Easy Homemade Dinner Rolls
Soft pull‑apart dinner rolls made from a classic white‑bread dough—scaled for two pans, brushed with melted butter.
Ingredients
- * 1½ cups warm water 105–110 °F
- * 1½ tsp sugar
- * 1 packet 2¼ tsp active‑dry yeast
- * 6 cups warm water additional
- * ¼ cup sugar
- * 1½ Tbsp kosher salt
- * ⅔ cup shortening
- * 14 cups all‑purpose flour plus up to 3 cups for kneading
- * 2 Tbsp melted butter for brushing
Instructions
- # Proof yeast with 1½ cups water + 1½ tsp sugar 10 min.
- # In large bowl combine 6 cups water, ¼ cup sugar, salt, shortening, and yeast mixture.
- # Stir in 14 cups flour. Knead 8–10 min, adding up to 3 cups flour, until elastic.
- # Place in greased bowl; turn dough; cover; rise 1 hr.
- # Punch down; cut dough into 16 pieces; shape balls; arrange in two greased 9‑inch pans.
- # Cover; rise 45–60 min.
- # Bake 350 °F 25–30 min until golden. Brush with butter; cool 10 min.
Notes
* Replace 2 cups flour with whole‑wheat for heartier rolls.
* Overnight fridge rise: shape balls; refrigerate; warm 45 min.
* Overnight fridge rise: shape balls; refrigerate; warm 45 min.