Honey-Wheat Dinner Rolls

Name: Honey-Wheat Dinner Rolls
Yield: Makes 16 rolls
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups, whole milk, heated to 110 degrees, plus 1 tablespoon; 6 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon, honey; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 1 large, egg; 2 1/2 cups (13 3/4 ounces), whole-wheat flour; 1 3/4 cups (8 3/4 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 2 1/4 teaspoons, salt

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2011

Desserts or Baked Goods

American

Make Ahead

Breads

We wanted tender, fluffy dinner rolls that actually tasted of whole wheat and honey. Surely that wasn’t too much to ask.

SERVESMakes 16 rolls

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1 hour rising

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Whole wheat flour gets its distinct hearty, nutty flavor from flecks of bran. Unfortunately, the sharp bran particles destroy the gluten, or structure, of bread, leaving you with a denser product than bread made with only all-purpose flour....

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