How to Make Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil reduces saturated fat while adding flavor.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk is lower in calories, while water is a cost-effective substitute.

Proof the yeast by combining 1 and 1/3 cups of water and 5 teaspoons of sugar in a mixing bowl.

Add 1 tablespoon of rapid rise yeast to the water and sugar mixture, whisk together, and let sit for 10 minutes until foamy.

In a mixing bowl, add 3 and 1/2 cups of bread flour and 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of salt to the yeast mixture.

Mix on low speed until combined, then increase to high speed for 8 minutes of kneading.

If the dough sticks to the bowl, add 1 teaspoon of flour and knead until it no longer sticks.

Shape the kneaded dough into a rectangle approximately 12 inches long and 6 inches wide.

Melt 1/2 stick of butter (4 tablespoons) and coat a baking pan with some of the melted butter.

Place the shaped dough in the center of the buttered pan.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 1 minute to warm it up, then turn it off.

Microwave a towel for 30 seconds to warm it up, then cover the dough with the towel and let it rise in the oven for 20 minutes.

After 20 minutes, remove the dough from the oven; it should have doubled in size.

Press the dough down to remove carbon dioxide bubbles, using cold water on your hands to prevent sticking if necessary.

Flatten the dough in the pan and cut it into 18 pieces using a dough cutter, applying butter to the edges before cutting.

Place the pan back in the oven for a second rise for 20 minutes.

After the second rise, preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Prepare an egg wash by mixing 1 egg with 1 tablespoon of water and brush it on top of each roll.

Bake the rolls in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, turning the pan around halfway through for even cooking.

Remove the rolls from the oven and brush with the remaining melted butter.

Transfer the rolls to a cooling rack and allow to cool slightly before serving.

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