Soft Sourdough Parker House Dinner Rolls Recipe
Soft, fluffy and so delicious these sourdough dinner rolls are perfect for you holiday dinner table!
Ingredients
- ½ cup (125g) active sourdough starter
- 1 ¼ cup (300g) whole or 2% milk
- ¼ cup (85g) honey
- 5 ¼ cups (600g) bread flour
- ½ cup (75g) mashed potatoes
- 4 T (60g) butter melted
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 8 T (120g) butter softened
- 1 ½ tsp (8g) sea salt
Instructions
Instructions for Soft Sourdough Parker House Dinner Rolls:
- First, in a large bowl of a stand mixer combine the sourdough starter, milk, and honey. Mix by hand or with a Danish dough whisk until combined.
- Next, add the mashed potatoes, flour, melted butter, and egg and mix on a low speed until you form a shaggy dough.
- At this point you will let the dough rest for 20 minutes, this is a fermentolyse.
- After the 20-minute rest add the salt and start your mixer with the dough hook attachment on the lowest setting. As it is kneading you will add 8 T butter to the dough a tablespoon at a time.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Knead for a total of 15-20 minutes until the dough passes the windowpane test.
- Next, take the dough and transfer to a medium mixing bowl. Cover with a tea towel or plastic wrap and rest for 30 minutes and complete a coil fold. Cover, let rest for another 30 minutes and then preform the second and final coil fold.
- Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 6-10 hours or overnight. This is a tacky dough. Chilling the dough makes it much easier to work with.
Shaping the rolls:
- On a clean work surface, remove the dough onto the counter and divide into 24 equal pieces.
- One way to get even pieces is to weigh the dough and then divide that by 24. It is about 55 grams per roll. Or you can just eyeball it!
- Once you have the dough divided out, take and roll each on the counter, cupping your hand around the roll and forming tension on the dough roll tops.
- Now you can continue two different ways…one you can just place the shaped rolls in a greased 9”x13” pan. Put them in 6x4.
- Or for the signature Parker House style roll follow the steps below:
- On a lightly floured surface take a rolling pin and roll out a roll into an oval shape.
- Then in a small bowl, melt the butter and brush it liberally on the rolls. Fold it over most of the way. Like two-thirds of the way. (See Picture)
- Place the shaped rolls slightly laying on each other, seam side down in a 9”x13” pan. You will want 6 rolls across and 4 down.
- After you have finished shaping the rolls you will cover them with greased plastic wrap and place in a warm place to rise. The final rise can take anywhere from 6 hours in a warm environment to 10 in a cool environment.
- NOTE: If you are baking them in the morning for a midday meal it is best to leave them at room temperature on the counter overnight at 69-71 degrees. The rise time can vary depending on the temperature of your kitchen.
Baking the Parker House Rolls:
- Once the rolls have risen to the top of the pan preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack. Slather the tops of the rolls with either butter or honey and butter that have been mixed together (1/4 cup butter and ¼ cup honey).
- For best results serve while still warm!
Reheating instructions:
- If you have leftovers they reheat well. Place in a casserole dish with the lid on and place in a preheated 400-degree oven for 10 minutes.
Notes
NOTES:
How to do a coil fold: Take both hands and reach under the center of the dough. Pick up the dough stretching it up and folding it under. Turn the bowl by a quarter turn and repeat until the dough starts to stiffen and not stretch anymore.
Make ahead tip: If you need to make these ahead of time do so but wait to add the melted butter to the top. You can reheat covered in a 400-degree oven for about 10 minutes and then add the butter/butter and honey!
You can also Freeze the Dough Balls and Thaw and Bake too. Details on how to do this listed in above text.
-Don’t worry if they don’t seem to rise much at first. With the ingredients that are added to the dough it takes a little bit for them to start rising but after they do they rise fairly quick.