My Favorite Dinner Roll Recipe: Dilly Rolls

My 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.