Refrigerator Rolls
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These Refrigerator Rolls are soft, light, and buttery and the dough can be made the night before making them perfect for any family gathering.
Whenever my mom makes these refrigerator rolls she makes a ton of them. And they don’t last long because you can never have just one, or two, or three. I remember one year my mom made these rolls and her from scratch spaghetti sauce for my birthday party. I was one happy camper!
They are still a favorite so when we were making them on Christmas I figured I better snag some pictures. If you aren’t confident in roll making these are a simple one to start with. The process may seem a little complicated but it’s not at all.
Make your dough, roll it out and cut out the dough rounds. They don’t need to be too perfect.
Use a scrap piece of dough to dip in the butter and mop the top of the biscuits.
Fold dough in half.
And pinch the seams shut.
Lay them out in a cookie sheet or jelly roll pan slightly apart. Cover with a clean dishcloth and let rise.
We made 4 pans of these and oh man they were so yummy! The leftovers are yummy when toasted and with a little honey.
When we make these for family gatherings you almost always see No Bake Cherry Cream Cheese Pie as well as it’s another one of our family favorites.
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 Refrigerator Rolls
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a large bowl pour boiling water over the 2/3 cup sugar, salt, and the butter. Mix slightly to insure butter melted. Cool to lukewarm.
- In a separate bowl combine 1/2 T sugar, yeast, and warm water. Mix and let sit for 10-15 minutes.
- Add 2 beaten eggs to the butter and water mixture. Then add the yeast mixture. Add 6 cups unsifted flour and stir- but do not beat. Cover lightly and chill overnight or at least 4 hours.
- Roll dough out 1/4" thick on a floured board. Cut with a biscuit cutter. Dip a small piece of dough in the 4 Tbsp melted butter and use it to mop the top of each roll. Fold round in half and place slightly apart on a greased jelly roll pan or cookie sheet. Pinch open edges to seal.
- Let rise 2 hours in a warm, draft free place. Bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes.
Lena, I loved the taste of these and I made kolaches out of them as well. Unfortunately, my dough was really sticky, hard to work with and they went out rather than up. What did I do wrong? Thank you for sharing the recipe. Will definitely be trying them again.
Hi Pat, I’m glad you liked the recipe but sorry that you had a hard time working with the dough. Did you make any substitutions? And where do you live? Humidity of different areas can greatly affect any sort of dough so that might be a factor.
You said you made 4 sheets of these rolls is that how many this recipe makes ? Please tell me how many this recipe you posted will make I need a lot
This recipe makes 3 dozen rolls which should all fit on one cookie sheet. So we quadrupled the recipe to make 4 sheet pans of rolls.
There is nothing quite like the smell of freshly baked bread….although have never baked my own. Something I need to change I think!
Thanks for sharing at Marvelous Monday on Smart Party Planning.
These look great! My husband loves making rolls so I will pass this along to him.
Your husband does the roll making in your house? Will you send him over to teach my hubby?
This looks yummy! Thanks for linking up at Totally Terrific Tuesday! I hope you come back this week. We’d love to know what you’ve been up to!
Oh my hubby would love this recipe. He loves a good bun! Thank-you for linking up to bloggers brags pinterest party. I have pinned this picture to our board.
Looks like an easy recipe! Thanks for sharing on Tasty Tuesdays!
This recipe does sound really easy to make! I’m not a very confident bread/roll maker but this sounds doable even for me 🙂
Thanks for sharing with Tasty Tuesday this week!
Lena I’m with you. I’m not a confident bread maker- me and yeast have quarrels a lot but these I can make. Good luck.
LOVE this way of doing rolls. This is almost the exact recipe I use and my rolls get raves all the time. I even took them to a church homecoming once and the quartet that was going to sing that day was there for lunch and the singing was going to be at 1pm….The man got up to start the singing and he said “I’ll introduce the quartet in just a minute … but before I forget … I want to know WHO made those rolls and will you give me the recipe after the singing.” lol I can’t WAIT to try foldinig them over like this….Thanks for sharing ….
That is such an awesome story Kay. I’m sure the congregation got a good laugh out of it. They really are fantastic rolls.