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Butterhorn Dinner Rolls |
Whole Wheat 12 hour Butterhorn Dinner Roll
Combine in a small sauce pan combine over low heat:
1 C milk
1/2 C butter, softened
Warm until butter is melted and milk is lukewarm. Pour into a large mixing bowl. Add honey. Sprinkle yeast on top.
1 Tbsp honey
1 Tbsp yeast
When yeast is activated (growing and looking foamy; approx 10 minutes).
Add:
3 eggs, well beaten
3/4 tsp salt
4 C whole wheat flour
Add 1 C of flour at a time, mix well. Repeat. Cover with a cooking sprayed piece of seran wrap. Place in the refrigerator over night (at least 12 hours). In the morning on a floured surface, roll out, 1/4 inch circle, cut into 12 wedges (like a pizza), Roll each section from the wide end to the small end. Place on sprayed cookie sheet. Cover with a warm wet towel and allow to double in size. ( may take a couple of hours since the dough will be cold) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake 20 minutes. Cool on a rack. Butter the tops if desired.
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Ingredients for Whole Wheat 12 hour Butterhorn Dinner Rolls |
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Warm milk and melt butter over med-low and until milk is lukewarm |
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Pour milk/butter into a large mixing bowl, add 1 Tbsp honey |
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Sprinkle on the yeast |
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Once yeast in growing and activated (approx 10 minutes) |
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Add in beaten eggs |
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Mix in flour 1 C at a time |
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Stir with each addition |
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Add salt |
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Mix well |
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Cooking spray seran to cover bowl, place in refrigerator for 12 hours |
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On a floured surface |
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roll dough into a 1/4 thick circle |
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Cut into 12 triangles |
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Roll from the outside to the point |
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Set on sprayed cookie sheet and cover with a wet towel |
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Let rise double in size (may take up to a couple of hours because the dough is chilled) |
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Bake 350 degrees for 20 minutes, butter the tops if desired, cool on a rack |
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Beautiful and Easy Dinner Rolls |
2 C milk
1 C butter
2 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp yeast
6 eggs
1 1/4 tsp salt
8 C whole wheat flour
Follow instructions above. Except when rolling out, split the dough in half, repeat for 2nd batch.
Thanksgiving is such an awesome holiday… a whole day centered around meal!! These Whole Wheat 12 hour Butterhorn Dinner Rolls are the perfect addition to any Holiday table! I’m so grateful for family, good friends, and food! (Not always necessarily in that order 😉
Whole Wheat 12 hour Butterhorn Dinner Rolls...

Ingredients
- 1 C milk
- 1/2 C butter, softened
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 1 Tbsp yeast
- 3 eggs, well beaten
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 4 C whole wheat flour
Instructions
- In a small sauce pan over medium low heat combine milk and butter, warm until butter is melted and milk is lukewarm.
- Pour into a large mixing bowl. Add honey. Sprinkle yeast on top.
- When yeast is activated (growing and looking foamy; approx 10 minutes).
- Add: eggs, salt, flour.
- Add 1 C of flour at a time, mix well. Repeat.
- Cover with a cooking sprayed piece of seran wrap.
- Place in the refrigerator over night (at least 12 hours). I
- In the morning on a floured surface, roll out, 1/4 inch circle, cut into 12 wedges (like a pizza),
- Roll each section from the wide end to the small end.
- Place on sprayed cookie sheet.
- Cover with a warm wet towel and allow to double in size. ( may take a couple of hours since the dough will be cold)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake 20 minutes. Cool on a rack.
- Butter the tops if desired.