Every time my extended family gets together, you can bet this delicious Butterhorn roll recipe will be shared. Butterhorns are a fairly simple yeast bread recipe with the added benefit that they have a beautiful presentation, so they make a perfect addition to everything from a casual brunch to a fancy five course dinner.
Trust me. One try of these Butterhorns, and you will see why it’s a family tradition in our home.
Butterhorn Recipe
- 2 cups milk, scalded
- 2 packages yeast -dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water (This would be for traditional yeast. Since I use instant yeast, I do not proof the yeast first.)
- 1 cup butter (oil and shortening are also options)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 6 beaten eggs
- 9 cups flour
- Soften the active dry yeast in warm water.
- Combine hot milk, butter, sugar and salt: cool to lukewarm.
- Add 1 cup of the flour.
- Add yeast mixture and eggs. Beat well.
- Stir in remaining flour or enough to make a very soft dough.
- Turn out on lightly floured surface, and knead lightly 5 to 8 minutes.
- Place dough in bowl and let rise until double – about 1-2 hours (but will vary based on home temp).
- Divide into 6 equal parts. Roll each part on lightly floured board to a 9 inch circle.
- Brush with melted butter.
- Cut each circle into 12 wedges (like a pizza): roll each wedge, starting with wide end and rolling to point.
11. Arrange rolls, poin down, on greased cookie sheet: brush with melted butter.
12. Cover and let rise till very light (about 45 minutes).
13. Bake in hot oven (400 degrees) 10-12 minutes.Makes six dozen rolls. (You may halve the recipe if that is too many, but they are great to freeze in Ziplock bag.)
Some of our other favorites are the Easiest Ever Apple Pecan Coffee Cake (made with biscuits). This tastes like you spent all day in the kitchen, when in reality, it took minutes.
My most requested recipe – my Copy Cat Cinnabon Rolls. These just aren’t for Christmas morning any more. 🙂
Enjoy your carb loading…these are all so worth it.
These look great. I’m setting the goal to begin baking my own breads/rolls going into the new year. I had a recipe planned to do it for Thanksgiving and ran out of time. Looking forward to trying these for Christmas. Thanks for sharing Jen. Have a great weekend!!
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I’m not linking up, because I haven’t posted this recipe on my blog yet, but these are the BEST dinner rolls I’ve ever made!
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/golden-pull-apart-butter-buns-recipe
They call for a few slightly weird ingredients, but I was able to find a small amount of instant milk at WalMart and I just buy one package of instant mashed potatoes at a time and can get 4 batches of it. Plus those packs are less than $1! So it’s a good deal.
These are incredible and I highly recommend them.
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Love the progressive dinner idea. Thanks for hosting, Jennifer!
e-Mom @ Susannah’s {Kitchen}
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Oh my, these look absolutely fabulous. Making my mouth water as I type. I am new to your blog, but from what Im seeing, its somewhere I want to be…
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These look lovely – are they like a croissant at all? Also to freeze them, do you do it after they have been formed but not had the second proving?
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I just made these this morning and wow! I will never buy cresent rolls again! It was super easy and I had NO idea what I was doing!! 😛 I think the flour bag exploded~ and while I was at it I made the big batch cinnamon rolls! my boyfriend actually giggled!! I cannot thank you enough for makeing a working mother of three feel like a real life betty crocker! we now have goodies and rolls for a few weeks and I spent NOTHING! Just used what I already had!!! Will read your blog often!! Thanks Sooooo Much!
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Jen Reply:
November 5th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
@Dana, Ok, I am replying almost one year later, but I sure hope they are one of your family’s new holiday traditions. 🙂
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I had added this to my pinterest page waiting until the right time to make them. Well yesterday was the day, and they turned out wonderfully. My family rates them a 10! Thanks for a sharing your great recipe.
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Jen Reply:
November 5th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
@Patty, I know this reply is awfully late, but SO thrilled you enjoyed them. I am sure they will be a new holiday tradition like they are in our family. 🙂
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Is it ok to freeze just the dough? Also how long will it be good in the freezer?
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Jen Reply:
November 5th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
@Megan, Megan – I have frozen the dough before. You will want to freeze them, but as they thaw, it will count as one of the “rises.” I can’t guarantee the exact freezer time, but I would think a month?
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