Smooth and hearty, these oatmeal molasses dinner rolls are irresistibly chewy, evenly candy, and oh-so-buttery with a heat, nostalgic taste. Whether or not you’re a bread newbie or a seasoned yeast baker, this recipe walks you thru each step with easy strategies, make-ahead choices, and loads of foolproof steerage so you’ll be able to serve comfortable, rustic rolls any evening of the week.
This recipe is delivered to you in partnership with Pink Star Yeast.
These oatmeal molasses rolls are healthful and gently candy; the type you tear open whereas they’re nonetheless steaming, swipe with butter, and instantly attain for a second! I’ve them pictured above with hen and corn soup, one among our favourite sluggish cooker dinners, and the entire meal felt like pure consolation!
Why You’ll Love These Rustic Dinner Rolls
- Smooth, tender, and barely chewy (because of the oats!)
- Homey molasses taste, however not overly candy
- Entire pan of rolls bakes in lower than half-hour
- Egg free in the event you skip the egg wash on prime
- Make-ahead choices and freezing directions
- Good with soups, stews, Thanksgiving dinner, Tuesday evening… something!
- Scrumptious served heat with home made honey butter or cinnamon butter
Elements You Want & Why
- Water + Milk: Water helps activate the yeast for a powerful rise, whereas milk provides richness. Nondairy or low-fat milks work too, however entire milk produces phenomenal taste and texture.
- Yeast: You should utilize lively dry yeast or prompt yeast. If utilizing lively dry yeast, the rise occasions can be just a little longer. I like to recommend Platinum Yeast from Pink Star, which is an prompt yeast blended with pure dough improvers.
- Brown Sugar: Sugar feeds the yeast, will increase its exercise, and tenderizes the dough.
- Molasses: Select a darkish, unsulphured molasses for one of the best taste, and keep away from blackstrap molasses. It’s too intense for this dough and makes the rolls style bitter.
- Butter: Butter guarantees a flavorful and comfortable dinner roll.
- Oats: Old style entire rolled oats are greatest right here.
- Salt: You possibly can’t make flavorful bread with out salt!
- Flour: I like to recommend bread flour for this recipe. All-purpose flour is handy for many, however bread flour produces chewier dinner rolls. There are not any different modifications to the recipe in the event you use all-purpose flour.
Yeast Bread Success Suggestions
If you happen to’re a bread newbie, learn this weblog submit to study extra in regards to the yeast rolls recipe, together with learn how to prep the rolls forward of time. You may also reference my Baking with Yeast Information for solutions to frequent yeast FAQs.
In Photos: Find out how to Make Oatmeal Molasses Rolls
Step one is to proof your yeast, a step I take even when I’m utilizing prompt yeast. All you do is combine the yeast with the nice and cozy liquid (water + milk), and just a little sugar (we’re utilizing brown sugar at present). Cowl and let it sit for five–10 minutes till foamy and frothy on prime. This proves your yeast is lively and able to get to work:
Then, add the remainder of the substances to kind a comfortable dough. Add sufficient flour for the dough to come back collectively right into a kneadable mass; it ought to be pulling away from the perimeters of the stand mixer’s bowl. (You may make this dough even in the event you do not need a stand mixer, see step 1 under.)
The dough ought to really feel barely cheesy, however not overly sticky. On a evenly floured work floor, utilizing the heels of your fingers, stretch and fold the dough with mild movement. If you happen to’d like a visible of learn how to knead the dough by hand, you’ll be able to watch the complete video tutorial in my submit on learn how to knead dough.
As soon as your dough has been kneaded for lengthy sufficient, let it rise:
Form the Rolls
Punch down the risen dough to launch the air, after which divide the dough into 15 items, roughly equal in measurement (about 65–70g every—they don’t should be actual). A kitchen scale is actually useful for dividing the dough into evenly sized rolls.
Take a chunk and stretch the highest of the dough whereas pinching and sealing the underside. Be sure that the rolls are easy on prime and sealed on the underside. This is similar approach we form the balls for brioche and candy potato dinner rolls.
