Easy Dinner Rolls

Recipe from: thebakerupstairs.com

This weekend we had a little date night, (more on that next week) and I thought it would be the perfect time to try this recipe out. I've never made any kind of bread from scratch, so I thought these would be a good place to start. We're trying to eat more "real" foods, and the rolls we usually eat are the ones that are from the frozen food aisle, so that was our motivation in learning to make these beauties. And let me tell ya, these are super easy! I can't wait to make them again :) 

Ingredients:

- 1 1/2 cups hot water

- 1 Tablespoon active dry yeast

- 2 Tablespoons sugar

- 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

- 1 teaspoon salt

- 3 1/2 cups - 4 cups flour

Directions: 

1. In a large bowl, mix together water, yeast, and sugar

2. Let stand until frothy (about 5 minutes)

3. Add the oil, salt, and 2 cups of flour. Mix until well combined

4. Stir the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough starts to pull away from the bowl and isn't sticky anymore.

5. Continue to knead the dough until elastic

6. Place dough into a greased bowl and cover with a damp cloth

7. Let rise until dough is doubled in size (about an hour)

8. Punch down dough

9. Lay dough on floured surface.

10. Preheat oven to 375

11. Spray muffin tin with cooking spray

12. Divide dough into 12 equal sized pieces 

13. Divide those 12 pieces into 2 equal sized pieces

14. Shape each piece into a ball, and add two balls into each well in the muffin tin

15. Bake 13-15 minutes, or until golden brown