing.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let stand until doubled in bulk (approx 40 minutes).
• Lightly dust a small amount of corn meal over well-greased pans, roll your dough into long, thin "logs" and place about 3" apart on the pans. Slash each loaf every inch and a half with a knife, brush with egg white and sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired.
• Let double in size.
• Bake in a 400°F oven until golden brown.