Whenever my sister sends an email addressed solely to my brother and me and the subject line simply reads, “Best. Rolls. Ever.”, and there is no other text in the body of the email, I pay attention. So here they are, the best rolls ever. And the best thing about them, no kneading.
Ingredients:
2 cups warm water
2 packages active dry yeast
1/4 cup sugar
4 tablespoons butter, melted plus more for pan and brushing
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 tsp salt
6 cups flour plus more for shaping dough
Pour warm water into large bowl and sprinkle yeast over the top. Let stand until foamy about 5 minutes. Add sugar, butter, eggs and salt and whisk to combine. Add flour and mix until sticky dough forms. Brush top of dough with melted butter and cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place until dough has doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Turn dough onto a well floured surface. With floured hands roll dough into a thick log and cut dough into 18 equal pieces. Brush a 9×13 baking pan with butter. One at a time, flatten each piece of dough and then fold edges to the center, pressing to secure until a smooth ball forms. Place balls in baking pan, smooth side up…3 rows of 6. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled 30-40 minutes. In the meantime, preheat oven to 400. Remove plastic, brush rolls with butter and place in oven and bake 35-40 min. Tent with foil if browning too quickly. Brush with butter 1 more time and serve.
Yummy!! I now need to make them again because I can’t get them out of my mind!!