Dark & Soft Restaurant Dinner Rolls

These dinner rolls are an attempt to replicate the soft, kind of sweet, deep chocolate-colored rolls served at various chain restaurants (particularly steakhouses) around the country. The taste-testers here at King Arthur raved about these, so even if they're not an exact match for those restaurant rolls, we're sure you'll find them tasty.

Dough

1 ⅓ cups (301g) warm water

4 tablespoons (57g) butter, softened

½ cup (170g) honey

2 ¾ cups (354g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour

1 ¾ cups (220g) King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour

2 teaspoons (12g) salt

1 tablespoon (7g) caramel color or 1 tablespoon (14g) black cocoa, optional; but without it the rolls will lack their distinctive color

2 ½ teaspoons instant yeast

Topping

yellow cornmeal

Directions at kingarthurbaking.com

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