2TablespoonsSalted ButterSoftened, or Melted and Cooled
1Large EggSlightly Beaten
1TablespoonVegetable Oil
2TablespoonsFlaked Sea Salt
Instructions
Make the Honey Butter:
Heat the butter in a small ramekin on low power (2) in a microwave for 1 minute or until melted. Add the honey and stir well.
3 Tablespoons Salted Butter, 2 Tablespoons Honey
Make the Dinner Rolls:
Proof the Yeast. Add lukewarm water to a stand mixer’s large mixing bowl. Add yeast and sugar and mix well with a knife. Allow the yeast to proof for 20 minutes, or until the yeast mixture is foamy and raised.
1 Cup Lukewarm Water, 1 Tablespoon Yeast, ¼ Cup Granulated Sugar
Make the Dough. Add flour, salt, softened butter, and beaten egg and mix with a dough hook on low speed until all is combined and the dough comes together.Increase speed to medium and beat for 5 minutes.
3 Cups All-Purpose Flour, 1 ½ Teaspoons Salt, 1 Large Egg, 2 Tablespoons Salted Butter
Let the Dough Rise.Lightly oil a large mixing bowl with the vegetable oil and set aside. Using a silicone spatula scrape the dough from the hook and mixing bowl and place the dough in the prepared large bowl. The dough will be very sticky, but not slack. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow dough to rise until double, about 1 hour.
1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
Punch Down & Shape the Rolls.Gently punch down the dough. Stretch and pat the dough into a rectangle. Using a pastry cutter or a knife, divide the dough into 24 equal-sized pieces about 1 ounce each. Take each piece in hand and pinch the corners of the dough under each piece. Shape into a ball by continuing to roll the edges under and smoothing the dough until a round ball is achieved.
Prepare Baking Pan and 2nd Rise. Place the shaped rolls in a parchment-lined 13 x 9 x 2” baking pan. Cover pan with plastic wrap and let rolls rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Honey Butter, Flaked Sea Salt, and 3rd Rise.Preheat the oven to 350°F and brush the rolls with half of the Honey Butter and sprinkle them with the flaked sea salt. Recover rolls with plastic wrap and let rolls continue to rise until the tops of the rolls are as tall as the height of the baking pan.
2 Tablespoons Flaked Sea Salt
Bake. Remove the plastic wrap from the pan and bake the rolls for 15 to 18 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Remove rolls from the oven and drizzle rolls with the remaining butter mixture and cool slightly.