Delicious & Easy Rhodes Rolls Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What is the quick method for Rhodes rolls? ›

Speed Thaw Method – Use with Caution

Preheat oven to 200°F. Then turn the oven off. Boil 2 quarts water and put in a pan on the lowest rack. Put rolls in the oven and let thaw and rise until double in size.

Spray your pan with cooking spray. Place frozen dough on your pan. Cover with sprayed plastic wrap to keep from sticking to dough while rising. Place your pan in the refrigerator overnight or all day long.

Place frozen rolls evenly on pan and cover with plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray to keep from sticking to rolls while rising. BAKE – Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Carefully remove plastic wrap. Bake 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.

Why did my dough not rise? Sometimes dough has been allowed to thaw and refreeze, which can deactivate the yeast. Also make sure the dough has does not have ice crystals or is close to the expiration date. Make sure you don't buy thawed dough at your store.

from sticking while rising. Let rise 3 to 5 hours, until rolls double in size.

“If the dough has risen too long, it's going to feel fragile and might even collapse as you poke it,” says Maggie.

The optimum rising temperature for most doughs is around 22 °C to 25 °C or 72 °F to 77 °F. At this temperature, the yeast or sourdough starter is sufficiently active to raise bread, pizza or bun dough. At higher temperatures, the raising agent is too active and the dough does not have enough time to develop.

If the rolls or bread are browning too quickly, cover them with foil (shiny side up).

Yes, you can bake frozen dinner rolls directly from the freezer. However, it is recommended to allow them to thaw and rise for best results.

Rhodes is always the best choice with frozen breads. It tastes like you made it from scratch. We had to put ours on top of the stove that had the oven on to create enough heat to finish the rising process. It finished raising within 30 minutes.

Can frozen Rhodes rolls go bad? ›

Yeast is an active ingredient that can be damaged and deactivated by being thawed and refrozen. So keep Rhodes frozen solid until you are ready to bake it. Yeast is the most active when it is fresh. For the best baking experience use Rhodes within 30 days of buying.

Rather than placing the dough in the refrigerator overnight, leave it covered on the counter for 1 to 4 hours until it's ready to bake. Since the dough is proofed at room temperature, I find using the poke test a very effective way to tell when the bread dough is ready for the oven.

You can also put hot water in a heat-safe dish and place it on the floor of a cold oven (or on a lower shelf). The steam and heat from the water will help the temperature rise just enough that the yeast is active. The steam will also assist in keeping the surface of the dough moist so it will stretch as it rises.

The bread dough thaws best in the microwave. Microwave 5 minutes on the defrost setting for one loaf of frozen bread dough. - Tips prepared by Rhodes Bake-N-Serve.

Wet a few paper towels and then wring out so that they're damp, but not soaked. Cover the rolls with the paper towel, making sure that the tops are completely covered. Microwave for a minute at a time, checking after each minute to ensure that the rolls are defrosting, not cooking.

Set the bowl of dough in the microwave and shut the door.

Leave the glass of water in the microwave with the dough. The glass of water and the heat from the microwave will create a warm, moist environment that will help the dough rise faster.