Butter up your family with a basket of these homemade dinner rolls.

I never found the study to substantiate this claim.

They truly become a happy bunch.

Salted honey rolls in a parchment paper-lined baking sheet on a cooling rack next to a blue kitchen towel

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I can’t image a better way to break bread.

Tangzhong Is the Secret to Tender Rolls

Tangzhong is a dough improver.

The starch in the flour swells and traps moisture, helping the bread become and stay tender.

Flaky salt sprinkled onto salted honey rolls (still in the baking pan on the cooling rack)

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I no longer make dinner rolls without tangzhong because it improves the texture of the bread noticeably.

It’s a little extra effort for a big payoff.

I always weigh the ingredients unless the quantity is so small that a standardkitchen scaleis not worth pulling out.

Salted honey rolls in a parchment paper-lined baking sheet on a cooling rack next to a blue kitchen towel

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If you inadvertently add too much flour or too little milk, youll end up with dry rolls.

Weighing your ingredients will guarantee perfect rolls every time.

This gives the rolls a chance to brown evenly and cook through at the same time.

A salted honey roll pulled from the rest of the rolls

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Most professional bakers avoid using dark-colored metal pans for this reason.

Similar to dark-colored metal pans, glass retains heat for longer.

Salted Honey Dinner Rolls

Do you ever say, Im just not a baker!

Flour, milk, and honey in a saucepan for salted honey rolls recipe

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and your dinner rolls turn out dense and dry?

Its your measuring cup!Here is a guideon how to accurately measure ingredients for baking.

Or even better: Invest in a kitchen scale to weigh the ingredientsour favorite onecosts about $25.

Tangzhong slowly forming in the saucepan while mixed using a spatula for salted honey rolls recipe

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Scrape the tangzhong into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook.

To the tangzhong, add the cold milk, egg, flour, yeast, salt, and butter.

Resist the urge to add more flour.

Tangzhong in the mixer bowl for salted honey rolls recipe

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The dough will become stiff, smooth, and wrap itself around the hook after its kneaded.

When youre ready to bake the rolls, proceed with the recipe.

Lightly grease a 9x13-inch metal pan with butter andline it with parchment paper.

The rest of the dough ingredients added to the mixer bowl on the stand mixer for salted honey rolls recipe

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Simple Tip!

I recommend that you use alight-colored metal pan.

Dump the risen dough onto a clean kitchen counter and divide it into 15 equal piecesabout 82 grams each.

Salted honey roll doughball on the dough hook in a stand mixer

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The dough wont be sticky and will be easy to work with.

To shape each roll: Flatten a piece of dough using the palm of your hands.

Pull the outer edges up and over the center, all around.

Salted honey rolls dough resting in a mixer bowl covered in plastic wrap

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Pinch the pulled-up edges together and flip the dough over so that the smooth side is facing up.

Cup your hands around it to shape it into a ball.

Transfer it into the prepared pan and shape the remaining pieces.

Salted honey rolls dough (doubled in size after resting) in a mixer bowl covered in plastic wrap

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Distribute them evenly in the pan 3x5 with some room between each roll.

The rolls will rise to touch each other, but not quite double in size.

Place the oven rack in the center.

Parchment paper-lined baking pan for salted honey rolls recipe

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Whisk the egg and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl.

Use a pastry brush to lightly brush the tops of the rolls with it.

Bake the rolls until golden brown on top, about 30 minutes.

Salted honey roll dough divided into smaller doughballs and weighed on a kitchen scale (each 82 grams)

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In a small saucepan, add the butter and honey.

Set it over low heat and stir until the butter is fully melted.

Serve the rolls warm.

Shaping the roll: hand holding a flattened dough ball for salted honey rolls recipe

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Its not magic, its the tangzhong!

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Shaping the rolls: edges of the roll pinched and brought to the center to form a ball for salted honey rolls recipe

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Shaping the roll: roll flipped and shaped into a round ball for salted honey rolls recipe

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Salted honey rolls in the baking pan proofing (pan covered in plastic wrap)

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Proofed salted honey rolls in a baking pan (rolls doubled in size)

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Egg washed brunshed onto the salted honey rolls in a baking pan using a pastry brush

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Honey butter in a saucepan for salted honey rolls recipe

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Melted salted honey brushed onto the salted honey rolls using a pastry brush (rolls still in the pan on the cooling rack)

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