Easiest Homemade Rolls EVER!

When I had some ladies over for dinner last Tuesday, they could not believe that we were having homemade dinner rolls. A couple of them wanted to know what brand they were because they said that they were the best and wanted to buy them for Thanksgiving. When I told them they were homemade their response, hum…let me see if I can get the “new jargon” term, SHUT UP!!!! So I did. I thought they were telling me not to talk, but I soon found out that that meant “wow, they are great.” These young folks today. When they told me to “shut the door” I thought maybe they were cold so I went and closed the door to the hall, only to find out that that was a term of surprise and approval. Since they requested the recipe, I am posting it and can’t wait to hear back from those who will try them. They truly are so easy and taste delicious.

2 pkg of yeast

1 cup warm water

1 egg

1/2 cup sugar

1 teas salt

3 1/2 cups flour

Grease glass bowl.. Set aside. Mix yeast and water, in a bowl and stir until yeast is dissolved. Add all ingredients in order given. Stir in flour last as you might just begin with the 3 cups and add a little at a time until the dough is soft, workable and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. (I usually just use a total of 3 1/4 cups flour, but save the other 1/4 cup to sprinkle over the counter, or waxed paper to roll dough out.)

Place dough in there greased glass bowl and lay a dish towel over the top. Put someplace that is warm with no drafts and let rise for about 1 hour, sometimes, depending on the temp of your house, it might take longer, until dough has doubled in size. When it has, place dough on floured surface and knead for about 2-3 minutes. Roll dough out  to about 1/2″ and if you don’t have a biscuit cutter, find a size of glass that you can use to cut the rolls. Turn the glass over and using the open part of glass, cut dough into circles.

(You can either melt a stick of butter and using a pastry brush, brush butter all over the dough before cutting biscuits and then you will only need to place them in the dish with melted butter, not having to flip them to coat both sides.)*See next step.

Melt 1/2 stick of butter in a 9×13 pyrex pan. Dip each biscuit into the butter, both sides and when pan is full, repeat with another 8×8 square pan. Don’t crowd the biscuits as they will rise before you bake them. These 2 pans should hold all the biscuits you will cut.

Now, cover a second time and place in warm area to allow to rise again for about 30 min to 1 hour. Bake in preheated 400 degree oven until rolls are golden brown on top, about 20-25 min.  Serve hot. See, I told you these were SHUT THE DOOR easy!