Sea Salt Butter Rolls

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Sea Salt Butter Rolls - the best and softest butter rolls recipe ever. Topped with sea salt, these homemade butter rolls are easy to make and fail-proof. Make them for holidays or every day!

Easy and quick homemade baked sea salt butter rolls, served in a basket.
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This past summer, I spent a total of seven weeks in Shanghai, China. Little G was attending a Chinese language program.

I got our family an Airbnb which was just a 10 minute walk to little G’s school. There are lots of cafes, bakeries, patisseries and restaurants around.

Homemade healthy sea salt butter rolls.

Every morning, after I dropped him off at school, I would be wandering around–heading to my favorite bakery cafe for a cup of coffee, savoring these hot-off-the-oven pillowy soft, buttery and absolutely delightful Japanese-style Sea Salt Butter Rolls.

My days would always get off to a good start after a couple of the rolls.

Easy sea salt butter rolls bread, ready to serve.

Fast forward a few months later, we are now back in California. I miss my daily breakfast routine and decided to make these butter rolls on my own.


Recipe Ingredients

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Shopping for the recipe ingredients is not that hard. Here are what goes in the sea salt butter rolls:

  • Bread flour
  • Instant yeast
  • Eggs
  • Butter
  • Sugar

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Homemade Butter Rolls

Delicious easy baked sea salt butter rolls served in a basket.

How do you make bakery-quality butter rolls at home? I am going to teach you a step-by-step recipe along with pictures below.

Butter rolls are fun to make, and the end results are so worthy of the extra efforts.

These rolls are pillowy soft, with a nice golden sheen. The sea salt adds a nice savory nuance to the rolls, while the butter perfumes the inside with buttery flavor.

With Thanksgiving coming up in a few weeks, this is THE butter roll you need for your family.

Try my Sea Salt Butter Rolls recipe, I am sure you will love it. Happy baking!


Frequently Asked Questions

How many calories per serving?

This recipe is only 420 calories per serving.

Soft and fluffy homemade sea salt butter rolls in half.

What To Serve With Sea Salt Butter Rolls

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4.67 from 18 votes

Sea Salt Butter Rolls

Sea Salt Butter Rolls – the best and softest butter rolls recipe ever. Topped with sea salt, these homemade butter rolls are easy to make and fail-proof. Make them for holidays or every day!
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Additional Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 6 people
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Ingredients  

  • 1 cup whole milk, heated
  • 1 packet instant yeast
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 cups bread flour
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 stick unsalted butter, cut into 16 cubes, 2 oz./56 g
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, for brushing
  • 1 tablespoon Maldon sea salt flakes

Instructions 

  • Add the milk, instant yeast, unsalted butter and egg to the bowl of a stand mixer, follow by sugar, bread flour, all-purpose flour and salt.
  • Using the dough hook attachment, mix all the ingredients together until it forms a dough. Turn the speed to 4 and knead for about 10 minutes.
  • Once your dough has become smooth, stop kneading and let it proof in a large, greased bowl for 1 hour. After an hour, transfer the dough to a floured surface. Knock out all the air in the dough. Roll the dough to about 16-inch in round shape.
  • Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into 16 triangles. Cut 1/2 stick of cold butter into 16 small cubes. Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C).
  • Add a butter cube to the bottom part of the dough triangle.
  • Tug and roll the dough up to form a nice crescent roll shape.
  • Pinch the end to make sure it is secured. Transfer each butter roll to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, with the top side facing down. Let it proof for the second time for 1 1/2 hours.
  • Gently brush the butter rolls with the melted butter. Sprinkle the top with the sea salt flakes and bake in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the surface of the butter rolls turn light golden brown.
  • Remove from the oven, serve warm with butter or any fruit preserves/jam.

Notes

You may use kosher salt or any course salt as the topping. I learned this recipe from Zong Han.

Nutrition

Serving: 6people, Calories: 443kcal, Carbohydrates: 49g, Protein: 9g, Fat: 24g, Saturated Fat: 14g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 6g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 88mg, Sodium: 1387mg, Potassium: 142mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 10g, Vitamin A: 750IU, Vitamin C: 0.003mg, Calcium: 69mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Bee is a recipe developer and best-selling cookbook author, sharing easy, quick, and delicious Asian and American recipes since 2006. With a strong following of almost 2 million fans online, her expertise has been featured in major publications, TV and radio programs, and live cooking demos throughout the United States and Asia.

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27 Comments

  1. Joanna says:

    5 stars
    These are absolutely the best rolls I’ve ever baked, thank you so much for the recipe! Came across your blog only recently but it looks like I’ll visit often! I used all purpose flour only because bread flour available in my country doesn’t seem to work with recipes from across the ocean (I live in Poland, Europe), and had to add about 1/2 cup (American cup of course) extra to obtain dough that could be rolled. But even with that change, the rolls were simply wonderful, very fluffy and sooo yum! Definitely will be making them again, like tomorrow (and the day after tomorrow…).

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Joanna. Thank you for your lovely feedback. I am very glad the recipe works well for you. Happy baking!

  2. Yeh Ximin says:

    5 stars

  3. Susan Gilbert says:

    Can there be a replacement for the egg in this recipe?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      I don’t think so please follow the recipe.

  4. Zong Han says:

    Bee
    Your Butter Rolls looks amazing. I love it!

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Zong Han, thanks so much for sharing your recipe. I learned from you! :)