Dinner rolls. An easy dinner roll recipe needs to be in everyone's repertoire. Soft and fluffy, my dinner roll recipe is going to blow you. Good flavor and hearty texture; my family loves these rolls.

So let's walk through it step-by-step and don't forget to watch the video! If you've made dinner rolls in advance and frozen them (or placed them in the fridge), it is pretty simple to reheat them quickly. Start by taking them out of the fridge and letting them thaw to room. You can have Dinner rolls using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Dinner rolls

1. You need 4 cups of All purpose flour.
2. Prepare 1 tbsp of yeast.
3. Prepare 3 tbsp of granulated sugar.
4. You need 1/2 cup of warm water.
5. It's 1 cup of milk.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
7. It's 1/4 cup of butter (divided).
8. It's 1 of egg (for egg wash).

Dinner rolls don't have to be intimidating or even very time consuming. In fact, I find bread making to be quite a relaxing and satisfying experience. If anything, the aroma of freshly baked bread is enough. These yummy dinner rolls are so simple to make.

Dinner rolls step by step

1. Activate the yeast with the warm water and 1 tbsp of sugar..
2. Combine half part of the butter and milk together, heat this up in a microwave until butter is melted. Add this to the yeast mixture..
3. Combine your sifted flour with the remaining 2 tbsp of sugar then the 1 tsp of salt, mix together..
4. Add 2 cups of flour to the yeast/milk mixture, mix well (at this point you'll have a very sticky dough).
5. Turn the sticky dough mixture into the bowl containing 2 cups of flour and mix till it forms a less sticky dough (you can add the butter now).
6. Knead until smooth on a lightly floured surface..
7. Transfer to a lightly oiled bowl, cover and allow it to rise for about an hour or until doubled in size..
8. After an hour, on a floured surface, divide the dough into two then cut out 15 pieces all together from the 2 doughs..
9. Mold into a ball shape, lightly pinching the edges together..
10. Arrange on a baking tray or pan lined with parchment paper, cover with a plastic wrap or clean kitchen towel and allow to rise again..
11. Egg wash and bake in a preheated oven for 25 mins or until they are golden brown..
12. Brush with melted butter once out of oven..

My family can't get enough homemade bread! But a lot of people find working with yeast and making homemade dinner rolls to be intimidating. These are dinner rolls that you can trust. For these dinner rolls, I just divide the dough into more pieces to make smaller buns and bake them in a casserole dish to help them reach puffy perfection. My family loves the fragrance of these dinner rolls as they bake, and each person has come to expect them whenever I make a special meal.