Honey, Milk Dinner Rolls

When you finally perfected the dinner rolls

Soft, golden, and slightly sweet, these dinner rolls made with milk and honey are the perfect addition to your holiday table. Their pillowy texture and hint of natural sweetness make them irresistible, whether you’re serving them alongside Thanksgiving turkey or a festive holiday roast. Easy to make and even easier to love, these rolls are sure to become a family favorite, bringing warmth and joy to every bite. Because what’s a holiday feast without the perfect bread to share?

The bread series & Brit

Welcome to my bread series!! AH, finally. If you don’t already know I love bread, homemade bread specifically. So, with this series I am determined to help you bake bread on your own from home with these recipes. Making it more simple and understandable.
With all that to stay, let’s move on to my links and where you can find me (more below).

I am now an Amazon affiliate so want to disclose that I do have links to products I use in case you guys are curious! Now here’s the part where I drop all my links to my socials for you. Appreciate you!

The first stop is always IG. IG is my stomping grounds, I am there most often to talk on my stories and respond to DMs and comments. So, if you ever want to get in touch with me, my DMs are a great place to go! Also, if you have a bread question hit me up.

Pinterest is the best place to save these recipes. You can put them in a folder and keep it all organized!

The final spot, where big things are happening… YouTube. I am starting long form content on there and will be doing tutorials on cooking. Super excited about this and would love to see you over there.

More on bread

This series and recipe is very important to me because I feel there is such a freedom in making your own food from scratch. Especially bread. Bread is often the center of the home, the center of family. So why on earth do we consume bread that is made with harsh ingredients and toxic flour?

Because making bread has somehow fallen out of a society norm. Convenience is the norm. I find that sad. One of my huge goals here at ‘Brit’s Table’ is to break that generational curse with homemade recipes. Homemade bread. More of homemade everything.

That’s why this bread series hits home for me. Let’s eat everything, just make it homemade. That’s the motto.

But also I have to add in moderation haha!! Health is always first so first there’s homemade healthy, which we will get into in the New Year and then there’s homemade everything. Remember the 80/20 rule!

These Buns

Don’t be afraid, bread is scarier on the outside more than it is on the inside. The worst that can happen is, you fail. Then you will try again and then you will eventually get it. That isn’t so scary after all, because most the time if you just follow the instructions, you succeed!!

When it come to baking. Being precise with measurements is very important. Once you get used to that and get a scale and good measuring cups and spoons you will be set.

What You May need:

• Baking Scraper – This is essential when you start baking.
• Ceramic Bowl or Glass Bowls – I have one ceramic bowl my mom let me have, but I want to get more. I do use stainless steel bowls for bread too, I honestly don’t like it. And when it comes to letting your bread rise, in my experience it rises better and faster in ceramic or glass. <- The two I recommend.
• Quality Flour – When you are going to make bread from scratch, quality flour is a must. I am currently using, Organic King Arthur Bread Flour.
• Basting Brush – Silicone or boar bristles brush. Both work.
• Cooling Rack – If you are going to get into baking, bite the bullet and get one of these.

The Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 300g or 2 1/2 Cup Bread Flour
• 177ml or 3/4 Cup Whole Milk – Heated to room temperature, about 25 seconds
• 4 Tbsp Melted Butter
• 1 Large Egg
• 1/4 Cup Honey
• 2 Tsp Active Dry Yeast
• 1 Tsp Sugar
• 1 Egg + Splash of Milk – For the egg wash

Method:

1. First things first you are going to activate your yeast. In a small bowl, add yeast and sugar along with your heated up milk. [Not too hot because it will kill the yeast]. Stir with a spoon and wrap with plastic wrap. Wait about 5 minutes.

2. While the yeast is rising, go ahead and mix your melted butter and honey.
3. Then you are are going to add your egg and mix it in to the butter and honey mixture. [Not pictured, whoops].

4. Now you are going to add your flour to the mix and then it will look grainy, and not all together. This is OK!
5. The yeast, this part is obviously super important. If it is activated you should have at least a bit of bubble on top. [As pictured above]. If you don’t have any activity on the top, you MUST. MUST. Throw it out and start over. You cannot move on with un-activated yeast.

6. Next, you are going to add the activated yeast mixture to the bowl and combine with a rubber spatula. Cover the dough with plastic wrap or a damp kitchen towel and let it rest for 20-30 minutes.

7. After the dough has rested, kneed the dough by hand or with rubber spatula for 10-15 minutes, the dough will be wet and sticky. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it double in size. This should take about an hour or two, depending on how warm your kitchen is.

8. The dough should have visibly doubled in size. [As pictured above]. This is the fun part where we punch it down and deflate it, YAS. As you do that scrape the sides down.
9. Lightly flour your work surface and then plop your dough onto it, kneed gently and cover it lightly in flour.

10. Next you are going to cut your dough into evenish thirds (or fourths for smaller buns).
11. Then you are going to cut those thirds (or fourth’s) in thirds. So you should end up with 9 or 12 pieces.

12. Take those pieces one by one, roll and tuck the dough into nice little dough balls.
13. Cover with plastic wrap and allow the dinner rolls to rise for 35-45 minutes.

14. At around 20 minutes into the rise, preheat the oven to 350F/177C.
15. After the allowed time they should have risen quite well. They should look puffy and cute. Remove the plastic wrap.

16. Now you are going to take your egg and splash of milk and mix it well in a bowl.
17. With a brush baster, baste the top of your buns with the egg wash!

18. Now you are going to bake your dinner rolls for 20-25 minutes. The middle of the buns should be 190F.
19. When it is done baking, remove the bread from the oven and allow it to rest in the hot pan for 5 minutes. If your bread looks really puffy do not panic!! After it rests it will settle.
20. Then remove it from the pan and allow it to cool on a cooling rack for 10-15 minutes.
21. You are done!!! Serve warm with butter!!

Questions/Comments

I hope you enjoyed this recipe and that your rolls turned out amazing! I recommend doing a bit more rolls and making them smaller. So 12 rolls. These rolls are bigger and taller but delicious. The flavor is insane. Hope you loved this!

I want to say that I love hearing from each and every one of you. So, please feel free to comment below if you have a question, or if you just want to say hi!

Don’t forget to share your creations on Instagram and tag me so I can see your delicious quiches!

Thank you so much for being here! I appreciate you all and your support!

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