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Home » Side Dishes » Bread » Lemon Honey Dinner Rolls

Lemon Honey Dinner Rolls

Created: April 5, 2017 Updated: October 26, 2020 by Lyuba Brooke 6 Comments *This post may contain affiliate links. Read More...

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Delicious way to add more flavor to your next family dinner. These soft and fluffy honey dinner rolls are made with lemon and honey inside and topped with warm, buttery lemon honey mixture.

Honey Lemon Dinner Rolls stacked on a baking sheet

HONEY DINNER ROLLS

How bright do your family’s eyes light up when they see fresh dinner rolls on the table?

My family gets pretty excited. One year, I forgot to make rolls or biscuits for Thanksgiving dinner and you should have seen those sad, disappointed looks. It didn’t matter that I cooked for two days straight. Even with all the delicious, juicy turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, two different vegetables, salad, homemade sangria, and TWO dessert dishes. They wanted rolls! Apparently, all the sides were irrelevant without the dinner rolls.

So don’t repeat my mistake this upcoming holiday dinner, or on any other family holiday, and make sure to remember the rolls! Better yet, make these delicious Lemon and Honey Dinner Rolls that are bursting with flavor and covered in sweet buttery mixture.

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brushing Honey Lemon Dinner Rolls in a baking dish with butter

To make it look pretty and festive, I wanted my honey dinner rolls to look like a flower, so I baked them in 9-inch round pans. The rolls look so pretty served in a shape of a flower, it makes the whole dinner experience extra special.

Of course, you don’t have to make these dinner rolls in two round pans, you can use one 9×13 pan instead. The round share is just for the pretty look.

Honey Lemon Dinner Rolls stacked up in a baking pan

Some More Recipes To Try:

Honey Butter Biscuits

Easy Lemon Thyme Skillet Biscuits

Potato Dinner Rolls

Homemade Parmesan Garlic Herb Bread Sticks

Rolled Potato Rolls

Hawaiian Rolls

tearing a Honey Lemon Dinner Rolls in half

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Honey Lemon Dinner Rolls in a baking dish with lemons in the background

 

Honey Lemon Dinner Rolls

These soft and fluffy honey dinner rolls are made with lemon and honey inside and topped with warm, buttery lemon honey mixture.
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 50 minutes minutes
Servings: 12 rolls
Calories: 251kcal
Author: Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  • 1 Tbsp white granulated sugar
  • 1/4 oz packet of Rapid Rise yeast
  • 4 to 4 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 3 Tbsp salted butter melted
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp lemon extract
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 2 Tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Butter topping:
  • 2 Tbsp butter melted
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp honey
  • 1/4 tsp lemon extract

Instructions

  • Combine sugar and yeast in a mixing bowl.
  • Warm up your milk to 120 degrees and add warm milk to the sugar and yeast. Stir and let the mixture bloom for 10 minutes.
  • Add 3 cups of flour and salt to the mixing bowl of the electric mixer. Start mixing on low and pour in the milk mixture.
  • Add egg, melted butter, honey, lemon extract and lemon zest to the mixing bowl as well.
  • Add remaining flour to the mixture, while it's stirring, 1/4 cup at a time. Mix until all flour is just combined. The dough will be thick and coming off the walls but still sticky.
  • Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead it a few times.
  • Shape it into a circle, cover with some saran wrap and a towel and let it rest and rise for 30-45 minutes. (I usually put my dough on a thick cutting board and I leave it on or near a warm stove. Make sure the stove-top is NOT on but the oven is on low temperature.)
  • Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces. (You can make smaller rolls and more rolls but dividing into 24 pieces but you will have to adjust baking temperature.)
  • Very lightly flour your hands and roll each dough piece into a ball.
  • I chose to do these dinner roll in 2 9-inch round pans because I wanted to achieve a flower look. You can choose to use a 9x13 pan and place all dough balls into one pan. Make sure to grease the pans you use.
  • Add rolled dough balls into greased pans. Divide the dough balls into 6 in each round pan (or place all 12 in a 9x13 pan). Cover with a towel and let them rise for 30-60 minutes, until doubled in size.
  • Preheat the oven to 375.
  • Bake dinner rolls for 18-20 minutes, until golden brown on top. (Remember to adjust time if making 24 smaller rolls.)
  • Melt butter in the microwave and mix it with honey and lemon extract. Brush all dinner rolls generously with the butter mixture.

Nutrition

Calories: 251kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 250mg | Potassium: 108mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 215IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 2mg
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 collage top photo brushing rolls with butter, middle photo is of rolls stacked in a baking dish, bottom photo is tearing roll in half

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ABOUT LYUBA

I’m Lyuba Brooke, mother of 2, the cook, recipe developer, photographer, and author behind willcookforsmiles.com. I share many classic and original recipes, cooking tips, and tutorials. My passion is sharing delicious meals for everyone to try. Read more...

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All images and text ©Lyubov Brooke for ©Will Cook For Smiles. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If using my posts in collections and features, please link back to this post for the recipe. Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have variations.

Comments

  1. Susan says

    August 20, 2023 at 9:57 am

    Made these yesterday for a Lemon-themed dinner party. They were outstanding!!! I did use half bread flour because I had it, and swapped the glaze for a simple egg wash. Formed the dough into double-knotted rolls (4oz each) and baked for 15 minutes at 375 degrees. Not only were the rolls beautiful, they were delicious! The lemon was subtle but apparent, the texture was chewy and spongy, and they were a big hit. Will definitely make again. I took a photo of my finished rolls but don’t see how I can post the picture.

    Reply
    • LyubaB says

      August 22, 2023 at 11:03 am

      That sounds lovely! I am glad the recipe worked out for you! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Melissa says

    March 3, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    These came out great! Fantastic recipe!

    Reply
    • LyubaB says

      August 22, 2023 at 11:01 am

      So glad you liked them, Melissa!

      Reply
  3. Sara says

    November 11, 2020 at 12:47 am

    5 stars
    These were amazing!

    Reply
    • LyubaB says

      November 11, 2020 at 3:23 pm

      Aw thank you, Sara!

      Reply

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