Prepare them in a greased baking pan. A 9×13-inch baking pan is right for these oatmeal molasses dinner rolls, however you’ll be able to bake them on a lined baking sheet or in two 9-inch spherical or sq. pans as an alternative.
Loosely cowl, and let the formed rolls rise earlier than baking. Brush with an egg white combined with just a little water and sprinkle with oats proper earlier than placing them within the oven. The topping is optionally available!
They bake in slightly below half an hour. If you wish to take them to the following degree, serve these oatmeal molasses dinner rolls with home made cinnamon butter or honey butter.
Make-Forward Suggestions
- Sluggish the rise: Refrigerate formed rolls for as much as about 15 hours. Not less than 3 hours earlier than you want them the following day, take away the rolls from the fridge and permit to rise on the counter for about 1–2 hours earlier than baking. Add a number of additional minutes to the bake time.
- Freeze baked rolls: Cool fully, wrap tightly, and freeze for as much as 3 months.
- Freeze dough: Freeze after shaping; thaw in a single day within the fridge, let rise, then bake as directed.
These make-ahead choices are particularly useful in order for you fresh-baked rolls for a vacation meal.
Description
These comfortable, hearty oatmeal molasses dinner rolls are healthful, gently candy, and excellent for any comforting meal. The recipe walks you thru every step and consists of make-ahead and freezing directions within the Notes under.
- 1 cup (240g/ml) water, warmed to about 110°F (43°C)
- 1/3 cup (80g/ml) entire milk, warmed to about 110°F (43°C)
- 1 Tablespoon (9g) Platinum Yeast from Pink Star prompt yeast
- 3 Tablespoons mild or darkish brown sugar, divided
- 3 Tablespoons (64g) molasses
- 4 Tablespoons (56g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature and minimize into 4 items
- 1 cup (85g) old style entire rolled oats, plus extra for topping the rolls
- 3 and 1/2 cups (455g) bread flour (spooned & leveled), plus extra as wanted
- 1 teaspoon salt
- egg wash: 1 egg white overwhelmed with 1 teaspoon of water
- Put together the dough: Whisk the nice and cozy water, milk, yeast, and 1 Tablespoon of the brown sugar collectively within the bowl of your stand mixer. Cowl and permit to take a seat for five–10 minutes, till foamy and frothy on prime. *If you don’t personal a stand mixer, you are able to do this in a big mixing bowl and within the subsequent step, combine the dough along with a big wood spoon/silicone spatula. It is going to take a little bit of arm muscle. A hand mixer works, however the sticky dough repeatedly will get caught within the beaters. Mixing by hand with a wood spoon or silicone spatula is a more sensible choice.*
- Add the remaining brown sugar (2 Tablespoons), the molasses, butter, oats, salt, and 1 cup of bread flour. With a dough hook or paddle attachment, combine/beat on low velocity for 1 minute, cease and scrape down the perimeters of the bowl with a silicone spatula, then add the remaining 2 and 1/2 cups of flour. Beat on medium velocity till the dough comes collectively and pulls away from the perimeters of the bowl, about 2 minutes. If the dough appears too moist to some extent the place kneading (subsequent step) could be unimaginable, beat in additional flour 1 Tablespoon at a time till you might have a workable dough, just like the pictures above. Dough ought to be comfortable and just a little sticky, however nonetheless manageable to knead with evenly floured fingers.
- Knead the dough: Maintain the dough within the mixer and beat for a further 5-8 minutes, or knead by hand on a evenly floured floor for 5-8 minutes. (If you happen to’re new to bread-baking, my Find out how to Knead Dough video tutorial may help right here.) If the dough turns into too sticky through the kneading course of, sprinkle 1 teaspoon of flour at a time on the dough or on the work floor/within the bowl to make a comfortable, barely cheesy dough. Don’t add extra flour than you want as a result of you don’t want a dry dough. After kneading, the dough ought to nonetheless really feel just a little comfortable. Poke it along with your finger—if it slowly bounces again, your dough is able to rise.
