My Favorite Dinner Roll Recipe: Dilly Rolls

My dear mother was known for her excellent dinner rolls, pies, and other baked goods. I've tried her recipes for dinner rolls over the years and also other recipes I have found, but somehow, never quite acquired her touch with dinner rolls. That is, until I tried this recipe. This Dilly Rolls recipe, shared by a friend (thanks, Vicki!), turns out amazing every time I make it.

The cottage cheese, the onion, and the dill weed make for a very tasty dinner roll, and it is my current favorite dinner roll recipe. It also freezes well, which is a huge factor to make it a winner for me. I made several batches of this recipe for our big Family Christmas, and then made it again for an event this spring. I always make more than one recipe at a time, and store the extras in the freezer, ready to pull out when needed.

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Dilly Rolls

Source: tasteofhome.com

Course: Breads/Rolls

Prep Time: 25 min

Cook Time: 20 min

Total Time: 45 min

Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 2 cups (16 ounces) 4% cottage cheese
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast (2 1/4 tsp per pkg of yeast)
• ¹⁄₂ cup warm water (110° to 115°)
• 2 eggs
• ¹⁄₄ cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons dried minced onion
• 1-2 tablespoons dill weed
• 1 tablespoon salt
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking soda
• 4-¹⁄₂ to 5 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

1. In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook cottage cheese and butter until butter is melted. Cool to 110° to 115°. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add eggs, sugar, onion, dill, salt, baking soda and cottage cheese mixture. Add 3 cups of flour; beat until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
2. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
3. Punch dough down. Form into 24 balls; place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
4. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes. Yield: 2 dozen.

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After the first rising of the dough ...

And after the second rising of the dough ...

For faster risings, I often place bread dough, or dinner roll dough in a very slightly warmed-up oven (turning the oven off and closing the door). That's what I did for both of the risings (above). 

Each pan (one recipe) provides 24 dinner rolls! I doubled it recently, making 48 dinner rolls, enough for our special event, and extra for the freezer.