Butter Rich Pan Rolls

Laurita's Note:

These are just so yummy and cute too. I make these about once a week and store them in tupperware. They make excellent little sandwich rolls or allow us to always have fresh bread for meals. When I was little in Germany, my mom and her German friend used to make them without the luxury of a bread machine. The smell of fresh baked bread can't be beat!

• Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 3 hrs
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 24

Yield: 24.0 rolls

• 1 cup water
• 1 large egg
• 3 ¼ cups bread flour
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons dry milk
• ¼ cup butter
• 2 teaspoons fast rising yeast

Egg glaze

• 1 large egg , beaten (optional)
• 4 teaspoons water (optional)

Directions:

1. Prepare as dough in the bread machine.
2. Remove dough to lightly floured board, divide into quarters, then divide each quarter into 6.
3. Spray muffin pan with cooking/baking spray.
4. Put each little ball into the muffin pan.
5. Brush with egg glaze (optional).
6. Cover dough to rise until size doubles- 1 hour.
7. Bake at 375 degrees F, 10-20 minutes.

Reviews

[Gerry in Florida]

Made these rolls yesterday for dinner. They are excellent! So easy too.I have tried dozens of roll recipes,this is one I will be making again and again!Thanks Laurita!

[Brody]

I just made these for the Thanksgiving holiday and they are everything everyone has said. I had forgotten about using my dusty old bread machine and had been stressing about how to do home-made rolls while preparing the rest of the dinner. This worked perfectly - easy, stress-free and wonderful texture and flavor - so soft. My only mistake was not using enough butter spray in the muffin tins so they stuck a bit. I had way too much dough - so I used half and wrap the other in plastic wrap and tin foil, stuck it in the frig and then the next day took it out, brought it to room temp and then just followed the shaping instructions, etc. They turned out just as good. Thank you!

[Brenda.]

Rather than use muffin cups I made 16 freeform shaped dinner rolls. The rolls are light, easy and delicious! I do not have an ABM so I used my stand mixer. My rolls took about 17 minutes as well. I will make these again thanks for sharing your recipe.