- 1st Rise: Frivolously grease a big bowl with oil or nonstick spray. Place the dough within the bowl, turning it to coat all sides within the oil. Cowl the bowl with plastic wrap or a clear kitchen towel. Permit the dough to rise in a comparatively heat surroundings for 1.5–2 hours or till double in measurement. (I all the time let it rise on the counter. Takes about 2 hours. For a tiny discount in rise time, see my reply to The place Ought to Dough Rise? in my Baking with Yeast Information.)
- Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan or two 9-inch sq. or spherical baking pans, or line with parchment paper. You may also bake the rolls in a cast-iron skillet or on a lined baking sheet.
- Form the rolls: When the dough is prepared, punch it all the way down to launch the air. Divide the dough into 15 equal items, about 68–70g every. A kitchen scale is useful for this step. Form every bit right into a easy ball. Prepare in ready baking pan.
- 2nd Rise: Cowl formed rolls with plastic wrap or a clear kitchen towel. Permit to rise till puffy, about 30–60 minutes.
- Regulate oven rack to a decrease place and preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). (It’s greatest to bake the rolls in the direction of the underside of the oven so the tops don’t burn.)
- Bake the rolls: Gently brush the tops of the risen rolls with egg wash, and evenly sprinkle every with oats. Bake for 26–27 minutes or till golden brown on prime, rotating the pan midway via. If you happen to discover the tops browning too shortly, loosely cowl the pan with aluminum foil. To make sure they’re absolutely baked, examine the interior temperature with an instant-read thermometer; it ought to learn 190°F (88°C).
- Permit rolls to chill for a couple of minutes earlier than serving. Cowl leftover rolls tightly and retailer at room temperature for two–3 days or within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
Notes
- In a single day Directions: Put together the recipe via step 6. Cowl the formed rolls tightly and refrigerate for as much as about 15 hours. Not less than 3 hours earlier than you want them the following day, take away the rolls from the fridge, preserve lined, and permit to rise on the counter for about 1–2 hours earlier than baking. Alternatively, you’ll be able to let the dough have its 1st rise within the fridge in a single day. Cowl the dough tightly and place within the fridge for as much as about 15 hours. Take away from the fridge and permit the dough to totally rise for two extra hours at room temperature. Proceed with step 5.
- Freezing Directions: Put together recipe via step 6. Place formed rolls in a greased baking pan, cowl tightly, and freeze for as much as 3 months. As soon as frozen, the dough balls gained’t stick collectively anymore and you may place them in a freezer bag if wanted. On the day you serve them, prepare the dough balls in a greased baking pan, cowl tightly, then allow them to thaw and rise for about 4–5 hours. Bake as directed. You may also freeze the baked dinner rolls. Permit them to chill fully, then freeze for as much as 3 months. Thaw within the fridge or at room temperature, then reheat as desired. If reheating the entire pan, evenly cowl with foil and reheat in a 300°F (149°C) oven for about 10 minutes or till heat.
- Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): Electrical Stand Mixer or Glass Mixing Bowl and Picket Spoon / Spatula | 9×13-inch Baking Pan | Bench Scraper | Kitchen Scale | Pastry Brush
- Baking Pan: I choose baking the rolls in a glass 9×13 inch baking pan as a result of I discover they brown just a little too shortly in steel. So long as you bake the rolls on a decrease oven rack and preserve your eye on them, any pan is nice.
- Yeast: Platinum Yeast from Pink Star is an prompt yeast. Any prompt yeast works. You should utilize a 1:1 substitution of lively dry yeast as an alternative with no modifications to the recipe. Rise occasions can be barely longer if utilizing lively dry yeast. Reference my Baking with Yeast Information for solutions to frequent yeast FAQs.
- Flour: You should utilize bread flour or all-purpose flour. All-purpose flour is handy for many, however bread flour produces chewier dinner rolls. The rolls are nonetheless comfortable and fluffy regardless of which you utilize. Both flour is okay and there are not any different modifications to the recipe in the event you use one or the opposite.
- Make It An Egg-Free Recipe: Omit the egg wash and oat topping, and as an alternative brush the tops of the rolls with melted butter after baking.
Loosely tailored from our Smooth Dinner Rolls and King Arthur Baking’s honey oatmeal rolls.
