Recipe courtesy of Marcel Reece
My Aunt Terrie's Famous Homemade Dinner Rolls (Best Ever!)
- Level: Intermediate
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 20 servings
- Calories
- 323
- Total Fat
- 13
- Saturated Fat
- 6
- Carbohydrates
- 47
- Dietary Fiber
- 2
- Sugar
- 21
- Protein
- 6
- Cholesterol
- 48
- Sodium
- 213
- Total: 2 hr 55 min
- Prep: 30 min
- Inactive: 2 hr
- Cook: 25 min
Ingredients
2 sticks butter
1 1/4 cups warm water
2 packages dry yeast (recommended: Rapid Rise Fleishmann's)
2 tablespoons sugar, plus 1 cup
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Directions
- In a heat-proof bowl, melt 1 stick of the butter in the microwave and allow it to cool.
- Add 1/4 cup warm (not hot) water, the yeast, and 2 tablespoons of sugar to a small bowl and stir slightly with fork. Set aside to proof.
- In a mixing bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, put 3 cups of the flour with the salt, eggs (preferably at room temperature), 1 cup warm (not hot) water, 1 cup sugar, and the cooled melted butter. Mix well.
- Add the yeast mixture and gradually add the remaining 2 cups of flour and keep beating. Cook's Note: You may not need the whole 5 cups of flour; the stickier (not runny) the dough, the lighter the rolls.
- Transfer the dough to a large bowl and pour about 1/4 cup of oil over the dough. Cover with a plate and let rise, at least double or more its original size, about 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- After the dough has risen, transfer it to a floured surface and knead it a little. Roll out the dough about 1/4-inch thick (or thinner). Let the dough rest a few minutes while you melt the other stick of butter. Use a cookie cutter and cut out rolls. Dip each roll in melted butter, fold in half and put them on a sheet pan. Arrange them close together, filling up the pan.
- Bake until nice and brown. Ovens vary, so maybe about 20 minutes.
- Take the pan out of oven and immediately brush the rolls with butter. Transfer them to a serving dish and serve.