Dinner rolls

Dinner rolls

Ingredients

Steps

  1. In a small saucepan, stir milk, sugar, salt and butter together. Heat over low heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Cool until lukewarm.
  2. Pour the warm water into the bowl of a stand mixer, add the yeast and a small pinch of sugar. Allow the yeast to dissolve for about 5 minutes at which point you should notice it has started to “bloom” (this is a good way to see if your yeast is alive before proceeding further and possibly wasting time or ingredients if it is not).
  3. Add the lukewarm milk mixture and 4 1/2 cups of flour to the mixing bowl, and using the dough hook attachment, mix on low speed for about 1 minute. With the mixer still going, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, and mix about 1 1/2 minutes, or until dough starts to clean the sides of the bowl. Knead on low speed for about 2 more minutes, or utnil dough is smooth and elastic – the dough will still be slightly sticky to the touch.
  4. Place dough in a greased bowl, turning the dough to grease the top. Cover the bowl with a clean, dry dish towel, and let it rise in a warm place, free from draft, for about 15 minutes. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface, and divide dough into 24 equal pieces. Form each piece into a ball, and place in a greased muffin cup. Remove one piece from a muffin cup and using kitchen shears, pizza cutter or a knife cut in half, then in quarters, and return all four pieces to the muffin cup. Repeat this process with each of the remaining muffin cups so the result is 4 quartered pieces in each muffin cup.
  5. Cover the muffin pan with the dish towel, and let the dough rise in a slightly warm oven (90°F) for about 15 minutes.
  6. Increase oven temperature to 425°F. Once oven has reached the desired temperature bake for 12 minutes, or until rolls are golden brown.
  7. If desired, brush tops with melted butter and return to oven for 1 minute.
  8. Remove rolls from pans immediately, and cool on wire racks.
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