Best American Dinner Rolls

Name: Best American Dinner Rolls
Yield: Makes Sixteen 3-inch Rolls
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, whole milk; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted, (reserve 2 tablespoons for brushing on rolls before baking); 6 tablespoons, sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons, table salt; 2 , large eggs, room temperature; 1 , package rapid-rise yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons), may also labeled "instant"; 3 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (15 ounces), plus additional flour as needed (see note above)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2006

Desserts or Baked Goods

American

Breads

SERVESMakes Sixteen 3-inch Rolls

TIME1¾ hours, plus 32 to 34 hours rising

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

A liberal amount of butter contributed richness to our American dinner roll recipe; an additional egg gave the rolls more flavor and better texture; and milk (scalded and skimmed) made the rolls soft, tender, and rich. For ideas about the b...

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