When I first moved to Florida I had moved to a town called Coral Springs and if you know anything about Coral Springs then you know about University Drive, it's pretty much the main street in the whole city that has the lot of restaurants. One of those restaurants was this place called Roadhouse Grill and it was this huge establishment that served your traditional Americana meals, they had buckets, literally, buckets of peanuts everywhere, and you just threw the shells on the ground, it was a pretty cool place. The one item on their menu that made the place shine was their yeast rolls. The rolls were light, fluffy, sweet little pillows of heaven sent amazingness.
Like I've said in previous posts, I'm not from Florida originally, and I've moved around quite a bit and had traveled often before moving to Florida and my family and I had come across other roadhouse type of restaurants, the peanuts, the same type of food and atmosphere, but I can't remember if those places had the same rolls. The Roadhouse Grill was a chain, but as far as I knew, it was just a Florida chain, but I could be wrong. The Roadhouse Grill chain that I was familiar with has since closed, there are no more Roadhouse Grills, there are however, Texas Roadhouse Grill restaurants, I've never been, but they're out there and they have the same rolls!
I've always loved the rolls and since now I have the most amazing Kitchenaid mixer in the world, I decided to pull the old dough hook out and make some yeast rolls!
I got the recipe from http://deliciouslyyum.com/texas-roadhouse-rolls/
Texas Roadhouse Rolls
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 teaspoons (1 envelope) active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup lukewarm water
- 1 cup lukewarm milk
- 3 tablespoons melted butter, slightly cooled
- 1/4 c. sugar
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- melted butter for basting rolls
Instructions
- 1. Combine yeast and lukewarm water in the bowl of your stand mixer and let stand for 10 minutes (until yeast starts to foam and bubble).
- 2. Add milk, melted butter and sugar to the yeast mixture and give it a good stir (using the paddle attachment). Add 1 cup to 1 1/2 cups of flour to make a medium batter. You're looking for a pancake-like consistency. Next, add egg and salt and incorporate well. Switch to the dough hook and with the mixer running on medium speed, add remaining flour. Continue mixing for 5 minutes or until dough is smooth.
- 3. Sprinkle some flour onto the counter and place dough on top. Let rest for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, grease another bowl with oil and place dough inside. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and place in a warm place until dough has doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- 4. Remove from oven and punch dough down. Place dough on floured surface and roll out into a square about 1/2 inch thick. Using a pizza cutter, cut dough into desired shapes. Place dough squares onto a parchment-lined baking sheet (or two, depending on how many rolls you end up with). Cover with a towel and let rise again until doubled in size, about 45-60 minutes.
- 5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 10-15 minutes or until tops are golden brown. Remove from oven and immediately baste with melted butter. Serve dinner rolls warm with additional butter.
Notes
- Rolls are best when served on the same day, but will keep up to 3 days in an airtight container in the fridge or up to 4 weeks in the freezer.
The Ingredients
Combine yeast and luke warm water. Bloom yeast for 10 minutes until the mixture foams and bubbles, toils and trouble
This is what the mixture looks like after 10 minutes
Add milk, melted butter and sugar and mix until incorporated
Add 1 1/2 cup flour, the mixture will resemble pancake batter (Premeasure your 4 c of flour before you start adding any flour)
Add egg and salt and mix until incorporated
Switch to the dough hook and add the remaining flour, knead for about 5 minutes
This is what your dough will look like, the dough will be sticky, unlike other bread doughs
Pour on a floured surface and cover with a dish towel
Rest the dough for 10 minutes
Put your rested dough into a greased bowl and cover with a dish towel
Let dough rise in a warm place for an hr (I put my dough in the oven with the heat on 175)
After an hour your dough should have doubled in size
Punch the risen dough down and form a loose smooth ball, roll dough out to about 1/2 inch thick rectangle and slice out your shapes with a pizza cutter
Place your pieces on your pans lined with parchment paper
Let your rolls rise in a warm place for an hr, covered with a dish towel (Again, I put the rolls in my oven to rise)
Risen rolls, we are halfway there to success!
Bake for 10-15 minutes
Be amazed!
Brush the warm rolls with some melted butter and serve!
An appropriate Roadhouse style dinner
So fluffy!
