Delicious Dinner Rolls

By oldbklady

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 c. of milk
• 3/4 c. + 1 tbs sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tbs salt
• 2 tbs yeast
• 2 c. of warm water
• 9-10 about 9-10 cups of all purpose flour
• at least 1 cup of butter

Details

Servings 24

Preparation

Step 1

Scald 1 1/2 cups of milk, 3/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup of butter, in a microwave safe bowl, for about 2 minutes. Cutting the butter into pieces helps it melt faster. Stir in 2 cups of flour, then add 1 egg and 1 tablespoon of salt, and leave it to cool for a couple of minutes. Meanwhile, in a measuring cup dissolve 2 tablespoons of yeast in 2 cups of warm water and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Let it sit for a couple of minutes until it is bubbly.

Make sure your milk mixture is just warm, and add the yeast mixture.

Gradually stir in 7-8 cups of flour, only adding 2 cups at time and stirring in between. (These rolls turn out so much better when they are mixed by hand.)

Near the end the dough will be dense and sticky, and may be hard to stir, use your hands to incorporate the rest of the flour if needed. Be sure not to add too much flour. Then smooth the dough out and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Leave it in a warm place and let it raise until it has doubled in size.

Butter 2 cookie sheets and set them aside.

Cover your working space with flour to prevent the dough from sticking. Dump your dough out and divide it into 4 balls.

Using one ball of dough at a time: roll the dough into a circle on a floured counter. Once it is rolled out spread the top with butter from edge to edge. You will use about 2 tablespoons per circle of dough.

Cut the dough into quarters using a pizza cutter.

Then cut each quarter into 3 pieces. You should end up with 12 triangles from each circle of dough.

Roll the dough starting with the wide end of the triangle. Tuck the tail of the triangle under the roll and place it on the buttered cookie sheet. You will make 3 rows, with 8 rolls per row. This will give you 24 rolls per pan. Two balls of dough will fill 1 pan. You will get a total of 48 rolls!

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees. Place the pans of rolls in a warm place (on top of the oven if possible) to let them rise. Once they are touching and full in size, cook (one pan at a time) in the oven ’till they are golden brown. About 10 – 15 minutes, It may take longer depending on how hot your oven cooks.

While they are still hot and fresh out of the oven run a stick of butter over the tops of the rolls for a delicious buttery glaze.