These soft and fluffy Crescent Dinner Rolls are made from an easy-to-work with yeast dough.
I’ve actually already had Thanksgiving in my house… sort of. I spent a couple of days last weekend preparing all kinds of Thanksgiving side dishes, threw a couple of turkey breasts in the crockpot, and then got to work making these homemade Crescent Dinner Rolls. I’ve saved this recipe from Taste of Home for a long while. It was high time I finally made them!
How to make Crescent Dinner Rolls:
The dough is pretty simple to work with. You can use a stand mixer and have it do the mixing and kneading for you, or you can certainly do it the old-fashioned way- stirring with a strong wooden spoon and putting all of your strength and oomph into kneading the dough by hand. I let the dough sit by my fireplace to rise.
After rising, the dough gets a little punch-down action.
Then it’s divided into three equal pieces.
Each piece is rolled into a circle. You will be surprised how easy this dough is to roll out. Not even a hint of being sticky or anything! Cut into wedges, brush with butter, and roll up!
Set them seam-side down on a baking sheet. BAKE!
They come out nice and tender and pull-apart delicious. If you want to make them ahead of your busy dinner serving time, just wrap them in foil and heat them a little bit in the oven to warm them up.
I ended up preparing so much food last weekend that we ended up inviting our neighbor and his two teenage daughters over for dinner. We had a festive feast, and they were eager taste testers for all of my food. I LOVE THAT!
So… will you be making homemade rolls for Thanksgiving? You might also be interested in my recipes for Soft Yeast Rolls and Easy Dinner Rolls.
Crescent Dinner Rolls
Ingredients
- One .25-ounce packet active dry yeast
- ¼ cup warm water (110 to 115 degrees F)
- ½ cup + 1 tablespoon granulated white sugar, divided
- ¾ cup warm milk (110 to 115 degrees F)
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 to 5½ cups all purpose flour
- melted butter
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water. Add 1 tablespoon sugar; let stand for 5 minutes. Add the milk, eggs butter, salt and remaining sugar. Stir in enough flour to form a stiff dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1½ hours.
- Punch the dough down. Divide the dough into thirds. Roll each into a 12-inch circle; cut each circle into eight wedges. Brush with melted butter; roll up wedges from the wide end and place, pointed end down, 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- Bake at 375°F. for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks.
Notes
- *If you're searching for a warm place to let your dough rise, turn on your oven to 400 degrees for 1 minute and turn the light on. Turn it off after one minute, keep the light on, and place your bowl of dough in the slightly warmed oven. The light will help keep it warm enough to rise.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Thank you so much for the recipe! I’m bringing the rolls this will be perfect.
Natalie w.
Oh my, these look like heaven! Definitely adding these to my Thanksgiving menu. I’ve been looking for something like this =)
These look ah-may-zing! I’m so lazy when it comes to homemade bread dough, but these may be the exception!
These are perfect, Lori! There is no holiday dinner for us without yeast dinner rolls. Pinning these beauties!
We love Crescent dinner rolls at Thanksgiving. I have a recipe I use, but it is hard! I will be giving yours a try this year. They look perfect!
Homemade bread is the best! Love this recipe, Lori!
I definitely need these in my life. I LOVE dinner rolls….so, so, much.
Beautiful crescent rolls, Lori! I’ve been making my favorite recipe that rises in the fridge as well. Must try this recipe of yours based on Taste of Home. Thanks for sharing!
I love having homemade bread at Thanksgiving – a must have! This is a great recipe and such a pretty roll, too.
Lori these are gorgeous and I’ve said it before, you make the best yeast dough. Your dough always looks so scrumptious and perfect. And I am always impressed with the step shots. It’s such a pain with flour-ey fingers to stop and take pics and you are so generous to do it. Pinned – these are perfect!!