The count down to Thanksgiving is here…  I’m so thankful to have a whole holiday completely centered around FOOD!!  You’ll love these Whole Wheat 12 hour Butterhorn Dinner Rolls, they don’t even taste like whole wheat!!  My next few posts are going to be Thanksgiving meal ideas… some are new twists on traditional turkey day dishes!!  They’re all blog worthy and might give ya a few new ideas to try :)I’ve had this recipe FOREVER!!  A good friend of mine from back when I lived in Texas gave this Whole Wheat 12 Hour Butterhorn Dinner Rolls recipe to me, must be about 14 years ago?!  I’d forgotten about it for a few years but when I was rummaging through my recipe box for a fun homemade dinner roll recipe to post… I ran into it again!  and MAN these rolls are easy, (no kneading or fancy mixer needed) look stunning, and I like that they’re made with honey and whole wheat!  Thanks, Tiffany, for sharing this recipe with me all those years ago, I’m so very thankful!

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.

Ingredients for Whole Wheat 12 hour Butterhorn Dinner Rolls

Warm milk and melt butter over med-low and until milk is lukewarm

Pour milk/butter into a large mixing bowl, add 1 Tbsp honey

Sprinkle on the yeast

Once yeast in growing and activated (approx 10 minutes)

Add in beaten eggs

Mix in flour 1 C at a time

Stir with each addition

Add salt

Mix well

Cooking spray seran to cover bowl, place in refrigerator for 12 hours

On a floured surface

roll dough into a 1/4 thick circle

Cut into 12 triangles

Roll from the outside to the point

Set on sprayed cookie sheet and cover with a wet towel

Let rise double in size (may take up to a couple of hours because the dough is chilled)

Bake 350 degrees for 20 minutes, butter the tops if desired, cool on a rack

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 😉 

Yield: 12

Whole Wheat 12 hour Butterhorn Dinner Rolls...

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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

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