Homemade Lunch Rolls Recipe
Homemade Lunch Rolls. These homemade rolls or buns can be baked to use for a hamburger or a starter for a lunch.
- Prep Time: 2 hrs for prep and rising
- Cook Time: 25 min
- Total Time: 2 hrs 25 min
- Yield: 12
- Category: Dinner or lunch, bread
- Method: Oven Baking
Ingredients
- 4 cups of flour
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 ¼ c milk, room temperature
- 3 oz unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 oz unsalted butter, melted, for brushing
- Water
Instructions
- Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl of stand mixer fitted with a dough hook
- On slow speed, add egg, milk, to dry mixture and mix until cohesive dough starts to form, about 1 minute. Use rubber spatula to scrape down sides of the bowl if necessary.
- Increase speed to medium-low, add melted butter gradually and mix until butter is fully incorporated.
- Continue to mix the dough until it is smooth, elastic and pull away from the sides, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface.
- Start kneading the dough by hands. Use your fingertips and gently lift and fold edge of the dough that’s farthest away from you toward the middle.
- Turn the dough 90 degrees and fold again
- Repeat the process of turning and folding the dough until the it forms a smooth round dough, approximately 30 to 45 seconds
- Turn the dough seam side down in a lightly greased large mixing bowl
- Cover tightly and let it proof until the size increases by double, approximately 1.5 to 2 hours.
- Line baking pan with parchment paper
- Press down on the dough to deflate it then transfer it to a lightly floured surface
- Divide the dough into 2 oz balls, about 12 balls.
- Stretch the dough by using your fingers and pinch the edges together at the bottom to form a smooth dough
- Place the dough seam side down on a lightly floured surface.
- Use your hand (with the thumb wrap around 1 side of the ball, while the other fingers wrap the other side) drag it in small circles until the dough is round and almost smooth
- Place the round dough seam side down on a rimmed baking pan lined with parchment paper at least 1 inch apart from each other
- Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let them rise until double, approximately 1.5 to 2 hours.
- Pre heat oven to 350F
- Gently brush the top of each dough with melted butter.
- Then lightly mist them with water
- Bake until the top turn golden brown color, approximately 20 – 25 minutes, remember to rotate the baking pan half way of the process
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
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