Description
Soft, fluffy dinner rolls with a rich cinnamon honey butter.
Citation
Source: Joshua Weissman
URL: https://www.joshuaweissman.com/recipes/best-texas-roadhouse-rolls-recipe
Ingredients
Roadhouse Rolls (around 65-68% hydration):
– 3.25 teaspoons instant yeast (12g)
– 120g warm water
– 1050g all-purpose flour
– 465g whole milk, scalded and cooled to lukewarm
– 110g granulated sugar
– 2 teaspoons fine sea salt (12g)
– 1/8 teaspoon diastatic malt powder
– 50g unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
– 2 whole eggs
– 3 tablespoons melted butter, for brushing
– Smoked flaky salt
Charred Cinnamon Honey Butter:
– 3 cinnamon sticks, lightly charred and crushed
– 3/4 cup salted butter, softened (161g)
– 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt (2g)
– 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
– 1/8 teaspoon very finely ground black pepper
– 1/4 cup powdered sugar (29g)
– 1 tablespoon wildflower honey (20g)
– 1 tablespoon buckwheat honey (20g)
– 1 vanilla bean, scraped
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. In a medium pot over medium-high heat, bring the milk to a boil. Remove from heat, pour into a bowl, and cool over an ice bath. Once cooled, add 120g filtered water, warm to 95°F, add the yeast, dissolve, and reserve.
3. In a stand mixer bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and diastatic malt powder, if using.
4. Using the hook attachment, slowly mix in the melted butter until incorporated. Add the milk mixture and eggs. Mix until the dough no longer sticks to the sides of the bowl.
5. Form the dough into a ball and place it in a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise 1 to 1.5 hours at room temperature, or until doubled.
6. Punch down the dough, turn it out onto a floured surface, and divide into 40 even pieces. Shape into balls.
7. Place on a lined sheet tray, cover with plastic wrap, and proof for 20 minutes. Remove the wrap, spray lightly with water, and bake 15 to 18 minutes.
8. Brush the baked rolls with melted butter and sprinkle with smoked flaky salt.
9. For the butter, char the cinnamon sticks on both sides, let cool, crush into small pieces, blend into a fine powder, and sift.
10. In a bowl, whisk softened butter, salt, black pepper, 2 teaspoons charred cinnamon powder, nutmeg, and the seeds from half a vanilla bean until smooth.
11. Add powdered sugar and whisk vigorously to incorporate air. Add the honey and mix until combined.
Notes
Honey in the butter was marked optional in the source notes.