Best Homemade Dinner Rolls Recipe

1. 1

   Line a 9x13” baking pan with parchment paper, set aside.

Proof the Yeast

1. 2

   Add sugar, water and yeast to the bowl of your standing mixer fitted with the dough hook. Let the mixture sit for 5-10 minutes until foamy.

Make the Dough

1. 3

   Once yeast is foamy, and the butter, milk and egg and stir to combine.

2. 4

   Add 3 cups of flour and ½ tablespoon salt and knead with dough hook. Add more flour gradually, as needed until a slightly-tacky ball forms.

3. 5

   Grease a large bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl. Cover with a damp cloth and set in a warm place to rise for about 1 hour, or until doubled in size.

4. 6

   Once dough has doubled, flour your hands and squeeze it to remove the gas.

5. 7

   With floured hands, form 12, equally-sized dough balls. (use a food scale to weight full batch of dough, then divide that number by 12 and make sure every dough ball is the same weight).

6. 8

   Roll them until they’re smooth balls.

7. 9

   Place the dough balls into the prepared baking sheet evenly spaced into 4 rows of 3.

8. 10

   Cover with a damp towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size (about 30-60 minutes) - do not let the towel touch the top of the rolls.

Bake

1. 11

   When the rolls have risen about halfway, preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.

2. 12

   Bake the risen rolls in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, until the rolls are golden-brown on the top and sound hollow when tapped with a wooden spoon, or reach an internal temperature of 185-190 degrees F when measured with an instant read thermometer.

   25 min
3. 13

   Remove the dinner rolls from the oven and immediately brush them with melted butter and sprinkle with sea salt.

4. 14

   Let cool slightly, then serve warm.