Texas Roadhouse bread rolls are one of the most sought out copycat recipes. Well my friends, search no more. Our best Texas Roadhouse Copycat Bread Rolls recipe is here and just in time for Game Day!
An admitted carbivore, I can identify a restaurant by the bread that they serve. From the moment we sit at the table I anxiously await the bread treasure that will be delivered while we look over our menu.
Truth be told, I don't need to order from the menu I would be perfectly happy sitting at this table and drinking lemon water and devouring your scrumptious bread and incredible butter.
Just make sure the waitress keeps refilling that bread basket.
But, we order anyway. Generally I will take a few bites and take the rest of dinner to go. Texas Roadhouse is such a place.
I look forward to devouring these fabulous tender sweet rolls slathered in butter that are perfect enough to be a meal in itself. Don't take my word for it. Whip up a batch and try them tonight.
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Helpful Tips to make Copycat Texas Roadhouse Bread Rolls :
- The dough should be tacky (not sticky). If it is sticky (leaves dough on your fingers when you touch it and pull your fingers away), add a little more flour 1 tablespoon at a time until it becomes tacky (does not leave dough on your fingers when you touch it).
- If your kitchen is cold, turn your oven on for a few minutes to a low temperature and warm it to about 100-125°F. Then turn it off and place your oven safe bowl in the oven. Allow to rise until doubled in size.
What you will need to make Copycat Texas Roadhouse Bread Rolls :
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Yield: makes 48 rolls
Copycat Texas Roadhouse Bread Rolls
Texas Roadhouse bread rolls are one of the most sought out copycat recipes. Well my friends, search no more. Our best Texas Roadhouse Copycat Bread Rolls recipe is here and just in time for Easter!
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Ingredients
- 4 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast (2 packets)
- 2-1/2 cups warm milk (110° to 115°)
- 1/2 cup good honey
- 8 tablespoons butter, melted (divided)
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 8-9 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add yeast, milk and honey. Swirl with your fingers or a spoon to dissolve the yeast. Allow the yeast to bloom. It will start to bubble and become aromatic, about 5 minutes.
- Add 6 tablespoons butter, eggs and 4 cups of flour, mix on low using dough hook, until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to for the dough to come together (mine takes the whole 4 1/2 additional cups) add salt. Allow to knead for about 7-9 minutes until dough is tacky, but not sticky.
- Turn onto a floured board; knead a few turns. Place in a bowl with 1 tablespoon butter bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Meanwhile brush 2 cookie sheets with melted butter.
- Punch dough down and turn out onto a floured board. Roll dough into a rectangle, about 1” tall. Cut into 48 pieces, (6 rows cut into 8 rolls each). Place rolls on buttered cookie sheets about 1/2 - 1” apart. Cover and let rise until almost doubled in size, about 45-60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Bake both pans together. 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Brush with remaining melted butter.
- Serve and enjoy.
Recipe developed by Donna Elick The Slow Roasted Italian
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Carbivore - I like that! I always say I'm a breadaholic! I'm with you on that not needing to order anything, just bread and butter. These look great!
ReplyDeleteBeing a carboholic, I'm going to have to skip dinner and make these rolls instead!
ReplyDeleteHas anyone tried these? I tried a recipe similar to this (a copycat one) and they still didn't turn out as light as the texas roadhouse ones.
ReplyDeleteI just made them last night. They are very good, but mine didn't turn out as light/fluffy as the Texas Roadhouse ones.
ReplyDeleteThey may have needed to rise longer. Next time give them an extra 1/2 hour to rise. Enjoy!
DeleteI have found if I use to much flour from not fluffing the flour before measuring I ended up with heavy rolls
Deletebread, cake etc. Also being in a hurry and not letting it rise enough. Also I never add more flour than the recipe calls for when kneading or shaping. Also if I feel if the texture is correct when kneading I don't add all the flour the recipe may call for.
to anyone making any bisquets or rolls always remember never over work your dough in this case LESS IS MORE
Deleteleah is right about biscuits (quick breads that are made with baking powder), but not yeast breads. For yeast breads, the more you work the dough, the more gluten is developed, so the lighter they are able to get. So knead, knead, knead.
DeleteCake flour would probably make them lighter than all-purpose flour. I'm going to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteNo way. The higher the gluten content, the more air bubbles it can trap. Using cake flour is a good way to make them heavier, not lighter.
DeleteCake flour actually has less gluten than AP flour. Both pastry and cake flour have less gluten. Bread flour has a higher gluten content than AP flour.
DeleteThat is why you should not use cake flour. You need the gluten to make air bubbles. Air bubbles are what make bread light and not dense.
DeleteUse bread flour. Not cake flour. They will be lighter and fluffier.
DeleteI think Bead Flour would work better than AP Flour.
