Have you ever planned on making homemade rolls to go with dinner, but you get home late, or some other calamity keeps you from getting the dough made in time?

That happens to me all of the time.

And when we are at the end of our grocery budget, sometimes the rolls are the only good thing about dinner. Or at least, they make a ho-hum dinner into something wonderful.

Well, I found a solution for that problem: Sixty-minute Rolls. From mix to eat these homemade yeast rolls take only 60 minutes, instead of the usual 2-3 hours.

This recipe is written for a KitchenAid stand mixer, but if you make your dough by hand, you just mix and knead as you usually would.

Sixty-Minute Rolls

1/2 cup low-fat milk
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 packages active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water (105-115 degrees F)
5-6 cups all-purpose flour

Place milk, sugar, salt, and butter in a small sauce pan and heat until butter just begins to melt. Stir to melt butter and dissolve sugar. Allow to cool to lukewarm.

Meanwhile, in warmed mixer bowl, dissolve the yeast in the warm water.

Add the milk mixture and 4 1/2 cups of flour. Attach bowl and dough hook to mixer and mix on Speed 2 for 1 minute.

Add remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time, continuing on Speed 2, and mix about 2 minutes, or until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl.

Knead on Speed 2 for 2 more minutes. Dough will be smooth and elastic, and slightly sticky to the touch.

Place dough in greased bowl and allow to rise, covered, in warm, draft-free place for 15 minutes.

Turn dough onto lightly floured surface. Shape as desired into 24 rolls. (Suggestion: roll into balls and place in greased muffin cups. Optionally: Cut the tops in half, then quarters, to make a criss-cross pattern on the top.)

Cover and let rise for 15 minutes in a slightly warmed oven. (Tip: Set the oven to 400-degrees and set a timer for 1 minute. Shut off oven when timer goes off and it will be the perfect temp for rising dough.)

Bake at 425-degrees for 12 minutes, or until golden brown.

Remove immediately and cool on wire rack.

Enjoy!

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