Shelby’s Rolls
Shelby made these oh-so-yummy buttery cloverleaf rolls for Christmas dinner 2011. Recipe courtesy of How Sweet It is (howsweeteats.com).
Ingredients
- 4½ teaspoons (2 packets) active dry yeast
- ½ cup warm water (not to exceed 110-degrees F)
- 1½ cups warm milk (not to exceed 110-degrees F)
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 5½-6 cups all-purpose flour, or more if needed
- melted butter for brushing
Instructions
- In the bowl of your electric mixer, combine warm water, yeast, 1 Tbs honey, and olive oil and mix with a spoon. Let sit until foamy, about 10-15 minutes.
- To the yeast mixture, add warm milk, remaining honey, egg and butter, and mix on low speed until just combined (with an attached dough hook).
- Add in 2 cups of flour and salt. Mix on low speed, gradually increasing to medium as flour becomes incorporated. Slowly add the remaining flour 1 cup at a time, stopping at 5 cups.
- Knead the dough on medium speed for 4-5 minutes, then check to see if the dough is sticky. If it is too sticky, add a bit more flour and knead until it becomes smooth, but you want some stick to it.
- Remove dough from the bowl and form into a ball with your hands, covering with a bit more flour until it is no longer sticking to your hands.
- Brush a large bowl with melted butter. Add dough to the bowl, turning once or twice to cover in butter. Place a towel over top and let rise in a warm place for 1½-2 hours.
- Punch dough down, then transfer to a floured workspace. Tear small pieces of dough off the larger piece and roll into balls slightly larger than one inch wide. You will end up with about 90 dough balls.
- Brush a muffin tin with melted butter, then add 3 dough balls to each tin. Cover and let rise again, in a warm spot, for about an hour.
- Preheat oven to 375°. Brush the tops of each clover with a hefty glug of melted butter. Bake for 11-12 minutes, or until tops are just golden brown. Remove from oven and brush tops with melted butter again, repeating the brushing another few times as the rolls cool. Remove from the tins and serve.
