Old Fashioned Cloverleaf Dinner rolls are is a classic dinner roll recipe. These yeast dinner rolls are easily made using a muffin tin. We have had this Classic Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls Recipe for years and years.
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We think this recipe was very popular in the early sixty’s when ladies were always looking for different ways to serve dinner. Remember the thousands of ways to serve Jello? We think it was in the era that the housewives created new and different ways of using one tried and true bread recipe but baking it and serving it in ingenious ways. The easy way the rolls are made to come apart after baking was and is still very appealing. They are easily made using a muffin tin, and the rolls will separate into three or four pieces. The trick is to make small pieces of dough and place 3-4 pieces into each cup of the tin.
I remember my girls used to help me by rolling up the balls of dough and placing it in the cupcake pans. They loved making the little balls of dough and then pulling apart the cooked rolls and smearing them with butter.
This Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls Recipe would be great for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day and Easter Dinner, but don’t wait till a holiday to try these babies, they will make any dinner a special occasion. And if you made them with four parts, wouldn’t these Cloverleaf rolls be just perfect for St Patrick’s Day Dinner?
This classic dinner roll recipe is always our go-to recipes for all our celebrations.
Old Fashion Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls
Vintage style of dinner rolls
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Rising Time1 hr 30 mins
Total Time40 mins
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 Package active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1/2 cup warm milk
- 1 egg beaten
- Cupcake pans
Instructions
- Mix 2 cups of the flour with the sugar, butter, salt and yeast in a large bowl
- Add the water, milk, and egg and beat on low speed then keep adding flour until dough is easy to handle
- Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic about 5 minutes
- Place in a large greased bowl, cover and place in warm place. Let rise until double in size, about 1 hour
- Punch down dough and shape into 1 inch balls. Place 3 balls in each of the 24 greased muffin cups or cupcake pans
- Cover and let rise until double, about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile heat oven to 400 degrees. Bake until golden brown, about 12 to 18 minutes, brushing with extra butter at the last 2-3 minutes of cooking time.
Serve Classic Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls with:
Perfect Prime Rib
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Clay’s Apple Seasoned Grilled Ribs
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Cranberry Morning
November 5, 2013 at 4:25 amThey look delicious. I'm not a bad cook (or baker), but baking good dinner rolls has totally escaped me. I can make great pies and breads, but the last time I made dinner rolls, I swear they could have been used as weapons! Got a catapult? Maybe I should try your recipe.
Jessica Pelasky
November 5, 2013 at 4:33 amUmm deliciousness! 🙂
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Joy
November 10, 2013 at 1:15 amEvelyn, these are just beautiful. I am not kidding you when I say that I consider a cloverleaf roll to be a work of art, and you nailed it. And "lotsa" butter? The exact right amount. 😉
Love, Joy
Karly Campbell
November 10, 2013 at 1:00 pmNothing beats a homemade roll with dinner, these look fabulous! Thanks for linking up with What's Cookin' Wednesday!
MommyonDemand
November 11, 2013 at 2:29 pmThanks so much for sharing at Create it or Bake it! I love my carbs and these are screaming my name!! Come back over tomorrow cause you are being featured!!1
Couscous & Consciousness
November 12, 2013 at 1:00 amWe don't celebrate Thanksgiving in my part of the world, but your gorgeous looking dinner rolls look as though they would be perfect any time of year.
Kc W
November 12, 2013 at 2:06 amyum! There is just nothing better than the smell of yeast bread or rolls in the oven. Now you made me hungry!
Michelle
November 14, 2013 at 2:08 amI love that your favorite holiday is TG. Your rolls are beautiful. I've never attempted cloverleaf…or any other design for that matter!
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angsays
November 20, 2013 at 10:22 pmThey looks so good! I've finally "mastered" my own dinner rolls, my recipe calls for milk but I use water. For some reason when I use milk, the rolls become dry and dense. But I like you like to enjoy the dinner rolls with lotsa butter! 🙂
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Terri Henkels
November 22, 2013 at 2:36 amHomemade bread hot out of the oven with melted butter – Yes!! They look lovely.
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Molly Wagner
November 24, 2013 at 12:09 amI love the idea of baking these from scratch. We normally go the lazy way and buy them, but I think I'll give these a try this year. Nothing beats the smell of fresh baked bread (not even turkey, in my opinion:) I wanted to say thanks for linking your recipe up to our Lovely Ladies link party, and to let you know I've featured them in a great round-up of Thanksgiving sides & appetizers. You can check it out if you'd like- http://bit.ly/18wRyOb
Thanks so much- Molly from Just a Little Creativity