Eat That: Homemade Dinner Rolls

What can I say, these dinner rolls are so delicious and easy to make! I adapted this recipe from http://www.laurainthekitchen.com/recipes/dinner-rolls/ ,but I did make a few changes.

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 cups of all purpose flour 
• 1 envelope of active dry yeast 
• 1/3 cup of granulated sugar 
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 cup of milk
• 1/3 cup of butter, soften at room temperature. 
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 tablespoons of melted butter to brush on top of baked rolls.

DIRECTIONS:

1. In a large microwavable bowl, melt the 1/3 cup of butter in the microwave for about 15 seconds.
2. Add the milk to the butter, microwave for 30 seconds. Stir the butter and milk together and then microwave for another 30 seconds.
3. Sprinkle the yeast into the milk and butter mixture and let it proof for about 10 minutes.
4. Add the egg yolks, sugar, salt and one cup of the flour into the milk and butter mixture and stir with a wooden spoon.
5. Add 2nd cup of flour and stir.
6. Add your third cup of flour and stir.
7. With the remaining 4th cup of  flour, flour your work surface and dump the dough and start kneading. Knead the dough until it is nice and smooth..
8. Take another large bowl and grease it with olive oil, vegetable oil or cooking spray. Form the dough into a ball and place it in the oiled bowl, grease the top and sides of the dough with a little oil. Cover with plastic wrap or a clean kitchen towel and place it somewhere warm to rise for an hour or until doubled in size.
9. Once the dough has doubled in size, punch the dough down and cut and shape into 12 rolls, put the rolls onto a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish or large cookie sheet.
10. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise for another hour.
11. While the dough is rising, preheat the oven to 375*F.
12. Bake the rolls for about 20-25 minutes until golden brown and brush the rolls with the 3 tablespoons of melted butter and serve immediately!

 NOTE:

•  If you go to the website where I got this recipe from, you will see that she makes the dough in a mixer. I tried this but I found that the dough got to dry and that I wasted flour.
• Also, I think that this is best eaten right before you want to serve them as I find that they do get dense while they cool.