The best dinner rolls

 

If you know of better dinner rolls than these, we'd like to hear about them. This is the recipe our mom has been using for as long as we can remember and the rolls turn out light, fluffy and very, very white. Everything a basic dinner roll should be. Great for sopping up red sauce or eating with soup, we are seriously smitten with these rolly-poly guys.

We've said it before and we'll say it again, do not fear the yeast. Yeast breads are not only carbo-delicious, but they make you feel productive when you're really doing nothing more than letting dough rise in a warm corner of your kitchen.

Give The Best Dinner Rolls a whirl. And just try to stop yourself from gobbling them straight from the oven.

Rating: Truly 1/2 assed

Here's what you need and how you do it

3-1/2 to 3-3/4 cups all purpose flour

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup shortening or butter, softened

2 teaspoons salt

1 package regular or quick acting active dry yeast

1/2 cup very warm water (120-130 degrees)

1/2 cup very warm milk (120-130 degrees)

1 egg

 

Mix 2 cups of the flour, the sugar, shortening, salt and yeast in medium bowl. Add warm water, warm milk and egg. Beat on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl frequently. Beat on medium speed 1 minute, scraping bowl frequently.  Stir in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle. 

 

Turn dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead about 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Place in greased medium bowl and turn greased side up. Cover and let rise in warm place about 1 hour or until double. (Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.)

 

Punch down dough. Form dough into balls. Brush with margarine. Cover and let rise about 30 minutes or until double. 

 

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Bake 12 to 18 minutes or until golden brown.

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Comments

[Bread]

Thank God I just happened to click here. I live in Armenia, have limited access to ingredients, and can't cook. But I DESPERATELY need to eat something that isn't fried potatoes. Thanks for the recipes!!!!

[Amiyrah]

Oh you know I have a recipe lol. I use the dough from my monkey bread recipe to make rolls during the winter. I also make them for thanksgiving every other year when we have it at our place.

http://4hatsandfrugal.blogspot.com/2009/06/monkey-breadfrom-scratch.html