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Milk & Honey Dinner Buns

Brittany Piscatella
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?
Prep Time 3 hours
Cook Time 25 minutes
Course Bread, Dinner Buns, Side Dish
Cuisine beard
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 300 g or 2 1/2 cups bread Flour
  • 177 ml 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

Instructions
 

  • First things first you are going to want 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.
  • While the yeast is rising, go ahead and mix your melted butter and honey.
  • Then you are are going to add your egg and mix it in to the butter and honey mixture. [Not pictured, whoops].
  • Now you are going to add your flour to the mix and then it will look grainy, and not all together. This is OK!
  • The yeast, this part is obviously super important. If it is activated, you should have at least a bit of bubble on the top. [As pictured in the article]. If you don't have any activity on top, you MUST. MUST. Throw it out and start over. You cannot move on with unactivated yeast.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The dough should have visibly doubled in size. [See article]. This is the fun part where we punch it down and deflate it, YAS. As you do that, scrape the sides down.
  • Lightly flour your work surface and then plop your dough onto it, kneed it gently and cover it lightly in flour.
  • Next you are going to cut your dough into evenish thirds (or fourths for smaller buns).
  • Then you are going to cut those thirds (or fourth's) in thirds. So you should end up with 9 or 12 pieces.
  • Take those pieces one by one, roll and tuck the dough into nice little dough balls.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and allow the dinner rolls to rise for 35-45 minutes.
  • At around 20 minutes into the rise, preheat the oven to 350F/177C.
  • After the allowed time they should have risen quite well. They should look puffy and cute. Remove the plastic wrap.
  • Now you are going to take your egg and splash of milk and mix it well in a bowl.
  • With a brush baster, baste the top of your buns with the egg wash!
  • Now you are going to bake your dinner rolls for 20-25 minutes. The middle of the buns should be 190F.
  • 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.
  • Then remove it from the pan and allow it to cool on a cooling rack for 10-15 minutes.
  • You are done!!! Serve warm with butter!!
Keyword dinner buns, dinner rolls, milk and honey buns