Knotted Bread Rolls Recipe

Enjoy these buttery bread rolls at your next dinner! Super easy and fun to make!

My mom taught me to love cooking from a young age. I remember always having hot meals on the table almost every night! I remember her spending countless hours in the kitchen and slowly teaching all 4 of us girls how to cook. Not until after I was married did I realize the joys of cooking. Not everyone experiences those joys of cooking. But luckily I am one of them and it all started with these knotted bread rolls!

Every Sunday my mom has all of us over to a nice Sunday dinner. And let me tell you these meals are gourmet! I look forward to them every week! These rolls have become one of the staples at Sunday dinner. Usually she makes normal knotted but then makes a couple batches of her orange rolls. They are both amazing! The picture I have included is of the normal knotted rolls, but I will put the recipe for both regular and orange! Hope your family loves them as much as ours!

Before we dive in, if you love these rolls, you will also LOVE my overnight cinnamon roll recipe!

How to make Knotted Bread Rolls

Mom's Knotted Bread Rolls

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Enjoy these buttery bread rolls at your next dinner! Super easy and fun to make!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1 Tablespoon yeast
• 3/4 cup + teaspoon sugar
• 1 Tablespoon salt
• 1 cup instant potato flakes
• 8 cups bread flour
• 3/4 cup butter 
• 3 cups of milk
• 4 eggs

Instructions

1. In a stand mixer add warm water, yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar. Combine and let sit for 10 minutes or until it bubbles. Then add sugar, salt, instant potato flakes and 2 cups bread flour. Mix together.
2. In a saucepan, melt 3/4 cup butter and add 3 cups of milk. Heat and cool to warm so it won’t kill the yeast. Add all ingredients into bread mixer. Add 4 eggs (room temperature) and 6 cups of flour.
3. Dough will be sticky. Let rise for 1 hour. Roll out in a rectangle and cover with softened butter for plain or filling for orange rolls. Fold over into a tri-fold, or letter-fold, and cut into 1-inch strips. Knot rolls and put onto cookie sheet (12 rolls to sheet). Let rise for 3 hours. Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes (or until very lightly browned).

Ingredients

yields: 3 dozen rolls

• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1 Tablespoon yeast
• 3/4 cup + teaspoon sugar
• 1 Tablespoon salt
• 1 cup instant potato flakes
• 8 cups bread flour
• 3/4 cup butter 
• 3 cups of milk
• 4 eggs

Instructions

1. In a stand mixer add warm water, yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar. Combine and let sit for 10 minutes or until it bubbles. Then add sugar, salt, instant potato flakes and 2 cups bread flour. Mix together.
2. In a saucepan, melt 3/4 cup butter and add 3 cups of milk. Heat and cool to warm so it won’t kill the yeast. Add all ingredients into bread mixer. Add 4 eggs (room temperature) and 6 cups of flour.
3. Dough will be sticky. Let rise for 1 hour. Roll out in a rectangle and cover with softened butter for plain or filling for orange rolls. Fold over into a tri-fold, or letter-fold, and cut into 1-inch strips. Knot rolls and put onto cookie sheet (12 rolls to sheet). Let rise for 3 hours. Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes (or until very lightly browned).

Filling Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• Orange peel (from 2 oranges)

Glaze:

• 4 to 5 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Orange juice (until glaze is a thin consistency)

Combine glaze ingredients and stir until smooth. Pour over the warm rolls.

{To see a tutorial on how to make these rolls visit my Sister’s Blog }