Directions
- 1Add 1 and a quarter cup of warm milk into a large mixing bowl.
- 2Add 1/3 of a cup of granulated sugar to the milk.
- 3Add 2 and a quarter teaspoons or one packet of yeast to the bowl.
- 4Stir the mixture briefly.
- 5Let the mixture sit for about 5 to 10 minutes until the yeast becomes foamy.
- 6Add half a stick or 1/4 of a cup of melted butter to the foamy mixture.
- 7Add one room temperature egg.
- 8Stir everything until well combined.
- 9Add one teaspoon of salt.
- 10Add 3 and a half cups of bread flour.
- 11Mix everything together until a shaggy dough forms.
- 12Turn the dough out onto a clean surface.
- 13Flour your hands and knead the dough until it forms a nice, smooth dough ball, which should take about 5 minutes.
- 14Spray a clean bowl with oil.
- 15Place the dough into the bowl, top side down, swirl it around, and then flip it over.
- 16Cover the bowl lightly with a towel or plastic wrap.
- 17Let the dough rise until it doubles in size, which should be about an hour.
- 18While the dough rises, prepare the butter for the rolls by adding two sticks of softened, salted butter to a bowl.
- 19Whip the butter until it is nice and fluffy and a pale yellow color.
- 20Add 1/3 of a cup of powdered sugar to the whipped butter.
- 21Add a quarter cup of honey.
- 22Add two teaspoons of cinnamon.
- 23Whip all the butter ingredients together until combined.
- 24Once the dough has risen, use the saved butter wrappers to grease a cookie sheet.
- 25Gently push down the center of the risen dough and take it out of the bowl.
- 26Press the dough out into a rectangle that is about a quarter of an inch thick.
- 27Cut the dough into equal small pieces using a pizza cutter.
- 28Place the cut dough pieces onto the greased cookie sheet, ensuring they have room to rise.
- 29Cover the rolls with a towel.
- 30Let them rise for another 30 minutes while the oven preheats to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 31Bake the rolls in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 12 minutes.
- 32Once the rolls come out of the oven, brush them all with some melted butter.
Ingredients
- 1.25 cup warm milk
- 0.33 cup granulated sugar
- 2.25 teaspoon yeast
- 0.25 cup melted butter
- 1 egg room temperature egg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3.5 cups bread flour
- 2 sticks softened butter
- 0.33 cup powdered sugar
- 0.25 cup honey
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Equipment
large mixing bowlmeasuring cupsmeasuring spoonsspoonoil misterplastic wraphand mixerbaking sheettowelpizza cutterpastry brushplate
Tips
- Clean your counters before turning out the dough.
- Use butter wrappers to grease the baking sheet.
- Let the rolls rise until they are puffy again.
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