Garlic Butter Rolls

5 from 9 votes

Tossed generously in garlic herb butter, then completely covered in fresh parmesan cheese, these garlic rolls are perfect for your holiday dinner table!

Prep Time15

Cook Time12

Rise Time1 30

Total Time1 57

Course: Breads

Cuisine: American

Servings: rolls

Calories: 138kcal

Author: Eden Westbrook

Ingredients

Garlic Butter

8 teaspoon 1 stick butter
5 cloves garlic minced
2 tablespoon olive oil
3 sprigs of thyme leaves chopped
1 sprig of rosemary leaves chopped
1 sprig oregano leaves chopped
8 sage leaves chopped
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Bread Dough

180 mL warm water 110ºF-115ºF
10 grams instant dry yeast *see note
5 grams white granulated sugar
15 grams extra virgin olive oil
280 grams bread flour sifted
10 g kosher salt

To Finish Garlic Rolls

½ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
Flaky sea salt for garnish

Instructions

Make Garlic Butter
Melt butter with the oil, herbs, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a small saucepan over medium-low heat.
Once melted, let the flavors infuse into the butter over low heat for 5 minutes, do not let the butter brown.
Turn the heat off and let the garlic butter cool before pouring onto the garlic rolls.
Make the Bread Dough
Put warm water, instant yeast, white granulated sugar, olive oil, bread flour, and salt into the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment.
On medium-high speed, knead the dough for 6-7 minutes until the dough is completely pulled away from the sides of the bowl and feels barely tacky. If you pinch a piece and pull it a little, it should not tear.
Grease a large bowl and place the bread dough into it, cover and let rise in a warm place for an hour.
Once the hour is up, preheat the oven to 450ºF (230ºC).
Remove the dough from the bowl and place it onto a lightly floured work surface. Use a bench scraper or a butter knife to cut the dough into 12 similarly sized pieces.
Roll those pieces into logs, tie them into knots, and then place them back into the large bowl.
Pour the cooled garlic herb butter into the bowl of rolls with about ¼ cup of parmesan cheese. Gently toss it all together using your hands.
Spray your 8x8 baking dish or 8 inch cake pan with baking spray.
Place the rolls into the prepared baking dish and cover with the rest of the parmesan cheese.
Bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes.
Remove the pan from the oven and while the garlic butter rolls cool, brush them with a little more of the garlic infused butter and sprinkle with flaky sea salt.
Serve warm!

Notes

Active Dry Yeast Information

If active dry yeast is all you can find, just make sure you bought it recently and activate it in the warm water and sugar for ten minutes before adding it to your dry ingredients in the stand mixer.

If it doesn't get big and foamy and smell yeasty, it's no good. Go buy some new yeast!

Storing and Reheating Instructions

Store the rolls in an airtight container on your counter for up to 3 days (if they last that long!).

To reheat: Wrap the garlic butter dinner rolls in foil and place them on a baking sheet. Bake at 350ºF for 10 minutes or until warmed through.

Make Ahead Instructions

You can make the dough and garlic butter the day before, then let the bread dough proof in the fridge overnight. Continue with the recipe starting with step 5 and warm up the garlic butter to pour over the rolls.

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