Easy Homemade: Dinner Rolls
29 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
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In the past, bread — especially dinner rolls — terrified me. No more. It’s not that I’ve found any miraculously special recipe, or anything like that. At some point, I just accepted that what comes out of my kitchen does not have to be perfect AND my guys love just about everything I cook or bake. That knowledge makes things like dinner rolls, which previously were the bane of my exisitence, cake.
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed
- 2 teaspoons instant yeast
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 2 Tablespoons cold butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (about) milk, preferrably whole
- Softened butter for pan
- Melted butter for brushing
Directions
- Combine the flour, yeast, salt, sugar and cold butter in a food processor. Pulse the machine on and off until the butter is evenly distributed throughout the flour, but is not completely blended in.
- Add the eggs; pulse the machine a few more times.
- With the machine running, add 3/4 cup of milk through the feed chute. Process for about 30 seconds, adding more milk if necessary — just a little bit at a time — until a ball is formed that is slightly sticky to the touch. (If it is dry, ass another 1-2 Tablespoons of milk and process for another 10 seconds. If too sticky (an oddity), add a tablespoon of flour at a time.)
- Turn dough onto a floured work surface and knead a bit by hand.
- Form a smooth round dough ball, put in a bowl, and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise until the dough doubles in size.
- When the dough is ready, form it into a ball and divide – divide in half, again and again, until you have 16 medium balls. Shape into rolls.
- Prepare a few baking pans with the softened butter (or cover with parchment). Place the rolls a few inches apart on the pans, cover, and allow to rise for about an hour.
- Heat the oven to 350, and set a rack in the middle.
- Brush the tops of the rolls with melted butter.
- Bake for 20 – 30 minutes, until the crust is golden. (An instant-read thermometer should register at least 210F.)
- Remove the rolls from their pans and cool on a wire rack.
Enjoy!
