How To Make Texas Roadhouse Rolls?
Texas Roadhouse Rolls – a copycat recipe that is sweet, fluffy, and buttery. Texas rolls that have been liberally smeared with homemade melting honey cinnamon butter are served. All it takes is one bite to send you to bread paradise!
We never baked homemade buns while I was growing up. However, after I began baking in large quantities in college, I baked them for Thanksgiving and we never looked back! My handmade rolls are served at every holiday dinner, and no matter how many I prepare, there are never enough. You may eat them with jam or butter or on sandwiches… delicious! Is it already time for Thanksgiving?
I understand that baking yeast bread may be daunting for first-time bakers, but all you need is a basic recipe and some yeast that hasn’t been lying on your shelf for years. Most of my breads are kneaded by hand, but I just used my stand mixer with the dough hook attachment for this recipe to make it as simple as possible.
Depending on your preference, you may shape these Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls into knots, spiral rolls, crescents, or conventional bun shapes. I made simple squares since I wanted them to appear like Texas Roadhouse Rolls, which is what I was going for. Furthermore, if you roll the dough out into a square or rectangle, it is quite simple to cut into squares.
Texas Roadhouse Rolls
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup Milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 Tablespoons melted Butter, separated
- 1 large Egg, at room temperature
- ¼ cup Honey
- 4 cups all-purpose Flour, or Bread Flour
- 2 ¼ teaspoon Active Dry Yeast, or 1 packet
Instructions
- If using a bread machine, see next section below.
- Bring the milk to a near boil. Remove it from heat when you see it begin to steam and small bubbles form on the side of the pan. Let it reduce to lukewarm, between 80-90 degrees.
- Mix the milk, yeast, and honey in a small bowl until well combined. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, mix 3 tablespoons of the butter, the milk mixture, the room temperature egg, and 2 cups of flour. Mix slowly until smooth. (Use a mixer with a dough hook if you have one, otherwise it works by hand.) Gradually add the remaining 2 cups of flour and mix until a dough has formed.
- Add salt, and mix/knead for 8 minutes. Then drop the dough onto a floured surface and knead for a few more minutes.
- Spray a large bowl with cooking spray and drop the dough inside. Cover the bowl (plastic wrap or a damp cloth works) and let it rise for an hour in a warm place.
- Punch down the dough and roll it out on a flat, floured surface until it’s about ½ inch thick. Fold it in half and gently seal.
- Cut into 24 squares of even size and place on 2 lightly greased cookie sheets. Cover them and let them rise for 30-40 minutes,, until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the top is a light golden brown.
- Melt the remaining tablespoon of butter and brush the top of the rolls.
- Serve with Copycat Texas Roadhouse Butter.