Fluffy Dinner Rolls

Name: Fluffy Dinner Rolls
Yield: Makes 12 rolls
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, water; 3 tablespoons, bread flour; 1/2 cup cold, milk; 1 , large egg; 2 cups (11 ounces), bread flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 2 tablespoons, sugar; 1 teaspoon, salt; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened, plus 1/2 tablespoon, melted

762 comments

Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2016

Desserts or Baked Goods

American

Breads

We thought the classic light, tender American dinner roll couldn’t get any better. Then we tried a cutting-edge baking technique called tangzhong.

SERVESMakes 12 rolls

TIME1¾ hours, plus 1¾ hours resting and 20 minutes cooling

has video

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Moist, fluffy American dinner rolls are great when fresh but quickly lose those qualities as they sit. We took a classic dinner roll recipe and applied a bread-making method commonly called by its Chinese name, tangzhong (though it originat...

This is a members' feature.