Making bread at home doesn’t have to be a long-complicated process. Soft and fluffy bakery style rolls are much easier to make than you would imagine. This is one recipe you will want to keep; it is so versatile, you can make multiple options just by changing the shape of your dough.
Recipe Overview
- Prep Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Cook Time: 16-25 minutes
- Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes (timing is a rough estimate and includes the time needed for the dough to rise)
What You’ll Need
- Stand mixer with dough hook
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Additional mixing bowl
- Baking sheets
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 – 4 cups bread flour
- 1 1/4 cups plus 2 tablespoon – 1 1/2 cups warm water
- 1 Tablespoons white sugar
- 1 packet instant yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 Tablespoons cold butter, cubed
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer add instant yeast, sugar and 1 1/4 cup warm water.
- Add 2 cups of the bread flour and mix on low 4 minutes
- Add salt and remaining flour, at this point if your dough is not a little sticky/shiny add cubed butter and additional water 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Transfer dough to a separate lightly greased bowl, cover and allow to rise for 1 hour. It should be double in size
- punch down center of dough, transfer to a cutting board. Separate evenly into 4-8 pieces.
- Shape dough depending on how you want your final product (buns or sub rolls etc)
- Place shaped dough on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, cover and allow to rise for 30-40 minutes max
- Preheat oven to 375⁰ F while waiting scramble an egg for your egg wash
- When you’re timer goes off the dough should be a bit larger, coat evenly with egg was by brushing it on evenly.
- Bake for 16-25 minutes
Notes
- Dust your cutting board very lightly with no excess flour before transferring to the cutting board
- If you let your dough rise for too long the rolls will fall flat. Stick to the 1 hour initially and no more than 30-40 minutes for the second rise.
- Egg wash is optional. You can scramble one egg and lightly brush the top and sides of the rolls before baking.
- Shape your rolls however you’d like, just be sure to keep them all relatively consistent so that they all require the same amount of time baking.
- Store rolls in your fridge for 1 week, bag or container should be airtight.
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Final thoughts
When you make your own bread, the final product is super rewarding. The smell of warm, fresh homemade bread will get your friends and family every time so be sure to have the butter or jam ready and an extra roll for sampling while warm, there is nothing like it.
Enjoy! – Hey Ivy 🌿