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A basket lined with a blue and white towel holds several golden-brown, fluffy homemade crescent rolls on a white tiled surface.

How to Make Homemade Crescent Rolls

These homemade crescent rolls are soft, buttery, and baked to golden perfection. With just a handful of simple ingredients, you’ll have bakery-style rolls that are perfect for holidays, family dinners, or any time you’re craving fresh bread. Serve them warm with a swipe of butter or jam, and watch them disappear fast!

Course Bread, Side Dish
Cuisine American, Side Dish
Keyword Crescent dough recipe, Homemade Crescent Rolls, How to make crescent dough, How to make homemade crescent rolls
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings 12
Author momma lew

Ingredients

  • 1 cup whole milk warmed
  • 2 ½ tsp yeast
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 3 ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 egg whisked
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¼ cup butter softened
  • 1 tablespoon flour

Instructions

  1. Mix warm milk, yeast and sugar. Set aside for 10 mins.
  2. After 10 mins, add 3 ¼ cup all purpose flour, whisked egg, ⅓ cup sugar and salt to a bowl with the yeast mixture and knead in an electric mixer with the dough hook attachment until well incorporated.
  3. Add ¼ Cup butter and 1 tablespoon flour and knead in the mixer for 10-15 mins.
    The dough should form a ball, if it does not, you will need to stop kneading with the dough hook at 10 mins and knead it by hand on a floured surface for the remaining 5 mins or until smooth.
  4. Place the smooth dough ball in a lightly oiled bowl, cover and let rise for 1 hour in a warm place.
  5. After 1 hour, turn dough out onto a floured surface and roll it into a large circle. The larger the circle the more slices you will be able to roll.
  6. Cut the dough into 12-16 sections (triangles) with a sharp knife, pizza roller or bench scraper.
  7. Roll each section into a circle, largest end first (like a crescent roll)
  8. Add to lightly greased 9*13 baking dish, cover and rest 30 mins in a warm place.
  9. After 30 minutes, brush with egg wash (1 egg + 1 tbsp water) and bake 25-30 mins or until golden brown.
  10. Brush with melted butter or honey butter upon removing from oven, serve warm and enjoy.

Recipe Notes

For a quick honey butter sauce, melt 3 tablespoons butter with 1-2 tablespoons honey in the microwave. Stir and brush onto freshly baked rolls.

Homemade crescent rolls are best the day they’re baked, but you can store them at room temperature for up to 2 days or freeze for longer.