This easy basic yeasted sweet bread recipe uses only eight ingredients and can be made into dinner rolls cinnamon rolls or sticky buns
Prep Time
1 hr 30 mins
Dificult
Medium
Servings
2 hrs 10 mins
Ingredients
Instructions
Combine milk and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Heat until slightly warm to the touch then remove from heat and stir in yeast. Let stand until foamy
about 10 minutes.
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Stir together flour and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Add softened butter
eggs
and the yeast mixture and mix until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
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Turn dough out onto a floured surface and continue to knead until the dough is smooth and elastic
about 10 minutes.
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Grease a large bowl with 1 tablespoon oil. Place the dough into the bowl and turn once to coat. Cover and let stand in a warm place until doubled in size
about 1 hour.
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Grease a cookie sheet or 9x13-inch pan with remaining oil.
For plain rolls
punch down dough and divide into 12 equal pieces. Roll the pieces into balls and place them into the greased pan side by side.
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Cover and let dough rise again until almost doubled in size
20 to 25 minutes.
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Meanwhile
preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Bake in the preheated oven until rolls are golden brown
20 to 25 minutes.
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For Cinnamon Rolls:
Follow the recipe above through Step 4. Punch down and roll dough out to 1/4-inch thickness
brush on a layer of butter
cinnamon
and sugar
then roll up and cut into 12 equal slices. Place in greased pan side by side
let rise
and bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes.
For Sticky Buns:
Follow the recipe above through Step 4 and roll out the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness
roll up into a log
and cut into 12 pieces as with the cinnamon roll method. Then combine 1/4 cup soft butter
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
and 1 tablespoon light corn syrup together and spread the mixture on the bottom of a greased pan. Sprinkle with chopped nuts. Place rolls on top
let rise
and bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes.
