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Wendy's Home-Made Rolls

The best melt-in-your-mouth home-made rolls
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Course Side Dish

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 c. warm water
  • pinch sugar
  • 4 1/2 tsp. yeast (or two packets)
  • 1 c. butter
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 c. sugar
  • 1 c. boiling water
  • 4 eggs (beaten)
  • 1 c. warm milk
  • 8 1/2 c. flour

Instructions
 

  • Mix water, yeast and a pinch of sugar in a bowl. Set aside until foamy.
  • Cream butter, salt and sugar. Add boiling water (I just boil mine in the measuring cup in the microwave). Mix until dissolved.
  • Cool to 105 to 115 degrees (if you don’t have a thermometer I think you could just wait a few minutes while it cools off and go on…the butter cools the boiling water pretty fast).
  • Beat in yeast mixture and eggs. Beat in flour gradually along with the warm milk.
  • Knead for five minutes or until silky (dough will still be pretty sticky).
    mixing up the dough for the rolls
  • Form into a ball and let rise until doubled in size (approximately 1 1/2-2 hours).
  • Punch dough down and divide into four balls.
  • Roll out each ball into a circle. Paint surface with melted butter. Cut with a pizza cutter into 12 chapd pieces.
  • Roll up from large end to small end, making a croissant shape. Place on cookie sheet with the point tucked under.
    rolls rolled up ready to rise
  • Let rise, covered with a cloth, until double in size (approx. 1-2 hours).
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes (I prefer them to be barely browned).