Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls
I have been dying to try this recipe for a while now! I first saw these Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls at my friend Aimee’s blog, and was super impressed at how perfectly square/rectangle they were. I was almost too intimidated to try them myself even though I have a lot of baking experience.
They were actually pretty easy to make! Almost easier than typical rolls because cutting them square eliminates the need for rounding them or pinching and tucking the edges underneath. I really liked that about this recipe. And, if you know my motto, any dough made with scalded milk is going to be a winner, and this recipe holds true to that statement!
If we’re being honest here, I have only ever been to Texas Roadhouse twice. It’s not a favorite, but the rolls and butter are what have brought me back! Be sure to pair these rolls with the Texas Roadhouse Honey Butter — to die for!
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Nothing tastes better than fresh bread from the oven slathered with any kind of butter. Delicious! Like most breads, this recipe is a little time consuming since you wait for the dough to rise after kneading it, and then again after the rolls have been shaped, but you will have rolls out your ears. It makes a lot! Enjoy!
Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls
Ingredients
- 2 cups (473 ml) milk
- 3 Tablespoons (42 g) butter
- 1 ½ Tablespoons active dry yeast
- ½ cup (118 ml) warm water
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar, divided
- ½ cup (168 g) honey
- 7 ½ cups (900 g) all-purpose flour, (up to ½ cup more or less, divided)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp salt
- Butter
Instructions
- Put milk in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Allow to cool slightly. (Or you can heat it in the microwave until boiling, about 3 minutes.)
- Melt 3 Tbsp of butter in the microwave. Set aside.
- Combine yeast, warm water and 1 Tablespoon sugar in a mixing bowl. Allow yeast to bubble.
- Add remaining sugar, honey, milk, and 3½ cups of flour to the yeast mixture. Mix together for a couple of minutes.
- Add melted butter, eggs and salt; mix well.
- Add additional flour ½ cup at a time until dough begins to separate from the sides. Let rest for a few minutes.
- Knead dough for about 5 minutes. Add additional flour by the Tablespoon if dough gets sticky, but it should be moist. (Don’t dry it out!)
- Remove dough from the bowl and grease the bowl. Return dough to the bowl and turn it over so all sides are covered in grease. Loosely cover bowl with greased plastic wrap. Allow to rise until doubled in size, about 45 minutes, depending how warm your house is. (I put mine in the microwave that was warm from heating my milk and butter.)
- Once the dough has doubled, punch it down to release the air. Empty dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out till it is about ½-inch thick.
- Fold the dough in half, so it’s now about 1-inch thick, roll over the dough a little bit to seal the two halves together. Cut the dough into approximately 2-inch squares.
- Place dough onto a greased baking sheet and cover loosely with greased plastic wrap. Allow to double in size again, about 1 hour.
- Bake at 350˚F for about 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.
- Immediately rub the tops of the rolls with additional butter. Best served warm. Store extras in a zip-top bag.
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I have made these rolls several times and they come out perfect every time! The honey in the recipe is what makes these spot on to Texas Roadhouse rolls. My family loves them! I used instant yeast vs active dry and doubled the yeast because or how much sugar is in the dough and got a perfect rise. Thanks for the recipe!
Great idea to double the yeast! Glad you are enjoying this recipe! Thanks for your review!
These are soooo good! When my husband and I went to Texas Roadhouse for the very first time, we ate so many rolls that we did not want our dinner! They are exactly like the yeast rolls my Grandma used to make, except she did not make them square – she made them round, sort of oblong, and put them close together in a shallow baking pan, and poured melted butter on them before baking.
I could eat their bread and butter all day long! So glad you liked them, and what a sweet memory of your Grandma!
Could you freeze either the dough or the baked rolls? I would like to eat them all but seeing as its probably not the healthiest thing for me I would like to be able to save what I don’t eat right away. I hate wasting food 🙂
For sure! Either way actually, just use a good freezer style zip-top bag. If you freeze the rolls as dough, freeze them on a floured or silicone mat lined baking sheet first, just until frozen, and then transfer it to the freezer bag for probably up to 1 month. They will probably take 8 hours at room temperature to rise after they have been frozen.
We are lds and love the rolls
I made these last night, I think the flavor is dead on but mine turned out denser than the original. I think they might rise higher if I just rolled them to one inch thick instead of folding the dough.
Yeah, that step seemed weird to me too. They do take a long time to rise well enough, but that would help them get higher quicker and be less dense. Thanks for sharing your experience!
I think that the two layers will make them less dense and allow them to rise more. You seal the edges to keep the gas from escaping and making the rolls rise more. If you really wanted a flaky roll, make four layers but be sure that the edges are sealed to trap the gas and make the rolls rise.
Be careful though, once the rolls are risen, one little touch can deflate them in a moment. What I like to do is, once the dough has been shaped into a roll and placed on the sheet (and coated), just slightly warm the oven and turn it off, allow the rolls to rise in the oven where it is warm, then without touching them and after they have risen, turn the oven on and bake them. Its not hared to get a roll to rise, just keeping it that way!
Great tips! Thanks for sharing!
I was searching for the perfect roll for this past Easter dinner, with that said, I started searching thru all my favorite blogs and recipe sites. I found 3 that cought my attention, this was one of them. I was unsure about 7 up biscuits and the soda bread didn’t do much for my menu, so I chose these. I’m so glad I did, they are so good and just about the same as Texas Roadhouse. Something is missing but they are still perfectly wonderful. I made another batch yesterday just because.
Thanks for sharing your experience! Glad you liked them!
is this selfrising flour orPLin
Use plain, all-purpose flour.
I have trouble rolling things out with a rolling pin.
Could these be made like the clover leaf rolls?
Sure thing, I don’t see why not!
I have tried a few copy cat Texas Roadhouse Rolls and still hadn’t found the one! I’m so excited to try this one!
I came across this post and although a few years old, am curious if you made these? I have also tried others that did not come anywhere near their rolls. Curious to your thoughts on this one. Thanks.
These need to get in my belly