Easter Bunny Dinner Rolls
These adorable bunny dinner rolls will be the star at your Easter dinner - make with with homemade roll dough or make it easy using frozen dough!
Servings: 12 rolls
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Active Dry Yeast
- 1 cup Warm Water
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 2 tablespoon Butter softened
- 1 Large Egg
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 3 and 1/4 cup All Purpose Flour
For Adding Faces (optional)
- 1 tbsp Chocolate Chips
- or Food Marker
Instructions
- In a stand mixer, mix together the roll ingredients using a dough hook, adding a little more flour if needed for the dough to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
- Knead dough 5-10 minutes until you have a soft dough that is smooth and elastic.
- Turn dough out onto greased or floured surface and form a ball. Cover and allow to rise until doubled in size, 60-90 minutes (you can also place dough in a greased bowl to rise).
- Turn dough onto floured surface and punch down. Divide dough into 3 pieces, then divide each piece into 6 to make 18 evenly sized pieces of dough.
- Roll 12 pieces of dough into balls and place on a lined cookie sheet.
- Cut the remaining 6 pieces of dough into 4 pieces each. Roll each piece into a rope about 6 inches long and fold it in half to create an ear. Tuck the ends of two ears under each ball of dough to create a bunny shape. See photos or video in post to see examples.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly cover the bunny rolls with a towel and allow to rise about 30 minutes, until puffed slightly.
- Bake rolls approximately 20 minutes, until tops are golden brown. Serve immediately OR allow to cool completely and draw on eyes and noses using food marker or melted chocolate chips piped from a sandwich bag.
Notes
Please see the blog post for more information: https://wp.me/p405LX-5CK
- video of how to shape rolls
- info on how to use frozen roll dough instead of making your own