Description
Warm, soft, fluffy herbed dinner rolls made with nutty, browned butter. Perfect for soup dipping!
Ingredients
Scale
For the Rolls
- 3 1/2 to 4 cups bread flour or all purpose, unbleached flour
- 3/4 cups water
- 1 tablespoon rapid rise instant yeast (fast acting)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 cup milk (I used 2%)
- 6 tablespoons butter, unsalted + extra for greasing bowl
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh sage, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, minced
- Fresh parsley, roughly chopped for garnish
Instructions
Brown the Butter
- In a large skillet (preferably a light colored one to make it easier to see the color of the butter as it browns), melt butter over medium heat, stirring constantly.
- Once the butter is completely melted, it will start to foam. Continue stirring constantly. After about 6-8 minutes, the butter will start to brown. Look for deep brown specs (if you see a lot of black specs, the butter is burned and you'll have to start over). It will also have a very pleasantly nutty aroma.
- Once this happens, pour the browned butter into a large, shallow container (a baking dish works well). Set aside.
Make the Rolls
- Preheat oven to 400˚F. Grease or line a 9X13 baking dish with parchment paper.
- In a small microwave safe bowl, heat water, sugar, 4 tablespoons of the browned butter, and milk for 1 minute, until very warm to the touch, around 110˚F to 115˚F, and whisk contents. If it’s not hot enough, continue to warm in the microwave in 10-15 second increments to reach the desired temperature, whisking after each increment.
- In the bowl of a standing mixture fitted with the dough hook attachment, add the heated milk mixture and sprinkle the yeast on top. Let sit for 10-15 minutes, until the mixture is foamy and smells strongly of yeast.
- Add 3 1/2 cups of the flour, salt, ginger, herbs, and the beaten egg. Mix with the dough hook on the lowest or “stir” setting for 1-2 minutes until combined and the dough starts pulling away from the sides of the bowl. If the dough is still sticking to the sides of the bowl, add 1/4 cup of flour at a time, letting the mixer run another minute, until the dough is pulling away from the sides (no more than 4 cups of flour total should be used).
- When the dough is pulling away from the sides and is only slightly sticky to the touch, increase the speed of the dough hook to medium low and mix for 5 minutes (this is kneading your dough).
- Grease a large bowl with butter (this can be regular, un-browned butter). Remove the dough from the dough hook and transfer into the prepared bowl. Cover with saran wrap and let rise for 20 minutes.
- When the dough is done rising, turn the dough out onto a well floured surface. Gently punch the dough down. Using a pizza cutter or a knife, divide the dough into 15 equally sized pieces. For each piece, fold the seam in and roll into a ball. Place each ball onto the prepared baking dish seam side down. Cover the baking dish with saran wrap and let rise another 20 minutes.
- When the rolls are done rising, brush evenly with 1 tablespoon of the remaining browned butter.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, until cooked through and the tops are golden. Remove and brush with the all the remaining browned butter as desired. Garnish with fresh parsley, and serve warm.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 30 minutes