Holiday Dinner Rolls - The . Thome . Home .

This recipe is in collaboration with Heinen’s Grocery!

Rustic, fluffy and smothered in melted butter – serve these beauties warm and your guests will be smacking hands out of the way to get their own. This is a great recipe to do with your kiddos too! Get messy, and have fun – do not sweat how the rolls look, they’ll be delicious!

Oh, and how can I forget this cinnamon vanilla butter these are served with. Have mercy, it is GOOD! A little nod to that Texas restaurant that has the sweet butter at the table, but I think this one with the warm cinnamon is even better!

Holiday Dinner Rolls

2 envelopes of Rapid Rise Instant Yeast ( two 1/4oz packets)
1 cup warm water
2 cup warm milk
8 Tbsp melted butter
4 Tbsp sugar
8 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1 Tbsp kosher salt
-Egg Wash-
1 Egg Yolk
– For finishing the rolls-
1/2 stick of butter at room temperature

In a medium bowl, pour in the two packets of instant yeast and add one cup of warm water. Stir gently and let sit for 5 minutes to activate the yeast. You’ll notice it start to foam and bubble, and that means the yeast is activating!
Next, in a large bowl, add the 8 cups of flour, salt and sugar, whisk together to fully incorporate
Once the yeast has bloomed, add the melted butter, milk and sugar – stir to combine
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix for about 3-5 minutes using your hands or a wooden spoon until a dough starts to form, it will become less sticky as you mix the dough. Once everything is fully incorporated you will have a loose dough.
Drizzle the top of your dough with olive oil, and cover the bowl with a towel and let the dough rise for one hour.
Once a dough has risen, give it one good punch in the middle and knead the dough for 2-3 minutes until the dough tightens up and forms a nice smooth ball. If you’re dough its exceptionally sticky add a sprinkle of flour as you go.

Now you are ready to make your dinner rolls!

Pre heat the oven to 375*
Generously grease a 9×13 baking sheet with butter
Using your hands, grab golf-ball size portion of dough and roll into a nice smooth ball
Place onto the greased baking sheet, and continue rolling until you have filled the entire sheet. The rolls can be placed tightly next to each other.
Cover the baking sheet with a towel, and let the rolls do their final rise for 30 minutes.
Now, make the egg wash by whisking together one egg yolk. Brush the tops of the dinner rolls with the egg wash, this will make them golden brown.
BAKE at 375* for 20 minutes, or until just golden

To finish, I like to gently spread room temperature butter all over the tops of the rolls once they come out of the oven so that the butter gets into all of the nooks and crannies.

Best served immediately!