I used to make bread all the time when I was in culinary school-I would have a starter going (required by school to keep it alive during the whole semester) and I would use it to make sourdough, sandwich bread, whole wheat, pizza dough, whatever sounded good at the time. The smell of bread baking is one of true and total comfort. For this recipe I wanted something you could do on the weekend, or a weeknight, that would still allow you time to watch your favorite show, or catch up on some much needed me time. Yeast is not something you should be afraid of-keep it in the fridge to keep fresh longer, and can be used straightaway. Warm liquids are your friend when it comes to yeast, and if it doesn’t work, try it again! If you want real bread inspiration, go visit my friend Derik over at House of Bakes. Give this recipe a try, you will be able to brag to family and friends how you made it from scratch!
4 tsp active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm milk, warmed up to 100 degrees (you can microwave for about 1 min)
4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus about 1/2 cup more for dusting and kneading
2 tsp salt
1 large egg
3 T sugar
4 T melted unsalted butter (I used Plugra)
Egg wash (1 egg, 1 T water, pinch of salt)
Butter a 13×9 baking pan
In the bowl of your stand mixer, add the yeast and milk, and let proof for one minute. Add flour, salt, egg, sugar, and melted butter and mix on low speed with the dough hook attachment. Mix for two minutes and increase speed to medium high, mixing for 15 minutes. You will need to add flour to help get the dough off the sides of the bowl, add about a 1tsp at a time. Dough will be sticky but smooth.
Flour your surface and turn dough out, kneading (add flour as needed) five times and form a ball. Place in a large oiled bowl and let proof in a warm place covered with saran wrap or a towel for an hour or until dough is doubled in size.
Place dough back on a floured surface and dust with a bit more flour and form until baseball sized balls. Tuck the dough at the bottom and place in the baking sheet right next to one another. Cover and let rise for 20 minutes while you preheat the oven to 375 degrees
After rising, brush the top of each roll with the egg wash, and place in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until brown on top and inside registers 200 degrees. You can also check for doneness by thumping each roll and listen for a hollow sound.
Serve warm with lavender honey butter, herbed butter, or just plain butter
Can be kept for a four days wrapped tightly at room temp. Recipe can be made the day before, put in fridge wrapped tightly and take out about an hour before you bake them to get them back to room temp.
Those sound perfect to have with…..well, just about any meal I serve LOL!
They look gorgeous!
These look so light and fluffy. Great!
I recently started making my own bread (my specialties are Cuban bread and pretzel bread) and I’m amazed at how easy and fun it is! I’m adding these rolls to my list of bread recipes to try - they look delicious!
All together now… YUMMY! Oh I can almost smell the fresh rolls now!
If I weren’t gluten-free now I would eat an entire tray of these by myself. My youngest son would absolutely devour these if I gave them to him! Yum!
I love a good roll and these look delicious! Thanks for sharing!
We love fresh bread in our house.. Easy to do recipes we like also.
Looks delicious!
Looks heavenly.. thanks for the recipe!
Looks delicious!! Thanks for the recipe!
Yummy! I have to try this soon!
My mom makes a recipe similar to this every thanksgiving and they always turn out great! Thanks for sharing!
Bread is my weakness. I love all kinds of breads. These sound awesome!
These look and sound so yummy! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
There are few things more delicious than a great roll! Thank you so much!
beautiful!! one of my fave smells is yeast breads!
We just had amazing yeast rolls when we were out to dinner the other night. Will definitely have to try these!
my mom makes them and to this day, they are my go to rolls. I have tried other recipes and just not he same
Those sound heavenly and with my great imagination I am sitting here smelling them and salivating! I doubt I would attempt to make rolls or bread from scratch because I live alone and would eat them all at one sitting!
My aunt used to make this kind of rolls. They’re delicious. I’m going to have to try this recipe soon.
There’s nothing like home made butter rolls, I really want to have one right now!
Thanks for sharing the recipe. I will have to try it. Nothing beats homemade breads and rolls!
These look just like the kind of recipe I have been searching for. Thanks!
These type of rolls are my total weakness! I would have them every meal if I could!
me too!
I love to bake all kinds of bread and these look wonderful! I will be trying your recipe soon!
When we lived in Fl. there was a place that sold them. We went there mainly for those rolls, they were just that good.
Oh wow I’ve never seen such perfectly-baked bread! I will definitely try this! Thanks!
There is nothing like fresh bread. And light fluffy rolls with a pat of butter are delicious. YuM!
I have only made rolls once and it did not turn out that great, I will have to try them again if I feel like putting on my oven:)
My grandmother used to make these- brings back memories!
old school but yummy old school! Sounds like a easy recipe!
These are just beautiful! I love homemade rolls but they are something I have yet to master. Thanks for the post and the inspiration!!
Love homemade rolls. Great with anything.
These rolls look delicious. Yummy rolls is one thing miss since going paleo.
Those look yummy. I love rolls with dinner.
I love this recipe. Butter yeast rolls are the best. Looks like I can make them without problem!
I will be trying these with our dinner tomorrow thank you
Yummy!!! I love the smell of fresh bread!
Those butter yeast rolls look so yummy. I’d love to try the lavender butter, too!
Oh those butter rolls looks delicious! I would love a couple with some mashed potatoes, roast beef and gravy lots of gravy!!!!!! sorry cravings
sounds great to me!
Yum, these look delicious! I think they would be lovely served with a nice homemade soup.
Oh man, I love rolls. They are seriously my favorite! My grandma makes great rolls, but I’ve never had her show me how to make them. I’m going to try these first!
These look so good. Bread is one of my biggest weaknesses. I really love sweet rolls.
Those rolls look really good. My mother in law while she visited made rolls almost every day. Hers was really good too.
I’ve always been afraid of using yeast.
one day I need to try again in making bread.
Thank you for sharing this.
yeast rolls are a favorite here! Yeast and I dont always get along however!
Thanks for sharing this recipe. Sounds yummy. I gotta try it!
No comfort food beats the taste of a nice, hot, buttery roll. Thanks for the recipe!
How delicious! I love the old school rolls, could eat them all day long, lol
Oh, this looks really beautiful and fluffy. I’ve attempted rolls like this multiple times and I always get it wrong. This time I will follow it to the T!
thank you and I am sure it will come out great!
Thanks for this recipe- sharing this w/ the Chef in our house. He’s always looking for good recipes for bread!
These rolls seem nice. As I read this I got an immediate craving for hot rolls and butter.
These look amazing! I’m definitely going to try them!
These look so soft and fluffy!
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These look SO goooood! Homemade bread is always the best, I hope to try your recipe soon.
These look so moist and delicious!! I am a big fan of making fresh rolls too and I must say these look so good!!
These look wonderful! I make fresh breads, but I have yet to branch out into rolls.
These look simple enough that even I might be able to do them. They will go perfect with a meal I have planned later in the week.
let me know if you make them!
These look so light and fluffy! Love your recipe and your pics too.
Thanks so much, I love homemade bread
I look your rolls and instantly crave chicken and gravy to go with them! They look so soft and yummy.
Thanks Brenda!
These look absolutely amazing - can’t wait to give them a try!
These look amazing & sound easy! Thanks!
G’day I can almost smell your rolls from here! Great photo!
Cheers! Joanne