Soft Dinner Roll Dough

By carabara14

By Adell Shneer and The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp granulated sugar
• 1-1/4 cups milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1 pkg (2-1/4 tsp/11 mL) active dry yeast
• 1 egg
• 4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, (approx)

Details

Servings 20
Adapted from canadianliving.com

Preparation

Step 1

Remove 1 tsp (5 mL) of the sugar; set aside.

In saucepan, heat together milk, butter, salt and remaining sugar until butter is melted; let cool to lukewarm.

In large bowl, dissolve reserved sugar with warm water. Sprinkle in yeast; let stand until frothy, about 10 minutes. Whisk in milk mixture and egg.

Stir in 4 cups (1 L) of the flour, 1 cup (250 mL) at a time, to make soft shaggy dough. Turn out onto lightly floured surface; knead, adding as much of the remaining flour as necessary to prevent sticking, until smooth, elastic and quite soft, about 10 minutes.

Place dough in large greased bowl, turning to grease all over. Cover with plastic wrap or tea towel; let rise in warm place until dough is doubled in bulk, about 1-1/2 hours.

Additional information : Variation

Whole Wheat Soft Dinner Roll Dough: Replace 1-1/2 cups (375 mL) of the all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour.

Pull Apart Dinner Rolls:

Soft Dinner Roll recipe or Whole Wheat variation
1 tbsp (15 mL) all-purpose flour

Punch down dough. Turn out onto lightly floured surface; divide into 20 pieces. Shape each into ball, stretching and pinching dough underneath to make tops smooth.

Place 2 balls in centre of each of 2 greased 9-inch (1.5 L) round metal cake pans. Surround each centre with 8 balls. Cover with tea towel; let rise in warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Dust with flour.

Bake in 375°F (190°C) oven until golden and rolls sound hollow when tapped on bottoms, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes; remove from pan to rack and let cool.