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Super Soft 1 hour Butter and Beer Dinner Rolls

Prep Time 1 hour
Servings 12 large rolls or 16 small

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups 480g all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons one packet active-dry yeast
  • ¾ cups 6oz beer (pale ale, pilsner, wheat beer, lager, nothing too hoppy)
  • 6 tablespoons 84g melted butter
  • ½ cup cream 120g or half and half
  • 1 teaspoon salt plus additional for the top
  • egg wash 1 egg plus 2 tablespoons milk, beaten
  • Coarse salt

Instructions
 

  • Add the flour, brown sugar, and yeast to the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix to combine.
  • In a heat safe bowl or pot stir together the beer, melted butter and cream then heat to 110°F (check the temperature listed on your package of yeast and default to that temperature rather than the one listed in any recipe).
  • Add the liquid to the stand mixer, beating on low to medium speed to combine. Add the salt once the flour has been moistened.
  • Raise the speed to medium high, beat until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
  • Transfer to a lightly oiled bowl, cover and allow to rise until doubled in size (about 40-60 minutes, the warmer the room the faster the rise. In a cold room this can take up to two hours).
  • Preheat the oven to 400°F.
  • On a lightly floured surface, pat the dough into a rectangle. Fold into thirds, like a letter about to go into an envelope. Press out into a long rectangle again, fold again. Repeat three times until the dough feels a bit stiff.
  • Cut into 12 equal size pieces.
  • Roll each piece into a tight ball.
  • Oil a 9x13 baking dish, place the dough balls equally spaced in the pan.
  • Brush the tops of the rolls with egg wash, sprinkle with salt.
  • Bake until the tops have turned golden brown, 20-25 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and cover with a kitchen towel as they cool (this will make the rolls soft, rather than crusty).
  • Serve warm.