Sweet Earthy Dinner Rolls
By: Chris Green
Published: Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 5:22am

Ingredients




5 cups all-purpose flour
7 tablespoons brown sugar
2 packages (¼ oz.) Active Dry Yeast (½ oz. total)
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup milk
1 cup warm water (Do not exceed 110 Deg F)
2 tablespoons olive oil (Cooking spray works just as well)

Preparation

1 Add the yeast to the warm water, add a pinch of brown sugar mix and let rest for about 5 minutes 2 While yeast is proofing, mix the butter, milk, and egg into the bowl 3 After stirring the mixture well, add the brown sugar and salt until evenly blended 4 Add the flour one cup at a time until it becomes to hard to mix 5 Coat your hands with flour and dump the dough on a lightly floured surface 6 Knead and add flour until the dough is tacky enough to stick to itself but not your hands 7 Knead the dough for an additional 4-5 minutes until the dough has a bigger spring to it when poked 8 Let the dough rest for 10 minutes and acquire a large mixing bowl 9 Add the oil into the new bowl and using a napkin spread it around 10 Put the dough in the bowl and coat it evenly with oil 11 Let the dough rise for 1hr * 12 For butter topping mix the butter and powdered sugar in a bowl until blended 13 Punch down the dough and place it onto a lightly floured surface 14 Divide into 16 portions and roll into balls 15 Place onto one sheet close enough so that when they rise and cook, they will stick together (See photo) and let rise for 20-30minutes 16 Bake in a 375 Deg. Oven for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned 17 Brush butter on top and serve