Huge, very important question: what doesn’t garlic butter belong on?
Sure, maybe not everything—brownies, coconut cake, or peanut butter truffles might be exceptions. But when you have soft, fluffy bread brushed with melted garlic butter and fresh herbs, do those exceptions really matter?
Okay, I probably shouldn’t have dragged peanut butter truffles into this. Still—this is serious business.
Guess what: someone else in my house loves kneading dough as much as I do.
His little hands in the dough melt me. He absolutely adores playing with dough—last weekend, when I was making pie crust, he could not stand that I wasn’t letting him roll it out.
It’s so, so fun.
So: buttery pull-apart dinner rolls. They’re absolutely a thing.
I’ll be honest—I originally tried to recreate the flaky, buttery rolls my grandma used to buy around the holidays. They practically melted in your mouth; I think they were called butter flake rolls. I’m not even a bread person, and those made me one.
They converted me into someone who dips rolls in gravy at Thanksgiving.
I’ve tried to recreate those rolls for years without getting it right. I’ve searched all the recipes—none were exactly the same.
What I have had success with are my brown butter herb garlic knots, and I realized those could be adapted into single-portion pull-apart rolls. Pull-apart perfection.
These little puffs of buttery bread would be thrilled to land on your holiday table. You can make the dough the night before, even arrange the pieces in the muffin tin, then bake them right before dinner while the turkey rests. Sounds pretty great, right?
If that doesn’t sound fantastic, make them for dinner in two weeks—because we are right in the middle of CARB SEASON.
Carbs on carbs on carbs. Is butter a carb?
Garlic Butter Pull Apart Rolls
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Ingredients
- 1 1/8 cups warm water about 100-105 degrees
- 3 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
melted herb butter
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons freshly chopped basil
- 1 tablespoon freshly chopped parsley
- 1/2 tablespoon freshly chopped oregano
Instructions
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In a large bowl, combine the warm water, active dry yeast, honey and olive oil. Stir and let sit until foamy, about 10 minutes. Add 2 1/2 cups of the flour and the salt, stirring until the dough starts to come together but is still sticky. Form the dough into a ball and work in the additional 1/2 cup flour on a floured surface as needed, kneading for a few minutes. Rub the bowl with a little olive oil, place the dough inside and turn to coat. Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm spot for about 1 1/2 hours.
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Meanwhile, heat a saucepan over medium heat and add the 6 tablespoons of butter. Whisk and stir as it bubbles; after 2 to 3 minutes you should see brown bits forming on the bottom. Remove from heat immediately and stir in the minced garlic. Set aside.
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Preheat the oven to 350°F.
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After the dough has risen, punch it down and place it on a floured surface. Roll it into a large, thin rectangle or oval. Pour the browned butter with garlic over the dough and brush it evenly. Make 4 long lengthwise cuts and about 8 horizontal cuts to create roughly 2-inch squares.
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Brush a muffin tin with extra melted butter or spray with nonstick spray. Gather about four squares at a time, pinch the ends together lightly, and place them into each muffin cup. Cover the tin with a towel and let rest in a warm spot for 20 minutes.
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Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the tops are golden and the rolls are puffed. Remove from the oven and brush generously with the melted herb butter.
melted herb butter
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Melt 4 tablespoons of butter and stir in the chopped basil, parsley and oregano. Brush this herb butter over the rolls while they are still hot.
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These rolls would also benefit from a generous shower of cheese.