I was asked to purchase rolls for about 40 folks for a meeting (also making a side of roasted cauliflower salad, and bringing some store bought potato salad for the folks who prefer that) , and I read about frozen Rhodes dinner rolls. The 5 Best Store-Bought Bread Rolls For Your Holiday Table
I’m limiting carbs, and I don’t really bake much, but I still wanted to try something besides the beloved “King’s Hawaiian”. I will definitely go there if this doesn’t work.
We really like Rhodes frozen rolls. 36 to a bag and 9 to a sheet each time. Will be having them for Thanksgiving. But I always let them rise at room temp. Takes a good 4 - 5 hours. I would think twice about 40 ( or 80 if two apiece - they are that good brushed with butter😊) thawing and rising in the fridge. Even the website says just in case they haven’t doubled let them rise while the oven is preheating. I don’t know if i’d trust that if I were coming down to the wire.
I have a new fridge with more room than the old one so thought I’d give the overnight thaw a shot. Hope it works out as well as yours did. Will keep you posted.
Looking forward to it!
BTW, I brushed with butter and sprinkled with a little fancy salt.
I also did one of the rolls where you put two in a muffin tins, and those looked great!
Ok, here’s the scoop. After 10 hours in the fridge the rolls basically just thawed out. But that was fine because I still felt ahead of the game. Then 3 1/2 hours to rise at room temp. Think I let mine rise longer than you do. 15 minutes exactly @ 350*. Perfect. I will definitely use this method from now on since letting rise from frozen at room temp can be unpredictable. Thanks for bringing this Rhodes fridge thaw to my attention.
Probably thought you’d never see this thread pop up again. I tried Rhodes bread dough today. Rising time can be iffy as usual. But if you let it thaw and rise in a warm place it should only take 4 - 5 hours. It did not produce a crusty loaf by any means. Soft loaf. But very tasty warm out of the oven with butter. We liked it. It will do in a pinch believe me.