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Spread honey butter onto yeast dinner rolls

Honey Butter Rolls

Soft and fluffy yeast rolls smothered with honey butter topping. These dinner rolls makes the perfect side dish to your Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday dinners, or dinner any day!
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Resting Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 221kcal
Author: MinShien

Ingredients

  • 1 cup 2% milk
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 1/8 cup bread flour more if needed

Honey Butter Compound

  • 3 tbsp honey
  • 3 tbsp salted butter softened or melted

Instructions

  • Warm milk and unsalted butter to ~100-110℉ in the microwave. (temperature suggested to effectively activate yeast).
  • Combine warm milk and butter mixture, yeast, sugar, honey, egg and salt in a large mixing bowl (or stand mixer bowl). Whisk to combine.
  • Add bread flour. Using a stand mixer with the dough hook on, or your hands, knead dough until bread flour is folded into the dough. When done, dough should be slightly sticky but a big clump shouldn't stick to your fingers when you touch the dough with dry fingers. If dough is too wet, add more bread flour 1 tbsp at a time. (See Note 1)
  • Transfer dough to a greased large mixing bowl. Cover with a towel and let it rise in a warm spot for 1 hour.
  • After dough has risen, it should be at least twice its original size. Punch dough to remove air bubbles, then transfer dough to a floured surface. Roll dough into a long tube, then cut tube into 12 pieces - try to keep them about the same size (First, cut tube into half, then cut into quarters, and then divide each quarter into three pieces). Lightly knead each piece of dough and shape it into a ball.
  • Place each ball onto a 9' x 13' baking dish. See picture on how to place them. Cover with towel and let it rise in a warm spot for another hour.
    Dough balls in baking dish
  • Pre heat oven to 350℉. Bake for 20 minutes.
  • While rolls are baking, combine softened salted butter and honey in a bowl.
  • Remove rolls and spread the top of the rolls with honey butter. Serve remaining honey butter on the side. Enjoy!

Notes

Note 1: Different temperature in the house and weather can affect how wet or dry the dough is. Because of that, the amount of bread flour needed will vary. Getting a feel for the wetness of the dough is key to evaluate how much bread flour is needed.

Nutrition

Calories: 221kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 139mg | Potassium: 93mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 215IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg
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