ReplyDeleteusing bread flour or adding some gluten to the mix will help them rise more, thus making them lighter
ReplyDeleteI'm in the process of making now but the recipe is a little confusing. The ingredients call for 8-9 cups of flour but when reading the directions, it references 4 cups of flour vs. the 8-9. When I used the 4, they were too wet so should I add more flour?
ReplyDeleteYes, add enough remaining from for the dough to come together. Mine takes 4 1/2 cups more. Enjoy!
DeleteI made these yesterday and they turned out more biscuity the roll like. I tried the pastry flour as read above to make them lighter but that didn't happen. Not sure what I did wrong. Any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteSee my own reply: cake/pastry flour will make them heavier rather than lighter because there isn't enough gluten to trap the air bubbles.
DeleteA biscuit-like consistency is caused by two things:
a) Not enough kneading. By hand, this is 8 minutes BY THE CLOCK.
b) Over-rising the formed rolls. I strongly advise against rising them until doubled because this can wreck the texture. Rise them until almost doubled (say 3/4 of the way there) and then bake.
Thanks for the advice! I am going to try again and see what happens. I also have a question about using quick rise yeast, should I avoid it? Because maybe that has a little something to do with the failure of my rolls? Also I use a stand mixer with a dough hook and it ran for 9 minutes. Any help would be appreciated :)
DeleteFollowing the recipe to the letter is the only way to guarantee the same results. I would recommend using Active Dry Yeast for this recipe. It is the only way it was tested. Let us know how it goes! Enjoy.
DeletePastry flour doesn't have enough gluten to make a good bread dough. Try bread flour and longer rise.
ReplyDeletePastry flour doesn't have enough gluten to make a good bread dough. Try bread flour and longer rise.
ReplyDeleteI made these tonight. They were a big hit with my family. Thank you for the recipe. They were very good.
ReplyDeleteSo happy you loved them.
DeleteI just made these today and I couldn't be happier. They won't last long in this house, they are a huge hit!
ReplyDeleteI have never been to the Texas Roadhouse to compare these to the real thing, but I couldn't resist trying this recipe. They turned out great. They were light and fluffy and SO good! Thanks for the recipe. I will for sure make this again!
ReplyDeleteCan u use a bread maker to start it on dough cycle
ReplyDeleteI do not use a bread maker, but I believe it would work. If you try it let me know. Thanks!
DeleteAnyone know how to make the butter that Texas Roadhouse serves with the bread? :-)
ReplyDeletethere is a pin on pinterest for it
DeleteIngredients
2 sticks butter,
room temperature 1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup honey
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Directions
Use a stand mixer, food processor, or hand mixer to whip all ingredients together until smooth. Cover and store in the refrigerator. Allow to sit out at room temperature for about 30 minutes before serving for easy spreading. - See more at: http://www.foodfanatic.com/2013/10/texas-roadhouse-cinnamon-honey-butter-homemade-happiness/#sthash.AHjWHTYk.dpuf
Made these today, using bread flour. Excellent! Family says they were better than TRH!!!
ReplyDeleteMmmmmmmmm bread is my weakness. Thanks so much for these recipes. They look amazing!
ReplyDeleteI don't want to make 48 rolls, can I make them bigger individually so there will be less? Or can I just cut the recipe in half to make less? I don't want to ruin the recipe...
ReplyDeleteYou certainly can make the rolls bigger. I have made giant ones (making 24). Also, you can freeze the cooked ones and defrost and eat at a later day. I wrap them in plastic wrap, then foil, then place them in a freezer bag. Good for at least 6 months. Hope that helps! Enjoy. (I have never halved the recipe, so I can not say whether that would work. Baked goods are touchy with halving and doubling).
DeleteWhat did you mean in the directions when you said "allow to knead 7-9 minutes until dough is tacky, not sticky". You then go on to say, "turn onto floured board (to knead)" that didn't make sense to me and I've made rolls before. Thought someone would have asked that right away?????
ReplyDeleteYou are allowing the stand mixer to knead the dough for 7-9 minutes (the dough should be tacky, not sticky if you touch it). Turn onto a floured board and knead for a few turns. What is it that isn't making sense, perhaps I can clarify. Thanks!
DeleteMade perfect sense to me.........I always do that when I take the dough out of the bowl.
DeleteThe dough mixed up perfectly, now to wait for the finished product!
Thanks for the recipe.
Can you start these in a bread maker?
ReplyDeleteI do not use a bread maker, but I believe it would work. If you try it let me know. Thanks!
DeleteI'd be curious to know if the bread machine worked on these if you tried them?
DeleteI split the recipe in half, and used the dough cycle on my bread machine. The rolls came out perfectly, and were delicious!
