Just Rollin’ Along

Did get up and take a break from my ‘Lost’ marathon in order to give this recipe a try.  As much as I love crusty bread, I also love soft, yeast rolls.   The kind you get in restaurants.  Texter also is a big roll love too.  I had come across a couple of Texas Roadhouse roll recipes, but finally decided to give this Honey Roll recipe a try.  Another thing that interested me was that it was also for the bread machine.  I don’t have the knack for kneading down yet.

Needless to say, rising was not an issue.  So much so, it remind me of a big belly.  And it smelled really great just rising.  So after punching down and letting it rest in the fridge since I had a few hours until dinner, this was the outcome.

  Ok, so I need to work on my uniformity with crafting rolls.  And unfortunately, I forgot, in the heat of the moment, so to speak, to take a picture of the final product.  But they were definitely of the texture I was looking for.  Needed to pull out of the oven just a minute or two earlier or cover the top of the rolls, because they did get a little over baked and crunchy.  But this is definitely a keeper.  And a recipe I can half easily.  Doing it again I would probably have some honey butter made up to butter the rolls with while eating.  I have a big jar of local honey I bought at the farmer’s market just begging to be used.

Honey Rolls for the Bread Machine

• 1 cup lukewarm milk
• 1/3 cup oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 3 1/2 cups bread flour (I did use all purpose in my trial)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast

Topping

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon honey

Directions:

Put in bread machine in order given. When adding the yeast, make a hole in flour and put yeast in the hole.

Put on dough cycle.

On lightly floured surface, divide dough into 20 equal parts and shape into smooth balls.

Place balls in greased 9 X 13 pan.

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Cover with clean cloth/towel and let rise in warm place until double in size (20 to 30 minutes).

Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light golden brown.

Heat butter and honey in microwave and brush over rolls.

Remove immediately from pan.