These soft and buttery yeast rolls are simple enough to add to your casual weekday dinner and beautiful enough to add to your holiday spread!
Yield: 12 Rolls
If you’re a novice baker like me, making delicious, homemade yeast rolls may have you feeling a little out of your comfort zone. This recipe is so easy you’ll feel like a pro when you take that first delicious bite. These Honey Butter Yeast Rolls are light, fluffy, and buttery with just the right amount of sweetness, you’ll be making them all of the time!
For this Honey Butter Yeast Rolls recipe, you will need:
Flour
I used organic, unbleached all-purpose flour for this recipe, but you could certainly use a gluten free option. To ensure accurate flour measurements, use a spoon to add the flour to your measuring cup and level if off with a flat edge, like the back of a butterknife.
Salt
This simple ingredient may not seem like much, but it is so important! In order to form strong strands of gluten, salt is needed to help hold the carbon dioxide, which is a by product of the fermentation process. If you’ve ever ended up with dough that didn’t hold its shape well, it’s likely because the gluten strands weren’t strong enough. If you find this as fascinating as I do, you can read more about it here.
Raw Honey
When it comes to sweeteners, raw honey tops the list with the most nutrients and vitamins. Unlike refined sugar, honey’s proportion of fructose to glucose has a lower glycemic index, meaning that it can help avoid the spike and subsequent crash in blood sugar. (1)
Butter
We love the richness real butter adds to baked goods, but you can certainly replace the butter with a neutral oil like olive oil or avocado oil. For this recipe, you’ll need about 3 Tablespoons of oil.
Milk
I use whole milk for this recipe because it has a higher fat content which helps to add richness to the overall flavor profile. You could also use 2% milk if you want to reduce the fat content but still keep the richness whole milk offers.
Instant Dry Yeast
The main ingredient that makes these rolls quick and easy is the use of instant dry yeast. I like the use of instant dry yeast in this recipe because of the consistency I get in the final product.
Egg
One large egg helps to give the dough structure.
You can make these Honey Butter Yeast Rolls in just a few simple steps!
First, you’ll need to heat one cup of milk to a temperature of 110 degrees.
Next, add instant dry yeast to the warm milk. You’ll want to ensure that the milk is at the correct temperature. If it is too hot, it could kill the yeast. If it isn’t warm enough, it may not activate. Instant dry yeast can tolerate a heat level of 130 degrees F. But 110 degrees F is recommended for this recipe.
Allow the yeast to rest for approximately 5-7 minutes or until it is bubbly. While waiting for the yeast to become active, combine flour and salt in a large bowl.
Using a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment, slowly add the yeast and milk mixture, honey, and 2 Tablespoons of melted butter to the bowl of flour and salt.
Allow the mixer to work on low speed for approximately 5 minutes or until the dough comes together and begins to pull away from the bowl. Do not overmix.
Continue to knead the dough for approximately 2-3 minutes.
Cover the bowl with a warm, damp dish towel and allow dough to rise for approximately 1 hour.
Punch down the dough to release any air. Then remove the dough from the bowl and place on a lightly floured surface. Cut the dough into 12 equal parts and form into a ball form.
Placed the dough balls into a lightly greased 9x13 baking sheet. Cover with a warm, damp dish towel and allow to rise again for approximately 30-45 minutes or until they double in size.
Whisk one large egg to create an egg wash. Brush each roll with egg wash.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake on the lowest oven rack uncovered for approximately 20-22 minutes.
Let’s make some Honey Butter Yeast Rolls!
Ingredients
3 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
¼ cup Honey plus 2 Tablespoons
4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, melted and divided
1 cup Whole Milk
2 Tablespoons or 1 Packet Instant Dry Yeast
2 Large Eggs
Non-stick spray
Directions
In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat milk until it reaches a temperature of 110 degrees. The temperature of the liquid is super important! If it's too hot, it could kill the yeast. If it isn’t warm enough, it may not activate.
Add instant dry yeast to warm milk. Allow to rest for approximately 5-7 minutes or until yeast is bubbly.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. Using a stand mixer with dough hook attachment, slowly add in yeast/milk mixture, honey, 1 large egg and 2 tablespoons melted butter.
Use a low setting to gently work ingredients into a dough; approximately 5 minutes. Do not overmix.
Cover bowl with a cotton dishtowel and allow dough to rise; approximately 15-20 minutes.
Remove dough from bowl and place on a lightly floured surface.
Cut the dough into 12 equal pieces and form into a loose ball form.
Place dough balls into a lightly greased 9x13 baking sheet. Allow dough balls to rise a second time by placing a warm, damp dish towel over them for approximately 30-45 minutes or until they have doubled in size.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a small bowl, gently whisk 1 large egg to create an egg wash.
Remove dishtowel and brush egg wash onto the top of each roll.
Bake rolls on the bottom oven rack and uncovered for approximately 20-22 minutes or until tops are golden brown and center is cooked through.
Top each roll with the remaining melted butter and drizzle with additional honey if desired.
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