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Making Texas Roadhouse Rolls At Home (But Better)

Yes, the famous rolls with a mind-bending homemade cinnamon honey butter. Some say they can't be recreated... we'll see about that....

  • ulises985
  • Oct 12, 2021
  • 2 min read

Updated: Nov 22, 2021

Yes, the famous rolls with a mind-bending homemade cinnamon honey butter. Some say they can't be recreated... we'll see about that.




INGREDIENTS:

Roadhouse Rolls (around 65-68% hydration):

  • 3.25 teaspoons instant yeast - 12g

  • 120g cup warm water

  • 1050g all-purpose flour

  • 465g whole milk, Scalded and cooled to lukewarm

  • 110g granulated sugar

  • 2 teaspoons fine sea salt -12g

  • 1/8 teaspoon diastatic malt powder

  • 50g unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled

  • 2 whole eggs

  • 3 tbsp. melted butter for brushing

  • Smoked flakey salt


Charred Cinnamon Honey Butter:

  • 3 cinnamon sticks, lightly charred, broken into tiny pieces by pounding

  • 3/4 cup salted butter, softened - 161g

  • 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt - 2 g

  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg

  • 1/8 teaspoon very finely ground black pepper - less than a gram

  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar - 29g

  • 1 tablespoon wildflower honey - 20g

  • 1 tablespoon buckwheat honey - 20g

  • 1 vanilla bean, scraped of beans


INSTRUCTIONS:

Roadhouse Rolls (around 65-68% hydration):

  1. Preheat oven to 375F

  2. In a medium-size pot, over medium-high, add the milk, bring it to a boil, cut the heat, pour it into a bowl, and cool it down over an ice bath. Once it cooled down, add 120g. of filtered water, heat it to 95F, and add the yeast, dissolve, and reserve.

  3. In a stand mixer bowl, add the flour, sugar, salt, and diastatic malt powder; this last ingredient is optional. (helps with color and flavor)

  4. Using the hook attachment, add in a string the melted butter (not hot) and mix; once it is incorporated, add the milk and two whole eggs. Mix until the dough does not stick to the sides of the bowl.

  5. Take your dough out, form a ball, place it into a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise for one to one and a half hours at room temperature or until it doubles its size.

  6. Take off the plastic wrap and punch your dough, pour it out on a floured surface, cut your dough into 40 even pieces, shape them into balls by maintaining board contact constantly.

  7. Place them on a lined sheet tray, cover it with plastic wrap, and let them proof for twenty minutes. Then, take the wrap off, spray them with water and immediately pop them in the oven for 15 to 18 min.

  8. Brush each one of the buns with melted butter, and sprinkle some smoked flaky salt on top.


Charred Cinnamon Honey Butter:

  1. Using a blow torch, char three cinnamon sticks on both sizes. Let them cool down, break them into small pieces, blend them until you get a fine powder, and pass it through a sifter.

  2. Place the softened butter, salt, a black pepper pinch, two teaspoons of charred cinnamon powder, a bit of freshly grated nutmeg, and the beans of half a vanilla bean pod in a mixing bowl and give it a good whisk until smooth. Add the powder sugar, and whisk vigorously to incorporate some air.

  3. Add and incorporate honey (optional).

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Darion Noirad
Darion Noirad
Nov 23, 2023

We need some edits.

Written directions say 12g of yeast, video says 8g of yeast. I am glad I caught this, I will use the 3.25tsp for now.

Also, written directions say 12g of fine sea salt, video says 14g.

Furthermore, written directions say 161g of butter, video says 168g

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rk1jcoop2
Nov 23, 2024
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I also had a (different!) "whaaa?!?" on the yeast: Fleischmann's (Instant) packet says it's 21g = 2 1/4 teaspoons, which wildly doesn't jibe with recipe saying 3 1/4 teaspoons = 12g ... what? (Even adjusting for instant vs "active dry" still doesn't work.) Checked various other sources on teaspoons <=> grams and nothing else lined up either. (And, fwiw: I DO artisanal bread baking in a professional/industrial baking facility, for fun, on the weekends - seriously - so I'm not clueless on yeast. Or preferments. Or say LAB vs. acetic, even. :-)) So: just no clue what was wrong with this formula. That said: got a batch rising right now -- I just went "put a packet in and see".…

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charley grossnicklaus
charley grossnicklaus
Oct 27, 2022

they are awesome stuck overseas and wanting good rolls these were a hit thank you

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