Stop, Drop and Dinner Roll! (recipe)
November 19th, 2007
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Everyone loves a steaming hot dinner roll fresh from the oven… from kids with no taste buds to grandparents with no teeth!
Ingredients for Mama Betty’s Dinner Rolls:
3 cups all purpose unbleached flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 package dry yeast (Betty used Fleischmann’s¨ Rapid Rise Yeast)
1/4 cup dry milk
3/4 cup tap water
2 tbsp butter
1 egg
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
NOTES: You can use regular, liquid milk… but the dry milk is part of Betty’s Mom’s secret! This recipe makes 16-18 rolls and can be doubled, tripled or more.
Let’s get rollin’!
In an electric mixture combine 2 cups flour, sugar, salt, dry yeast and powdered milk.
If your mixer comes with a dough hook, use it! If your mixer doesn’t, don’t worry! Use your mixer, just be prepared for a little extra kneading 
Dissolve butter in warm water (not hot!). Water should be about 120(F).
If you have a kitchen thermometer, use it! Betty doesn’t have one, but the water should feel warm and comfortable to the touch.
Add egg.
With mixer running, slowly add warm water with dissolved butter to dry mixture. [NOTE: Betty hasn’t tried this, but she wants to see how olive oil might work instead of the butter.]
Begin adding remaining 1 cup flour. You may not need to add ALL the flour - so add gradually.
Betty’s Mom says, “For best results, the dough should be sticky.”
Lightly flour counter top or cutting board.
Knead about 2-3 minutes if you used a dough hook; knead 6-8 minutes if not.
Form into a ball.
Place dough ball top down in a bowl you’ve drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and flip ball over.
Cover bowl, first with plastic
Then with a towel. Betty didn’t ask why, she just did as her mother said.
Allow to rise until doubled in size. This will take about 1 1/2 hours.
Form hand into fist (fun, huh?).
Punch dough down.
Knead, reshape into ball, cover and allow to rise again until doubled in size. This will occur more quickly, about 45 minutes. Then punch down one final time, knead and reshape into a ball.
Oil a pie plate or round cake pan. Form rolls a little smaller than golf balls. Cover with plastic wrap and towel.
Allow the rolls to rise another 30-45 minutes and bake in a preheated 375 (F) oven for 15-20 minutes.
Mmmm. Dinner rolls.
Betty’s Mom was kind enough to send her this recipe complete with special notes and tips for doing it “just like she does.” Betty called her Mom and they chatted at length about the method and Betty took more notes. These rolls are just like Betty remembers from her childhood family dinner gatherings.
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1. oolong | December 5th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
We eat them with jam, here in Slovenia. Apricot jam. Stufed inside of each. Jummy. I made them yesterday.
2. Average Betty | December 5th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Hi oolong!
How incredibly sweet of you to write and tell me you enjoyed the rolls! Thank you so much.
The Apricot jam sounds absolutely delicious.
It is wonderful to meet you…
Cheers,
Betty
3. Leslie | December 9th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
’round these parts, that’s what you call a “pull apart challah”. (If you’re too lazy to bake - as I am, you can buy one in a Jewish grocery store)
4. Bonnie Tuttle | January 1st, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Thank-you for the recipe, i got a kitchenaid stand mixer for Xmas, and did’nt have a clue as to what i was doing. My rolls came out perfect, thanks to you! Easy too.
5. Average Betty | January 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 am
Hey Bonnie!
Happy New Year! Sounds like you had an amazing Christmas!!
I am so glad your rolls came out “perfect!” Your comment was the “perfect” start to my New Year!!!
Cheers,
Betty
6. Kerensa | January 5th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Thankyou! My father-in-law was looking for his grandmother’s recipe and this is a wonderful match. You have brought happiness to a family that thought they wouldn’t have granny’s rolls anymore.
We did use butter for the bowl and skipped the olive oil and it turned out perfect. Thankyou again for all the hard work.
Bless you, Kerensa
7. Average Betty | January 5th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Hi Kerensa!
It’s my pleasure! Thank you for trying out my recipe and writing to let me know how they turned out… it is truly music to my ears
And btw, my Mom uses margarine for both the rolls and the bowl. She kinda snarled a bit when I told her I was going to use butter and olive oil!
Happy New Year to you and your family!
Cheers,
Betty
8. Spicy Fury | January 21st, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Just adore what you are doing. As a big fan of Food Network and Nigella Lawson …… You are going to be a star baby!
Seriously, I think what you do could be streached into a 30 min show…aka like what Alton Brown does… querky, campy and well done. Have you considered contacting him, his production company, the food network. I can’t imagine they have not heard of you yet.
Keep it up Betty… There damn sure is not much average about you!
Spicy
9. Average Betty | January 22nd, 2008 at 9:40 am
Hi Spicy!
Thank you so much for your kind and motivating words!
I too love Nigella and Alton… and quite honestly, I’ve learned a lot from watching Food Network! I would love my own show and have a couple different visions of what it could be in 30 minute format
I’m working on various avenues to FN - and I know some of my viewers have sent “notes” to various personalities, too. Hey, where there’s a will there’s a way, right?!?
I sure love what I’m doing and hearing that YOU like it too… is what it’s all about
Thanks for making my day, Spicy!
