Classic Dinner Rolls

By oakleyj

We love these pull-apart buttery dinner rolls from Scott Peacock -- they're a must-have at every Thanksgiving dinner

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole milk
• 6 tablespoons butter (room temperature)
• 1 package active dry yeast
• 1/4 1/4
• cup warm water (105 degrees F to 115 degrees F)
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 4 - 4 1/4 4 - 4 1/4
• cups all-purpose flour (not unbleached)
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• Melted butter
• Softened butter

Details

Servings 24
Adapted from bhg.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat the milk to 120 degrees F to 130 degrees F; add the butter and set aside to cool to room temperature. Meanwhile, in a large bowl dissolve yeast in warm water. Add cooled milk, eggs, and sugar to dissolved yeast and stir to blend. With a wooden spoon stir in 2 cups of the flour and the salt; stir until smooth. Add 2 cups of remaining flour, 1 cup at a time, stirring vigorously for 3 to 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic and only slightly sticky. (Only if needed, after 3 minutes of stirring and dough is overly wet, stir in 1 tablespoon flour at a time.
2. Cover the surface of the dough with lightly oiled plastic wrap. Cover the top of the bowl with a second piece of plastic wrap. Let rise until doubled (1 to 2 hours).*
3. Lightly butter 24 muffin cups. Gently press the dough to deflate. With lightly buttered hands pinch off generous 1-inch pieces of dough. Fold the dough over, turning and tucking the edges to form a ball. Pinch the seam together to seal. Dip in melted butter and arrange three dough balls in each muffin cup. Let rise until fully doubled (about 1 hour).
4. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Bake rolls for 20 to 25 minutes or until well-browned. If needed, to prevent overbrowning, cover rolls with foil during last few minutes of baking. Remove from oven. Brush with softened butter. Return to oven for 1 to 2 minutes.
5. Remove rolls immediately from cups to a wire cooling rack. Let cool about 5 minutes before serving. Makes 24 dinner rolls.
From the Test Kitchen
Tip * For extra-light rolls, let the dough rise a second time (1 to 2 hours) before shaping.