Scan with your phone's camera to reopen
this recipe with checkboxes and timers.
this recipe with checkboxes and timers.
Texas Roadhouse Rolls
The impossibly soft steakhouse rolls, at home, by the basket.
Ingredients
tap to check off
Instructions
tap a step to focus it · tap times to start a timer · arrow keys move between steps
- Stir warm milk, yeast, and 1 Tbsp of the honey in a large bowl. Let sit until foamy. No foam = dead yeast; start over rather than bake bricks.
- Whisk in remaining honey, melted butter, and the egg. Add flour and salt and mix into a shaggy dough.
- Knead by hand (or 5-6 in a stand mixer with the dough hook) until smooth and slightly tacky but not sticking to clean hands. Add flour 1 Tbsp at a time only if it's gluing itself to everything.
- Place in a greased bowl, cover, and rise in a warm spot until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Punch down. On a lightly floured surface, roll into a rectangle about 1/2 inch thick. Fold it in half like a book and gently roll to seal - this fold is what makes the signature tall, layered square.
- Cut into 24 squares with a sharp knife or bench scraper. Place on two parchment-lined sheet pans, 1 inch apart. Cover and rise until puffy.
- Bake at 350°F (175°C) for until deep golden on top. Rotate pans halfway.
- Brush immediately and generously with melted butter. Serve warm, with the cinnamon honey butter.
Notes
- The fold-then-cut trick is the whole Texas Roadhouse look - skip it and you have good dinner rolls with the wrong soul.
- Weigh the flour. 4 scooped cups can be 5 actual cups, and that's a dense roll.
- Freeze baked rolls up to 3 months; refresh at 300°F for 8 minutes and butter again.
When it goes wrong
- Dense, heavy rolls → too much flour or a cold rise; weigh it, and give the dough a warm spot.
- Didn't rise → yeast was dead or the milk was hot enough to kill it; 105-110°F, foamy proof, no shortcuts.
- Pale tops → underbaked or oven runs cool; look for deep golden, not blond.
- Tough crumb → over-kneaded after adding too much flour; tacky is correct.
Texas Roadhouse copycat