the best sweet yeast roll dough i have ever found
This is a traditional sweet yeast dinner roll recipe. It takes quite a while to make these. It's not fast or easy. I won a 4-H Championship with this recipe years ago and have used it constantly since then. It is an amazing, versatile dough. This recipe can be used for dinner rolls, fruit and/or cinnamon tea rings, stollen, cinnamon or pecan rolls, coffee cakes, cinnamon twists, monkey bread, filled coffee braids, kolacky, cinnamon frosted soft pretzels, and more. You can form this dough into any shape and add any filling. Be creative!
Blue Ribbon Recipe
These homemade rolls are a recipe that brings back memories of childhood. It's a basic, old-fashioned yeast roll recipe. They smell amazing while baking but be patient... good things come to those who wait. Dense but tender, they remind us of a Hawaiian roll in flavor but with a firmer texture. These rolls are delicious alone, smeared with butter, as a bun for sliders, or used to sop up some gravy. You won't be able to just eat one.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 cup butter, melted, plus more for greasing and brushing
- 1/2 cup warm water (105-115 degrees F)
- 2 packages Fleischmann's active dry yeast
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, more or less
How To Make the best sweet yeast roll dough i have ever found
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Step 1Scald the milk by bringing it just to a boil and removing from the heat immediately. -
Step 2Stir in the sugar, salt, and butter. Set aside and allow to cool to lukewarm.
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Step 3In a large bowl, mix the warm water and yeast. Stir until dissolved.
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Step 4Stir in the lukewarm milk mixture.
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Step 5Add the beaten eggs.
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Step 6Stir in half the flour. Beat until smooth. Add remaining flour gradually, mixing as you go. You may need a bit more or less than the amount called for in the recipe, depending on the humidity and other factors.
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Step 7Your dough should be elastic and slightly stiff, but not dry.
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Step 8Turn the dough out onto a floured board and knead until smooth and very elastic. This usually takes 8-10 minutes.
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Step 9Butter the inside of a large mixing bowl coated in melted butter. Place the dough in the bowl and turn dough over a couple of times to coat it all with the butter.
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Step 10Cover the bowl and place in a warm place so it can rise.
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Step 11It will take about 1 hour to double in bulk.
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Step 12At that time, punch the dough down and turn it out onto a lightly floured board to shape.
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Step 13Shape and fill as desired. To make dinner rolls, pinch off about 2-3 tablespoons of dough and shape it into a ball. Place each one in a buttered muffin tin or baking pan, barely touching each other. Do not crowd rolls.
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Step 14Cover the prepared rolls and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
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Step 15Rolls should now touch each other. (A little more rising will occur during baking.)
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Step 16Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F when rolls are about 10 minutes from being ready for baking. Bake 20-25 minutes. They should be browned nicely and smell so good and yeasty!
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Step 17Brush the tops of the rolls with melted butter immediately when removed from the oven.
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Step 18Allow rolls to sit for at least 10-15 minutes before eating.
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