Fluffy Make-Ahead Dinner Rolls

Name: Fluffy Make-Ahead Dinner Rolls
Yield: Makes 15 large rolls
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, plus 2 tablespoons for bowl and baking dish; 1 1/2 cups, whole milk; 1/3 cup, honey; 4 tablespoons, vegetable shortening; 5-5 1/2 cups (25-27½ ounces; 708-780 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon instant or rapid-rise, yeast; 2 teaspoons, salt; 1 , large egg, plus 1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2007

Desserts or Baked Goods

We wondered if we could make fresh, homemade dinner rolls ahead of time, freeze them, and still have them bake up fluffy and delicious.

SERVESMakes 15 large rolls

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Since turning out a fresh, homemade batch of dinner rolls isn’t always manageable, we developed a dinner rolls recipe that we could make ahead of time. To prevent the dough from drying out, we added extra moisture and fat to our recipe in t...

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