Quick & Easy Rolls

I love baking, it is a great stress reliever for me. Here is another baking recipe of mine that I thought I would share. These are quick and easy even though they look and taste like you spent all day on them. They need less than an hour of rising time and cook in about 15 minutes. So, you only need about an hour and a half total including clean up. So nice. 

Quick & Easy Rolls

2 ½ -3 cups All-Purpose Flour

3 TBS Sugar

1 envelope Rapid Rise Yeast (2 ¼ tsp)

¾ tsp Salt

¾ cup Warm Water (105-115 degrees)

3 TBS Melted Butter

1 egg

In a large bowl, mix the flour, salt, sugar, and yeast together with a fork.

Add water, melted butter, and egg.

Stir with a wooden spoon until it is a well-blended sticky mass.

Stir in more flour 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 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Lightly grease a muffin tin and a half - this makes 18 clover rolls.

Punch dough down and divide it into 18 balls. I cut it in thirds (3), then third the thirds (9), then half each of those thirds (18).

Divide each ball of dough into 3 or 4 parts and place them in the muffin cup.

Repeat with the rest of the balls.

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 about 20 minutes.

Bake rolls for 10 to 15 minutes. The tops will be golden brown and they will sound hollow when tapped.

Brush the tops with melted butter.

Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Quick & Easy Dinner Rolls