Herbed Easter Bunny Bread Rolls Recipe

Name: Herbed Easter Bunny Bread Rolls
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 T dry active yeast; 2 T sugar; 2 ¼ C warm water; 1 T vegetable oil; 1 ½ tsp. salt; 5 ½ - 6 C flour; 2 T minced garlic; 2 tsp. dry basil; 1 tsp. dry oregano

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Are you looking for a festive bunny bread roll recipe for your Easter dinner?

If you love making bread you may be making the same recipe every week. But sometimes, it’s just fun to try something new and make it especially fancy or unique for a special occasion.

That’s where this bunny bread roll recipe comes in! You can make this delicious herbed bunny bread recipe into regular rolls or buns, or make a snip and a twist and make these adorable bunny-shaped rolls for your Easter brunch. These herbed buns or rolls also make great bread for sandwiches for a sack lunch.

One of the best things about fresh bread is the delicious yeasty smell while the dough is rising and then once the bread is baked. A benefit of making homemade bread is the feel of the dough as you knead it into loaves or rolling it into buns or rolls. The fragrance of this herbed bread roll recipe will fill your house!

Bread is best when made with others, so grab your kids and make these cute bunny bread rolls today!

Herbed Bunny Bread Roll Directions

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1 Herbed Bunny Bread Roll Directions

2 The BEST tools for making bread

2.1 Mixer

2.2 Pastry Mat

2.3 Good Bread Pans

3 Looking for more bread recipes?

3.1 Whole Wheat Bread Recipe

3.2 Vera’s Orange Knots

3.3 Carrot Bread Rolls

4 Herbed Easter Bunny Bread Rolls

4.1 Ingredients

4.2 Instructions

Mix the warm water, yeast, and sugar and allow to rest a few minutes until the yeast gets bubbly.

Then add the rest of the ingredients and knead until the dough is soft to the touch but doesn’t stick to your fingers.To make the bunnies, divide the dough in half. Roll one half out into an 8-inch circle and then cut into 8 “pie” pieces. Cut the skinny pointed ends into two skinnier pointed pieces about half way down the “pie” shaped piece. These are the face and ears. With the other half of the dough, roll small balls into a mandarin orange-sized ball.

Then take the earpieces and lay the flat outer circle side down for the bottom of the face and place it on the front of the ball.

Give each earpiece a slight twist and lay each ear over the back of the ball. Make a tiny ball for the tail. Continue making bunnies until all of your dough is used up. You can make these smaller for appetizers or larger for dinner rolls.

Place completed bunnies on a greased cookie sheet and allow to double in size.

You can add some rosemary leaves for whiskers.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the herbed bunny bread rolls for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.

Serve these herbed bunny bread rolls with your favorite flavored butter or herbed cream cheese. Enjoy!

The BEST tools for making bread

Mixer

My absolute, all-time favorite kitchen tool for making bread, mashed potatoes, and cookies, is a Bosch mixer. In my kitchen, this appliance gets more use than my dishwasher and I use that nearly every day! There are several brands of mixers out there, but the Bosch Mixer wins for me.

I have had my Bosch for 26 years and it still runs great! And yes, I really do use it many times each week! My mom has had a different brand mixer and has gone back to her Bosch as well because it just keeps right on working. This is a powerhouse machine!

If you are looking for a mixer, you definitely want a Bosch on your list if you want a machine that will be versatile, durable, and adaptable with lots of accessories to customize it for your needs.

Pastry Mat

A pastry mat makes rolling out dough super easy to clean up. The surface is sticky resistant which helps the dough peel off after you’ve rolled it out. A good pastry mat will also have lines that will help you know the size of the item you are rolling out.

Good Bread Pans

If you want to make bread, you need some good bread pans! Bread pans that are non-stick are the best, so that when the bread is baked, it will easily release from the pan.