Easter Bunny Dinner Rolls with Freshly Milled Flour

easter bunny dinner rolls sitting in a cute wicker basket

Easter Bunny Dinner Rolls with Freshly Milled Flour

There’s something so special about baking for the holidays, and these adorable Easter Bunny Dinner Rolls are the perfect addition to your Easter table! Made with freshly milled flour, these soft and fluffy rolls are not only fun to shape but also packed with nutrition and flavor that store-bought breads just can’t match.

Course Appetizer, Breads, Healthy Recipes, Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword easter bunny dinner rolls, easter dinner rolls, fresh milled bread, fresh milled dinner rolls, fresh milled flour

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 15

Servings people

Calories 18kcal

Ingredients

1 ¾ cup warm milk 415 grams
2 eggs
⅓ cup honey 93g
6 tablespoons softened butter 90 grams
6 cups fresh milled hard white wheat finely ground 800 grams
2 ½ teaspoons salt
1 ½ tablespoons instant yeast

Instructions

In the large bowl of a stand mixer whisk together milk, eggs, honey, salt, and butter.
Add in flour and knead until combined.
Allow the dough to rest for 15 minutes.
Add in the yeast and knead for 6-10 minutes, until the dough is well combined and smooth.
Transfer the dough into a greased bowl and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about an hour.
Once the dough has risen, weigh the dough. Take the total amount of grams and divide it by 18. Each piece of dough should weigh that amount (mine was 85 grams).
Dump the dough onto an oiled surface and cut in half. Then cut each half into 9 pieces so that you have 18 pieces total.
Set aside two pieces of dough and roll the rest of the pieces out into long strips, about 12-14 inches long.
To shape the dough into bunnies, take the long strips and shape into a “u.”
Take the two ends and twist once, placing one side of the dough on top of the other. Repeat this process once more. Leave a small hole at the bottom to put the tail.
Take the two remaining pieces of dough and divide into 16 pieces.
Roll them into smooth balls and place them in the hole on the bottom of the bunny to make the tail.
Allow the bunnies to rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes until nice and puffy.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Bake the bunnies for 15-18 minutes until golden brown.
Optional: brush with melted butter.

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