Easy Holiday Dinner Rolls
Delicious buttery dinner rolls with a soft and fluffy texture. Perfect to feed a crowd and share at your holiday gatherings.
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Ingredients
- 1 1/4 Cup Warm, Whole milk
- 1 Cup Warm water
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Instant Yeast I use SAF
- 1 Tablespoon Salt
- 1/4 Cup Melted Butter Extra butter for brushing on rolls after baking
- 5 1/2-6 Cups All purpose flour
Instructions
- Combine warm water, warm milk, yeast and sugar.
- Add melted butter, salt and 4 cups of the flour. Mix until everything is well incorporated and then add the remaining flour (I usually only add 5 1/2 cups total, but you can add the extra 1/2 cup if the dough is sticky, or use that when you turn the dough onto the counter).
- Allow the dough hook to mix the dough for 5-7 minutes or until the mixture is smooth and elastic.
- Dump dough into a bowl prepped with oil or non-stick spray.
- Allow the dough to rise for 1 hour. Dough should have doubled in size. If it did not, then your yeast may not have activated.
- When dough has doubled in size, turn it out onto a very lightly floured counter. Use a rolling pin to roll dough and use a cookie cutter to cut rolls out. You can also skip the rolling and cutting and just pinch dough off in portions if you'd like. *If you are making 15 rolls, you can roll the dough into a 12x16" rectangle and cut 15 rolls. Bake in a 9x13. If you're making 24 or 48 rolls, you can roll the dough a little thinner, and cut out as many as you need. I like to use my cookie cutter that is close to 3 1/2 inches, cut the circles and then cut those in half to make the 48 even rolls.
- Shape dough into balls by pinching the sides down under the round, and using your hands to gently roll the bottom half of the round to seal it.
- Place the rolls onto a prepared baking sheet (sprayed with non-stick spray) in rows. Allow the rolls to rise for another 45-60 minutes.
- Bake rolls at 375 for about 20 minutes. The rolls should be golden on top.
- Remove from the oven, and brush the rolls with melted butter. Place back in the oven for 1 more minute to bake butter into the rolls. This will create a buttery, salty top on the rolls.
- Serve warm with butter, honey or jam.