Delicious & Easy Rhodes Rolls Recipes (2024)

FAQs

How do you make Rhodes rolls rise? ›

Dough will thaw and rise faster if it is in a warm spot in your home. Try putting your pan on top the refrigerator or in direct sunlight. You also might try putting on top a heating pad or in the oven with just the light on.

Spray your pan with cooking spray. Place frozen dough on your pan. Cover with sprayed plastic wrap to keep from sticking to dough while rising. Place your pan in the refrigerator overnight or all day long.

Did you know that yeast can deactivate, which will stop your bread and rolls from rising? Make sure to check the expiration dates on our packages to help ensure you're buying the products with the freshest yeast. Yeast can also be damaged when it is allowed to thaw and refreeze.

Too much flour, or not the right kind, could be to blame. Dough made only from flour with a high or even average amount of protein (like bread flour or all-purpose flour) can become tough from overmixing. Protein gives bread structure in the form of gluten—the more you mix and move the dough, the more gluten you get.

Bake 15-20 minutes, until golden brown. COOL – Remove rolls from pan at once and place on a wire rack to cool. Brush tops with melted butter if desired.

You can also put hot water in a heat-safe dish and place it on the floor of a cold oven (or on a lower shelf). The steam and heat from the water will help the temperature rise just enough that the yeast is active. The steam will also assist in keeping the surface of the dough moist so it will stretch as it rises.

“If the dough has risen too long, it's going to feel fragile and might even collapse as you poke it,” says Maggie. If this is the case, there's a chance you can save your dough by giving it a quick re-shape. Learn more about this fix in our blog on saving overproofed dough.

Garnishes & toppers: I love to finish my rolls with ingredients like flaky salt, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, caraway seeds, black pepper, and cheese can be added to the surface after proofing and before baking. Egg wash or water can help these garnishes better stick to the surface before and after baking.

If the rolls or bread are browning too quickly, cover them with foil (shiny side up).

Can you still use dough that didn't rise? ›

Everything's coming together when you discover that your bread dough just isn't rising. Fortunately, this is a problem that's relatively easy to diagnose and solve. If your bread dough doesn't rise, you can still use it and fix it by changing up the temperature or mixing in more yeast.

Speed Thaw Method – Use with Caution

Preheat oven to 200°F. Then turn the oven off. Boil 2 quarts water and put in a pan on the lowest rack. Put rolls in the oven and let thaw and rise until double in size.

BAKING DIRECTIONS

Place frozen rolls evenly on pan and cover with plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray to keep from sticking to rolls while rising. BAKE – Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Carefully remove plastic wrap. Bake 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.

Brush rolls with approximately 1 ½ tablespoons melted butter. Bake for 15- 20 minutes or until golden.

Place the bowl of boiling water in the oven and shut the door. Let the bowl of water sit in the oven while you prepare the dough. The warmth from the oven and the bowl of water will create a warm, humid environment for the dough to rise in. Put the dough in an oven-safe pan and set it in the oven.

To fix dough that won't rise, try placing the dough on the lowest rack in your oven along with a baking pan filled with boiling water. Close the oven door and let the dough rise. Increasing the temperature and moisture can help activate the yeast in the dough so it rises. You can also try adding more yeast.

oven rack. Preheat oven to 200°F. THEN TURN THE OVEN OFF. Put rolls in the oven and let thaw and rise until double.

If your room is between 70 and 72 degrees, you should be good, as long as your dough is in that 75 to 80 degree range.