Thanksgiving Recipe Idea: Homemade Wheat & Herb Dinner Rolls

*Warning - you will need a breadmaker for this recipe.

Who doesn't love warm, homemade dinner rolls served up with Thanksgiving supper? It is so easy to buy the kind in the bread aisle, or even worse, the kind in the refrigerated section that you have to pop open. I am not making fun of anyone that does this, but it is just not my thing. Homemade bread and rolls are so much healthier and they simply taste way better. I use mostly whole wheat flour with this recipe, which is a good way to incorporate whole grains.

Homemade Wheat & Herb Dinner Rolls
Serves: 12 - 15 rolls
Adapted from: http://fortheloveofcooking-recipes.blogspot.com/2010/11/herb-dinner-rolls.html

Ingredients:
1 cup of water
2 tablespoons of light butter, softened
1 egg - room temperature
1 1/4 cup bread flour
2 cups white whole wheat flour or whole wheat flour
1 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 cup sugar or 1/4 cup of pure honey
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons regular active dry yeast

Directions:
-Using a bread machine, place all the dough ingredients into the machine in the order listed. You typically want wet ingredients first and then the dry, with the yeast being the last thing you add.
-Select the dough cycle and press start. It will take approx 1 1/2 hours to be finished.
-Once the dough is done, grease a cookie sheet. Divide the dough into 12 - 15 even pieces and shape into a ball and place on the cookie sheet. Do this with the remainder of the dough. Make sure to keep each of the balls of dough about 2 inches apart.
-Brush the dinner rolls with some melted butter and then cover with a cloth or kitchen towel.
-Let the dough rise for 30 to 40 minutes or until the dough has doubled in size
-Preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown

Enjoy! :)

*These are so easy and very scrumptious...you and your family will love these for Thanksgiving!