Garlic Parmesan Rolls
Ingredients:
- 1 cup half & half
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 1 package rapid rise yeast
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups flour
- 3 Tablespoons melted butter
- 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan
Instructions:
- Heat the half & half in the microwave for about 30 seconds until it is warm but not too hot.
- Add the half & half, butter and yeast to the bowl of a stand mixer and stir to combine. You can use the paddle attachment on the mixer to combine as well, but mine never reaches the bottom of the bowl so I just used a spatula. Note that if you are using regular active dry yeast instead of rapid rise, just combine it with the warm milk first and let sit for about 5 minutes to activate the yeast. Then proceed with the remaining steps.
- Add the eggs, salt and flour, and use the dough hook on the mixer to knead the dough on medium speed for about 10 minutes. The dough should pull away from the sides and form a ball. You can also knead by hand if you don’t have a stand mixer.
- Transfer the dough to a bowl that has been greased with olive oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size, about an hour.
- Once the dough has risen, remove to a lightly floured surface and divide into 15 equal pieces.
- Grease a 9 x 13 pan (or 2 pie dishes).
- Roll each piece of dough into a ball and place, seam side down, in the prepared baking pan. Repeat for all 15 pieces of dough.
- Cover the pan with a dish towel and let rise until doubled in size, about another hour.
- When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Use a food processor or blender to combine the parsley, salt, Italian seasoning, parmesan and melted butter.
- Spoon a little of the mixture over each of the rolls.
- Bake at 375 degrees F. for 17-19 minutes or until the rolls are just very slightly browned. The internal temperature should be about 190 when they are finished if you want to check that way.
- These are also really delicious when served with a little garlic butter - you can pretty much take the same mixture used to brush the tops of the rolls and mix it in with some softened butter to spread on the rolls.