Belle’s Thanksgiving Dinner Rolls

Name: Belle's Thanksgiving Dinner Rolls
Yield: 12 rolls
Ingredients: 1 cup warm milk (110°F / 43°C); 2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast; 2 tbsp sugar; 4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted, plus more to brush; 1 egg; 1 tsp salt; 3 to 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and levelled

Dense, heavy rolls are usually the pan. Belle bakes hers in a metal pan, not glass, and lets them rest only till puffy, so they bake up soft.

12 rolls
About 2 hours, mostly rising

A dark metal pan of twelve golden, glossy buttered dinner rolls, one pulled open to show the soft inside, on a candlelit Thanksgiving table with pies and a cornucopia.

Ingredients

1 cup warm milk (110°F / 43°C)
2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
2 tbsp sugar
4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted, plus more to brush
1 egg
1 tsp salt
3 to 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and levelled

You’ll wanta 9x13 metal baking pan, a large mixing bowl and a pastry brush.

Method

Bloom: Milk, yeast and sugar, 10 min till foamy. Instant yeast? No wait.
Mix: Add butter, egg, salt, then 3 cups flour. Last 1/2 cup only if sticky.
Knead: 10 min (12 by hand), till smooth.
Rise: Oiled bowl, covered, 1 hour till doubled. Punch down.
Shape: 12 balls, edges under, in a greased METAL pan. Glass bakes them dense.
Rest: About 30 min, till puffy, not doubled. Oven to 375°F (190°C).
Bake: 15 min till golden. Brush with butter.

Inspired by @reviskitchenn.

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