Texas Roadhouse Rolls and Cinnamon Butter

Texas Roadhouse Rolls With homemade cinnamon butter are the ultimate bread recipe. A copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls recipe that will curb your carb cravings.

We love rolls, and this Roadhouse Rolls recipe hit the spot. Tender, buttery, and slathered with their famous honey cinnamon butter.

We used our Instant Pot to proof our roll dough. If you have an Instant Pot with the yogurt setting give it a try.

If not no worries you can proof the dough in a greased bowl on the counter. It just takes about 30 minutes to an hour longer to do the traditional rising of the yeast rolls.

Why Make Texas Roadhouse Rolls…

• Instant Pot speeds up proofing
• You can proof dough on counter the classic way as well
• Copycat Texas Roadhouse Recipe
• Freezes Well
• Recipe for Honey Butter As Well

We also have the Texas Roadhouse Steaks Seasoning if you are interested as well!

Ingredients Needed

• Active Dry Yeast
• Milk
• Water
• Sugar
• Flour
• Salt
• Egg
• Butter
• Cinnamon
• Honey
• Powdered Sugar

How To Make Texas Roadhouse Rolls

Step 1: Start by working on your yeast mixture with the milk. Heat your milk to 105 degrees, and add a little sugar and yeast to allow it to bubble. This takes around 5 minutes.

Step 2: Once you have milk, water, butter, and a little sugar warm pour in the yeast and let sit. It needs to activate. It will bubble up.

Step 3: Now grab your stand mixer with a dough hook and get to mixing. Once the dough is formed we place in the pressure cooker to rise. This takes 30 minutes which shaved off some time.

Step 4: Punch down yeast roll dough and roll out on a floured surface. Cut, bake, butter, and devour.

How To Make Dough Rise

When working with yeast, it needs a warm environment. You will find these two methods are great for getting your dough to rise double in size.

Counter Methods for Dough

Once your dough is mixed up, take your dough ball and place it in a greased bowl.

Cover with a towel and let it sit for an hour. We find a warmer place in the home to let the dough rest.

Instant Pot Method For Dough

We use this method all the time. mix up your dough as directed. Then place your dough ball in the bottom of the pot in your Instant Pot.

Now cover with a glass lid, and turn yogurt setting on. Make sure it is on low yogurt and let rise 30 minutes.

Storage

You can store these dinner rolls on the counter in an airtight container or sealable bag. Make sure that you store the cinnamon butter in the fridge, as it will store best that way.

Freezing Rolls – You can freeze these dinner rolls as well. Just allow to fully cool and then freeze for 3-4 months.

Reheating Rolls – Warm them up in the microwave. Thaw on the counter. Or wrap tightly in aluminum foil and heat in the oven. All methods work great.

Practical notes

What is the best yeast to use for dinner rolls?

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Can we make Texas Roadhouse rolls in advance?

Sure you can make these rolls in advance. What you will do is bake up your rolls exactly how you would in the recipe card. u003cbru003eAllow them to cool and then cover to store on the counter or toss them right into the freezer. u003cbru003eWhen we want to reheat them what we do is turn the oven on to 350 degrees, and wrap rolls in aluminum foil. u003cbru003ePlace in the oven and allow them to warm up. The aluminum foil will help them from drying out. Once done place on a platter or bread bowl and serve.

How to know yeast is activated?

Warm liquid, sugar, and yeast are the environment to bloom your yeast. It will bubble and foam up after it sits 5-10 minutes. Make sure you allow the active dry yeast time to bloom to ensure it is good still.

Does this recipe for rolls double?

You can double this dinner roll recipe. double the recipe and batch cook the dinner rolls in the oven.

That would be plain cruel if we gave you this roll recipe without the famous cinnamon butter! Don’t worry we have the cinnamon butter recipe in the recipe card below.

How to Make Cinnamon Butter

We used our stand mixer and whipped up softened butter with honey, cinnamon, and powdered sugar.

Crazy simple but yet so satisfying on every level. It’s safe to say our son loved the butter more than the rolls we think! This butter is great on any Instant pot roll, biscuit, etc.

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Ingredients

Makes 24 rolls

Roadhouse Rolls

• 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup sugar + 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg
• 3 1/2 – 4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon butter, for buttering rolls after cooked

Cinnamon Butter

• 1 stick of unsalted butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 1/2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Method

1. The first thing you will want to do is take a microwave safe bowl. Add in your milk, water, and dice up your 2 tablespoons of butter and put in the mixture.
2. Put in the microwave for 20-30 second increments. You will want to heat the mixture to 100-105 degrees F. Use a thermometer to ensure you reach the right temperature.
3. Once your mixture is warm, you will add in 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar, and your yeast. Sit the yeast mixture on the container, as it needs to rest for 5-10 minutes. Your yeast will begin to bubble, this is a great way to know your yeast is activated.
4. Once the yeast bubbles up then pour into your KitchenAid Stand Mixer. Put the dough hook on. Add in your sugar, egg, salt, and then slowly add in your flour. You won’t use all the flour possibly.
5. You want to make sure the dough forms a ball and is not sticky to the touch where it comes off on your hand. Add flour a little at a time so you don’t add too much and make your rolls dense.
6. Once it is ready layout on a floured surface and knead for a few minutes. Then place the dough ball to rise.
7. You can rise in a greased bowl on the counter for an hour or until it doubles in size. Or place in a greased Instant Pot with a glass lid. Then turn the yogurt setting on low for 30 minutes.
8. Take your risen dough and punch it down and then roll out. Fold the dough in half and slice into lines. Then cut into squares for the rolls.
9. Cover and let rise for 15 more minutes.
10. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees. Bake 8-13 minutes or until the rolls are done. Depending on thickness will depend on how long it takes to cook.
11. Then melt the 1 tablespoon of butter and then spread on the cooked rolls with a silicone brush.
12. Now you can add all the ingredients for your cinnamon butter in a bowl or stand mixer. Whip it up until creamed and fully mixed.
13. Now serve up warm Texas Roadhouse rolls with cinnamon butter for dinner or any other occasion you might be craving them.

Kitchen notes

Bloom yeast:

Make sure to allow your yeast to bloom. The milk needs to be 105-110 degrees so it allows yeast to bloom without killing it. Double the Recipe: You can double this recipe, just batch cook the rolls. Freezing Rolls: Freeze dinner rolls you don’t eat right away. Just store in the freezer for 3-4 months in an airtight container or freezer bag. Warming Rolls Up: Warm up your Texas Roadhouse rolls by wrapping in aluminum foil and place in a 350 degree oven. Let it warm up for around 5-10 minutes. Remove and then serve with butter and enjoy, soft warm rolls!