Cheers,
Betty
10. MommaRdz | May 29th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Wow! 10 flaming wows! I just popped those suckers out of the oven, melted some butter over the top and chowed down like crazy! I wrapped some hotdogs in bacon and wrapped them in the dough. Freakin’ brilliant recipe! Food Network would be great to see you on! Your recipes are simple enough to understand and pretty quick to execute. Much love. Keep up the awesome work. Can’t wait to try the others.
11. Average Betty | May 30th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Hi MommaRdz!
10 flaming thank yous!! Your pig-in-a-blanket idea is awesome - I bet those were tasty!
Much love to you… I promise to keep doin’ what I’m doin’… thank you so much for your freakin’ brilliant comment! My Momma will be happy to hear you liked the recipe
Cheers,
B
12. NancyAnne | October 12th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
These turned out completely perfect. I did not have powdered milk to used fresh whole milk and they still turned out gorgeous. I loved the pictures used! I do not have a Kitchen Aid, so kneaded by hand, still came out wonderful.
13. Average Betty | October 17th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Hi NancyAnne!
I was visiting my Mom in Florida when you wrote… I forwarded your comment along to her so she can share in the joy of your success with her Dinner Roll recipe!
I’m so happy you loved the rolls - next I have to get my Mom’s Sticky Bun recipe and my sister’s Focaccia
Send me a picture of your dinner rolls next time you make ‘em so I can put them on the homepage.
Cheers,
Betty
14. Jody | November 23rd, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Hi Betty!!!!
Let me just start by saying…You Rock!!! I am a huge fan.
Just made a batch of the rolls and they are just awesome. I did two batches, one in a pie plate and the other in one of my 8″ cast iron skillets. They turned out absolutely perfect, and were hella good. I will be making these for my guests on Thanksgiving this thursday.
Keep doing what you are doing, I love your style. I am a guy who loves to cook and your recipe’s are so tasty. These rolls were such a hit I just had to drop you a line. I have pictures if you would like to see my finished rolls. Just let me know where I can send them. Thanks again Betty.
Happy Holidays!!!
15. Average Betty | November 24th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Hi Jody!
I’d love to see your pictures! betty@averagebetty.com is my email
I am so glad you loved the rolls and I like the cast iron skillet - I know people swear by it for cornbread… did it have any effect on the rolls?
I am truly honored that you will be serving these rolls at your Thanksgiving table!
Cheers,
Betty
16. Deborah Morris | January 21st, 2009 at 7:32 pm
These rolls are fantastic! My family loved them. I brushed some melted butter on top both before and after baking, because I believe that you can never have too much butter. Thanks!
17. Average Betty | January 22nd, 2009 at 9:02 am
I’m with you, Deborah! You can never have too much butter… I’m so glad your family loved the rolls! Thanks for writing
Cheers,
Betty
18. Oscar | April 18th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I have a pizza dough recipe that is remarkably similar in amounts but uses olive oil. I took a batch out of the refridgerator that had cooled overnight. warmed to room temp. deflated and smoothed flat. i spread about 1 T soft butter and gently need to a ball. The dough was still cold and I let it rise 45 minutes and finished the recipe from average betty. The dough had a generous pinch of herbs de provence. The rolls are fantastic. Great dinner rolls. Today is my third round. This run is without the overnight rest.
Thanks for the recipe it made a greeat coversion for the pizza dough recipe
19. Average Betty | April 20th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Hi Oscar!
I’d love to hear more adventures of your dough!
Oh how I love to hear about your food hacking! Pizza dough? Dinner Rolls? Adding herbs… great conversation… I love it all! Thank you so much for writing
Cheers,
Betty
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21. Kelly | November 26th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Thank you for this great recipe and easy step by step instructions. This was my first time making home made rolls for thanksgiving dinner. They were a big hit!
I used 1/2 cup whole wheat flour in with the white, and it was scrumptious.
Good thing I made a double batch, they are gone!!!!
22. Gail | December 12th, 2009 at 12:32 am
I got a KitchenAid mixer as an early Christmas gift, and this is the first thing I made with it. I can’t tell you how long it’s been since I’ve had a decent home made dinner roll. These are fantastic! My family decided our Christmas meal will be soups, sandwiches, dips, and desserts this year. I will be making these to use as buns for the sandwiches. I’ll roll them a little larger than golf ball size and brush the tops with eggwhite to make them glossy. My family is in for a wonderful treat!! Happy holidays to you and yours!
23. Average Betty | December 14th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Oh my, Kelly! How did I miss your awesome comment! Sorry for the delayed thanks and I’m super glad you added some whole wheat flour!! Next time I make them I’m going to do that!
Hi Gail, Congratulations on your new Kitchen Aid! I’m sure you’ll love it just like the rest of us fanatics! I’ll pass on your sweet comment to my Mom - she loves hearing them - Your Christmas meal sounds fab! My Mom always used to make these for sandwich rolls and they were always devoured!
Happy Holidays, y’all!
Cheers,
Betty
24. nicoolioincanada | February 8th, 2010 at 11:16 am
these are soooooooooooooooo delicious! i just took them out of the oven and tried one…………..yummy! i’m taking them for a family dinner tonight and i just know they will be a hit! thank you for sharing this recipe, i know i will be using it often!
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