I'm sharing these two dinner roll recipes on my blog because they have changed my life. You have no idea how far I've come with making dinner rolls. I had no clue about yeast, and letting dough rise, and kneading the dough, etc. I wanted so badly to make yummy bread but it was always a disaster. Christian used to call my dinner rolls baseballs. They were so hard and heavy, you could throw them across the room and break a window.
Another thing that has saved my life is my kitchen-aid! I use it almost daily. I really don't know what I would do without it. In fact, it's ready to get serviced because a screw is loose inside, and I think I'm going to take it in right before my trip so that they can fix it while I'm gone and I won't miss it!
The thing that I love about these recipes is that they only take 1 hour to make. That's usually when I start thinking about what to do for dinner, an hour before. The other thing is that the kitchen aid does most of the work. Anyways, without further ado, my 2 most favorite go-to kitchen aid dinner roll recipes;
Alyse's Dinner Rolls
I learned about this one from my friend Alyse. She said that this is a recipe from when she was a little girl. Before the kitchen aid, her mom and all of her sisters would knead the dough for 10 - 20 minutes by hand.
2 cups Water
2 Tbs. Yeast
1/2 cup Sugar
Place in kitchen aid bowl and let rise for 10 minutes. Then add and mix the rest of the ingredients below;
2 tsp. Salt
4 3/4 cups Flour
1 Egg
1/4 cup Oil
Let kitchen aid knead on med/high for 10 minutes. Let rise in bowl for 10 minutes. Roll them into balls. I use a combination of flour and oil for my hands and counter space. Let rolls rise for 10 minutes. Bake for 10-15 minutes at 375 degrees.
Pinterest Rolls
This one I learned about from pinterest. It makes a smaller batch, about 10 rolls. It's SO easy and so tasty.
In a kitchen aid mixer bowl, mix the following and let stand for 15 minutes;
1 cup Warm Water
1/4 cup Sugar
1/3 cup Oil
2 Tbs. Yeast
Add:
1 tsp. salt
1 egg, beaten
Gradually add 3 1/3 cups flour. Dough will be kind of sticky. Let stand for 10 minutes. Spray hands with non-stick cooking spray (or flour/oil) and form into balls. Place balls so they don't touch on a cookie sheet. Let rise for 20 minutes. Back at 375 for 10 minutes.
The recipes are very similar. Please try these. I hope they will change your life like they have changed mine!
