Do you struggle to use up all the bread that you bring into the house? I know I do. It is especially challenging when you are a person who lives all on their own. The birds in my back yard probably eat more of the bread that I buy than I do!
I have tried freezing it, but in all honesty, that only works in the short term. I have found that it just doesn't keep as well as I would like it to. The quality is not the same, and so I just end up throwing it out to the birds anyways. There are some things you can do with it such as make breadcrumbs or croutons, but again, you can only use up so much of those as well.
It is hard to buy dinner rolls where I live in an amount any less than one dozen. I always struggle to use them up while they are still fresh. Inevitably I end up having to get rid of most of them after a day or two when they go stale.
I stumbled across a recipe the other day on Brown Eyed Baker which repurposed dinner rolls in a novel and delicious looking way! I immediately bookmarked it to try the next time I had rolls that needed using up.
I made them today. Easy Pull Apart Garlic Buns. I found myself wondering why I had not thought of this myself! DUH! I make garlic bread all the time with sliced bread or French bread, but why NOT use dinner rolls!
These are created by making diagonal cuts into the rolls almost all the way through and then applying a rich and delicious melted garlic butter and some cheese before wrapping them in foil and toasting them in the oven. The end result is a garlic dinner roll that has an abundance of crispy buttery crevices loaded with savory garlic and cheese.
Can you spell D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!! (This is a small batch recipe which makes only six buttery, delicious, garlicky rolls. You can easily double it to make more.)
- 6 dinner rolls, homemade or store bought
- 1/4 cup (60g) butter, melted
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 TBS minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup (45g) grated Parmesan cheese
HOW TO MAKE EASY PULL APART GARLIC BUNS
These only look complicated. Trust me when I tell you that they are a lot easier to make than they look!
Preheat the oven to 350*F/180*C/ gas mark 4. Line a 7 by 11-inch baking dish with some aluminum foil, leaving a large overhang of six inches on both long edges.
Using a serrated knife, cut across the tops of the dinner rolls at 1-inch intervals in one direction, stopping short about 1/2 inch from the bottoms. Turn the rolls 180 degrees and repeat so that you have 1/2-inch squares cut through the rolls, whilst leaving them intact on the bottom.
Place onto the center of the foil in the baking dish.
Whisk together the melted butter, garlic, salt and parsley.
Gently pry open the cuts on the rolls and drizzle some between each of the cuts, dividing it as equally amongst the rolls and reserving some for the end.
Push some Parmesan cheese down into the cuts. Drizzle the remaining butter over the tops.
Pull the foil from the sides up over top of the rolls and seal shut on all sides.
Bake for 15 minutes. Pull open the foil and bake for a further 5 to 8 minutes until the rolls are lightly browned and the cheese has melted.
Serve immediately to your appreciative family!
You don't have to use stale rolls to make these. You can use fresh rolls as well. I used the ones that you buy at the grocery store that are baked all together that you just pull apart to serve. They usually come 12 to a pack. At least they do here.
You could also use dinner rolls that you have made yourself. I have an excellent recipe for Pull Apart Dinner Rolls here. They are excellent! I highly recommend!
Easy Pull Apart Garlic Buns
These tasty garlic rolls are a delicious way to refresh stale dinner rolls. They are a fabulous alternative to the traditional garlic bread. This is a small batch recipe which can easily be doubled for a larger crowd.
Ingredients
- 6 dinner rolls, homemade or store bought
- 1/4 cup (60g) butter, melted
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 TBS minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup (45g) grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350*F/180*C/ gas mark 4. Line a 7 by 11-inch baking dish with some aluminum foil, leaving a large overhang of six inches on both long edges.
- Using a serrated knife, cut across the tops of the dinner rolls at 1-inch intervals in one direction, stopping short about 1/2 inch from the bottoms. Turn the rolls 180 degrees and repeat so that you have 1/2-inch squares cut through the rolls, whilst leaving them intact on the bottom.
- Place onto the center of the foil in the baking dish.
- Whisk together the melted butter, garlic, salt and parsley.
- Gently pry open the cuts on the rolls and drizzle some between each of the cuts, dividing it as equally amongst the rolls and reserving some for the end.
- Push some Parmesan cheese down into the cuts.
- Drizzle the remaining butter over the tops.
- Pull the foil from the sides up over top of the rolls and seal shut on all sides.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Pull open the foil and bake for a further 5 to 8 minutes until the rolls are lightly browned and the cheese has melted.
- Serve immediately to your appreciative family!
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Probably a dumb question, but do we use already baked rolls, or raw?
ReplyDeleteThere is no such thing as a dumb question. The rolls used here are baked dinner rolls. The kind that you buy in the shops that are joined together that you have to pull apart into single rolls. There are usually a dozen in a pack. I hope this helps! PS - you could use any already baked roll.
DeleteI made these garlic buns to have with Canada Day BBQ salmon dinner. I used a couple of good quality hot dog buns since that's what I had to work with and they turned out crispy and delicious! 10/10.
ReplyDeleteI am so pleased that you made and enjoyed these! I think you could use any kind of roll to be honest! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your feedback! It is very much appreciated! xo
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