DeleteI split the recipe in half, and used the dough cycle on my bread machine. The rolls came out perfectly, and were delicious!
DeleteI also used the dough cycle on my bread machine and used bread flour, instead of all purpose flour. The rolls were delicious and were light and fluffy in texture. Definitely going to make these again!
DeleteWhat if you don't have a stand mixer? Can you mix by hand and get similar results?
ReplyDeleteI made these by hand tonight. I suck at kneading, so they didn't turn out as fluffy as Texas Roadhouse's, but that's okay. Also, I seem to remember the originals being sweeter than these. I think next time, I'll add maybe a 1/4 cup more honey? I don't know. This is only my second time making bread. Also, it took me almost 5 hours start to finish, so make sure you have time to do this by hand.
DeleteI love YOU! The best I ever had......
ReplyDeleteI made these they are like heavy biscuits...must have done something wrong
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that your yeast was dead, either in the package or your milk was too hot and killed it.
DeleteI made these tonight, followed recipe exactly but used bread flour instead of A.P. Absolutely fantastic! I'm really glad I didn't have time to make the honey butter recipe above, or I would have skipped my meal and just had salad/rolls...then rolls honey butter for dessert! Thanks so much for rhe recipe! Now that I know what to expect from this recipe, I think next time I will freeze half ( or even 3/4) of the dough after the first rise. I do it all the time with bread dough, so I would think it would work with this dough also.
ReplyDeleteLove these rolls....love that it makes a lot...they freeze and reheat like a dream
ReplyDeleteHas anyone tried refrigerating the dough to bake several days later? Or freeze? Just curious if it worked
ReplyDeleteCan you use self-rising flour?
ReplyDeleteNo, you never use self-rising flour for yeast doughs.
DeleteI made these tonight and my family loved them! Before I even had a chance to tell them they were copycats, they had already commented that they tasted just like Texas Roadhouse rolls. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
ReplyDeleteI have a KitchenAid mixer and the mixer instructions tell you to use a shorter mixing time because of the movement of the dough hook. Would that apply to this recipe ? Also, when using some recipes the measurements are given in ounces and grams. That would make it foolproof, but I found that a cup of flour weighs different amounts each time you measure that way. Dipping and spooning also make a difference. I am dying to try your recipe as I think that's the only reason my husband goes to Roadhouse
ReplyDeleteNo, for yeast bread, the longer you mix it, the lighter it can get.
Deletemost commercial places have a bread warm to put the bread in to let it rise, that helps a lot
ReplyDeleteI made this with a bread machine and they turned out wonderfully. I just dumped all of the ingredients in and let it go! Although I would definitely recommend checking it a few times to see if it needs more flour or not since the recipe doesn't have a concrete amount.
ReplyDeleteI used half bread flour and half AP turned out great
ReplyDeleteWhat about the cinnamon butter? They aren't the same without it. lol
ReplyDeleteI've never read so many problems from one little ole roll recipe.
ReplyDeletethis page explains about the gluten content...hope it helps..http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-cake-flou-74565
ReplyDeleteIt's very easy. And easily doubles and halves. 1 stick of unsalted butter, 1/2 cup of honey, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and teaspoon of cinnamon. Just whip them all together in a stand mixer until well incorporated.
ReplyDeleteI want to have these fresh for tomorrow. Can i leave the dough out or fridged overnight?
ReplyDeleteYou can make the dough. Rise the first time. Then cut and place on cookies sheets. Refrigerate. You can do the second rise tomorrow (which will take longer because they are cold) and then bake them. Enjoy!
DeleteI made a half recipe of these this morning with some of the Cinnamon Honey Butter and everything turned out just great. The rolls were soft, tender and were delicious by themselves, with just plain butter and the Road House Butter. As you can tell, I ate three rolls hardly without stopping. Thanks for the great recipe. Ron Wikoff
ReplyDeletei too want only to make 1/2 the recipe as there are only 3 of us. However,some recipes do not conclude as would be if full recipe. are there any specific instructions for 1/2 recipe???
DeleteJust half everything.
DeleteI hope this question wasn't already asked but I'm sure it was. I just didn't take time to read throught all the comments so..
ReplyDeleteCan this recipe be used in a bread machine?
Yes it can
DeleteKing Arthur flour...the end
ReplyDeleteI am not a baker by any means. Heck, I can barely put a decent meal together but I made these rolls today. I just cut the recipe in half. OMG, they were amazing. Even my husband was blown away by how yummy they tasted. Thank you for posting this recipe. I will surely make the rolls again and again.
ReplyDeleteI use 2 tablespoon of Dough enhancer added while mixing the dough and they are PERFECT!
ReplyDeleteDonna, I have made these rolls several times and each and every time, they are perfect! I have not altered your recipe. Thank you so much for this winner.
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