Quick & Easy Honey Wheat Dinner Rolls

I love making bread. Sometimes I do not have enough time to make bread but these only take a couple of hours total. If I start these at 4pm I can have them on the table with dinner at 6pm. You can freeze these but I don't think I have ever had any left over to freeze. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quick and Easy Honey Wheat Dinner Rolls

1 ½ cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 cup+ White Flour (Plus more for kneading, dusting)
3 TBS Honey
1 envelope Rapid Rise Yeast (2 ¼ tsp)
¾ tsp Salt
¾ cup Warm Water (105-115 degrees)
2 TBS Melted Butter
1 egg

In a large bowl, mix the wheat flour, salt, and yeast together with a fork.
Add honey, water, melted butter, and egg.
Stir with a wooden spoon until it is a well-blended sticky mass.
Stir in the white flour adding more if needed to form soft dough.
Knead the dough until smooth and elastic on a floured surface. Add more flour if necessary to keep it from being too sticky (being careful not to add too much or it will become dry).
Shape dough into a ball and place it in a large oiled (or buttered) bowl. Turn the ball of dough around so that it is coated on all sides.
Cover the bowl with a damp towel (I like to use a tea towel for this) and place in a warm place to rise for about 20 - 30 minutes.

At this point you can start the rest of dinner, change a diaper (wash your hands!), chase the baby, clean up the A&D ointment she found in the zipped diaper bag that she discovered how to use a zipper on and you had no idea.

Lightly grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
Punch down dough and put it in the greased pan. Pat the dough down into an even thickness then cut it into 16 squares.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Cover with a damp towel again and put it in a warm area. (I usually put it on a cooling rack on top of my stove while the oven is preheating.)
Let it rise for 30 minutes.

Again more dinner prep can be done.
Or you can put away all of the puzzles pieces into the correct boxes after the baby decided that it would be more fun to put all of the puzzles together at the same time. Oh wait that takes so much more time. It might be easier to pull your hair out and cry. I know I did.

Lightly dust the top of the rolls with flour.
Bake rolls for 10 to 15 minutes. The tops will be golden brown and they will sound hollow when tapped.
Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

This recipe can be doubled easily.
These rolls can be frozen. Wrap individual rolls in plastic wrap. Place all wrapped rolls in a zip-top freezer bag. Reheat them by taking them out of the plastic wrap and wrapping them in foil. Place in a 350-degree oven for 25 minutes.

**Updated 12/1/12 to add a photo of these yummy rolls.**