Fast & Fluffy Dinner Rolls

This is by far my favorite dinner roll recipe. It's fast and easy enough to make in a little over an hour, and they're so delicious.  It's from the Jaime Cooks It Up blog.

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3/4 C milk
4 T butter
3/4 C hot water
4 T sugar
1 t salt
4 - 4 1/2 C flour
1 heaping T yeast
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1. Pour 3/4 c milk into a microwave safe container and add the butter to the milk. Put it in the microwave for 1 1/2 minutes.

2. Preheat your oven to 170 degrees. While the milk is in the microwave, turn on the tap to get your hot water. Temperature is important to making these rolls rise quickly. Hot, but not burning hot on your hand.

3. Put the milk/butter and hot water in the bottom of your mixer.  Add the sugar and salt. Then add 2 C of the flour...let it mix for 1 minute.

4. Add the yeast. Turn the mixer on and add the rest of the flour 1 C at a time.

5. You have enough flour when the dough scrapes the side of the bowl clean. Mix on medium speed for 5 minutes. 

6. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit for 5 minutes. You need the plastic wrap to trap the heat.

 
7. Take a stick of butter and coat the inside of a 9x13 pan.

8. Spray your counter, or a cutting board with cooking spray. Lay your dough on top of it. 

9. Take a sharp knife, spray it with cooking spray and cut your dough into 16 pieces. 

10. Gently round them into balls, and put them in your buttered 9x13 pan.

11. Put the pan into your warm 170 degree oven. Let them rise for about 20 minutes or until they have risen about 1 inch above the rim of the pan.

12. Leave your pan in the oven and turn the heat up to 350 degrees. Bake for 15 minutes. This time includes the time it takes the oven to increase in temperature. Bake until golden brown.

13. Brush with a little softened butter and serve warm.