In the bottom of your stand mixer bowl, add 2 teaspoons active dry yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar to ¼ cup warm water. Allow yeast to proof, or double in size, which takes about 5 minutes.
Place 1 cup milk in the microwave for 45 seconds. Add 1 tablespoon melted butter to the milk and stir until completely melted. Allow the milk to cool until it is lukewarm.
Once the yeast has doubled, add the milk to the yeast mixture. Add ¼ cup sugar and about half of the 3-4 cups all-purpose flour and mix until it reaches the consistency of a muffin batter. Let rest for 10 minutes.
Add 1 egg and 1 teaspoon salt to the mixture. Mix well. Add the remaining flour to form a soft dough. Knead the dough until it is smooth and satiny.
Cover and let rise until it doubles in size. Once it has doubled, punch the dough and let it rest for 10 minutes.
Lightly flour a surface and roll the dough into a large rectangle, about a ½-inch thick. Cut the rectangle in half, then cut each half into 6 square pieces with a pizza cutter.
Place rolls on a greased baking sheet and allow them to rise until doubled in size.
Bake the rolls at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-15 minutes or until the tops are golden brown.
To make the honey butter, whip together butter, powdered sugar, honey, and cinnamon and serve on warm rolls.
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Recipe Originally posted on November 5, 2013 Updated on September 6, 2020