Ultimate Dinner Rolls

One more time with the full meal:

Citrus-Mustard Pork Roast
Braised Cauliflower with Curry and Tomatoes
Roasted Potatoes
Ultimate Dinner Rolls

These rolls are going to take a while to make. Most of it is unattended but you'll definitely need to plan ahead if you're making these. By that, I mean you need to start the day before you want to use them, if not two days before.

They're worth it though. Boy are they worth it. Dinner, snack, even breakfast if you want to. They pull apart beautifully and have a rich buttery taste all on their own so don't bother to pull out the butter dish when you serve them.

I mean it.

Put it away.

Okay. If you still want the extra butter after you've tried these, then you can go back for it, but I can pretty much guarantee that you won't need it.


I pulled this recipe from Cooks Illustrated. It's a magazine put out by America's Test Kitchen that I picked up recently and started subscribing to. As a result, the recipe is really easy to find.

It makes 2 9-inch pans worth, or about 16 rolls. Trust them on the refrigeration. It really does make a huge difference on the fluffiness and lightness of the end product.

That beautiful brown color comes from brushing the tops of the rolls with butter before baking. It really comes through in the taste too. It's not something that I'd have thought of although in retrospect, it seems perfectly obvious.

I don't have any changes to possibly make to this. Maybe if you wanted to change the flavors. Add some oregano or citrus peel. 1 Tsp at most though. It would just be experimenting though.

Tack:
Cooling rack
9" cake pans
rubber spatula
metal mixing bowl
glass bowl for rising

Health Info (per roll):
15g Carbs (1 starch)
1 Fat serving

So, comparing this to our healthy meal numbers we end up with:

3 oz. Citrus-Mustard Pork roast 4 Meat Servings (Remember, 4 oz. pre-cooked becomes 3 oz. cooked. I forget this often)
Orange sauce 1 Fruit Serving
1 c. Braised Cauliflower with Curry and Tomatoes 2 Vegetables + 1 Fat
1 full roasted Potato (4 quarters) 2 Starch
1 Dinner Roll 1 Starch + 1 Fat
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4 Meat
1 Fruit
2 Vegetable
3 Starch
2 Fat

That looks an awful lot like:

Balanced Meal:
4 oz. Meat (pre-cooked)
45g carbs (starches)
15g carbs (fruit)
2 servings vegetables (1 c. cooked or 2 c. raw)
2 fat servings (~ 10g of fat)

*All meal numbers are based on a 2k calorie diet

::Malloreth out::