Turn dough out onto a floured work surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 5 to 10 minutes.
Butter bowl, place dough in bowl, cover and let stand:
Butter the inside of a large bowl; place dough in bowl, turning to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; let stand in a warm spot until dough has doubled in size, about 1 1/4 hours.
Butter the underside of the plastic wrap to prevent the dough from sticking to it if it rises that much.
Butter baking pans, divide dough, roll, and form balls:
Butter two 13-by-9-inch baking pans. Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 15-inch rope; cut each rope into 15 1-inch pieces. Press each piece into a disk, then shape into a ball.
Let dough balls rise; preheat oven; then brush rolls with egg:
Preheat oven; brush egg on balls:
Arrange dough balls in prepared pans. Cover pans loosely with plastic; let stand in a warm spot until rolls have doubled in size, about 1 1/4 hours (2 hours more if frozen). Preheat oven to 375°F, with racks in upper and lower thirds. In a small bowl, beat remaining egg until blended; brush onto rolls.
Bake:
Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes, rotating pans back to front and top to bottom halfway through. Let rolls cool 15 minutes before serving.
How to Store Homemade Dinner Rolls
Store the rolls in a freezer bag or airtight container at room temperature for up to three days.
Reheating
Reheat the dinner rolls in a warm oven for about 10 minutes, or until they're warmed through. (We prefer reheating in the oven to microwaving.)
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are my dinner rolls not light and fluffy?
Rolls that are not light and fluffy can be the result of using too much flour (not measuring the flour correctly, as we mention above), or not using the type of flour your recipe calls for. Another reason for dense tough rolls is overmixing, which will produce too much gluten.
What type of pan is best for dinner rolls?
We bake our rolls in two 13-by-9-inch rectangular baking pans. If you don't have pans that size, you could use three 8- or 9-inch round pans. Using a pan produces uniformly shaped pull-apart rolls.
Finger roll – soft roll about three times longer than it is wide. French roll – generic term for the bread roll. Also a sweeter, softer roll with milk added to the dough. Fritter is a stuffed bread roll.
Let the rolls cool completely on a cooling rack. Always remove rolls from the pan immediately after baking to prevent moisture buildup that can cause sogginess. Once cooled, place in an air tight container or ziplock bag.
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Soft rolls and hard rolls are yeast breads, but quick breads are chemically raised doughs (with baking powder or baking soda). Soft rolls would be dinner rolls or sandwich buns which are usually enriched with dairy, butter or some other fat, and normally are sweetened to some degree.
Sugar: Not only does it sweeten the bread, but sugar also retains moisture. This means that adding sugar can indeed make bread softer. Baking Soda: When added, especially in recipes with acidic ingredients, it can make bread soft and spongy. However, it's essential to balance the quantities to avoid a soapy taste.
All it takes is a small amount of dough enhancer per loaf to create a much lighter and fluffier result. Using a dough enhancer like Vital Wheat Gluten works to improve the texture and elasticity of the dough and elongate the strands of gluten. Doing so allows more room for the gas in the dough to develop and rise.
Too much flour, or not the right kind, could be to blame. Dough made only from flour with a high or even average amount of protein (like bread flour or all-purpose flour) can become tough from overmixing.
"Roll" crops up everywhere, but it's most common in the south, with "bun", which also shows up throughout the country, being the favoured word in the North East. "Barm" is very localised to the Manchester area, and "batch" is incredibly specific: this is used just by residents of Liverpool and Coventry.
This could be a barm cake, bread-cake, bap, batch, bun, buttery, muffin, cob, oven bottom, roll or stotty. To add to the confusion, some names mean more than one thing. In the area north of Manchester, bread rolls are called 'teacakes'.
If you're only a day or two away from your party, you can also just refrigerate either the dough or the shaped rolls — they'll keep just fine without even needing to go to the freezer. Whichever method you end up using, three days in the fridge or a month in the freezer is about the maximum that I recommend.
While it's safe to keep many baked goods at room temperature, it depends on the item and should be taken on a case-by-case basis. For instance, breads and rolls can last up to four days at room temperature, but any bread with meat or hard-boiled eggs should be refrigerated within two hours, according to the USDA.
A cob, a roll, a bun, a barm, a batch, a bap – it's just flour, yeast, salt, and water, but the country seems to be overflowing with different names for the humble morsel.
Baguettes are long, thin loaves of bread that are crunchy on the outside and soft and airy on the inside. They're usually made with white wheat flour, water, yeast, and salt. The dough is rolled and shaped into a long, narrow loaf before being baked in the oven.
A variety of rolls are found in Europe, from white rolls made with wheat flour, to dark rolls containing mostly rye flour. Many variants include spices, such as coriander and cumin, or nuts. Also common are bread rolls containing or garnished with whole seeds such as sesame, poppy, pumpkin or sunflower.
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