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Home » Recipes & Tips » Skeleton Rolls {Easy Halloween Recipe}

Skeleton Rolls {Easy Halloween Recipe}

10/09/19 | Bread, Recipes & Tips

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Skeleton rolls are a super easy Halloween recipe that isn’t a treat! Serve it with soup, pasta, as an appetizer or anything in between!

Breadsticks meet Halloween in this awesome skeleton rolls recipe. It’s definitely one that can impress the kids! Fun and creative Halloween-themed foods like this one is always a hit with the little monsters and one way of getting them to eat their food without complaint.

Variations for Skeleton Bone Bread Rolls

  • Turn them into garlic bread sticks.
  • Serve with cheese sauce, pizza sauce, or ranch dressing.
  • Brush with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
golden brown baked skeleton bone dinner rolls

How to make skeleton rolls

  • In a large glass measuring cup, heat your milk, ½ a cup of butter and honey in a microwave until melted, and they just start to boil. This should take about 3 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together 8 cups of the flour, salt, and the yeast. 
  • Add the cooled mixture, water, and the egg to the dry ingredients, stirring until almost totally combined.
  • Add in the last 2 cups of flour. Your dough should be slightly sticky but not stick to your fingers and be difficult to stir.
  • In the same bowl, proof your dough until it has doubled in size (about an hour).
  • After the dough has doubled in size, turn it out onto a well-floured surface and divide it into 4 equal-sized pieces.
  • Roll each piece into the shape of a rectangle and cut it into 10 equal lengths that are about 8 to 10 inches long.
  • Tie each end into a knot to create the end of the bone and repeat with the rest of the dough.
  • Place the formed rolls onto the baking sheets and leave enough room between the rolls that they won’t touch.
  • Proof the dough again until they have doubled in size (this takes about 45-60 minutes).
  • Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes until they are golden brown on the top.
  • Brush with additional butter if desired. This will give it a deeper golden color.

Can these rolls be made any faster?

You can also avoid making the rolls from scratch and simply use a bag of Rhodes frozen bread dinner rolls, just thaw them and use them like you would the dough in the recipe, roll, shape, bake, etc.

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Skeleton Rolls {Easy Halloween Recipe}

Skeleton rolls are a super easy Halloween recipe that isn't a treat! Serve it with soup, pasta, as an appetizer or anything in between!
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Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword easy dinner rolls, easy halloween recipe, halloween recipe
Prep Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 45 minutes
Servings 40 rolls
Calories 170kcal
Author Longbourn Farm • Alli Kelley
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Equipment

  • Sheet Pans
  • Redmond Real Salt

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 3/4 cup honey
  • 1 cup butter 2 sticks, divided
  • 9 cups flour (AP) amount will vary, see note
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons yeast
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 egg
  • Additional butter for brushing on baked rolls
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Instructions

  • In a large glass measuring cup (see note), heat milk, 1/2 cup (1 stick) of the butter, and the honey in the microwave until melted and just starting to boil about 3 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together 8 cups of the flour, salt, and yeast.
  • Add the cooled milk mixture, water (see note), and the egg to the dry ingredients. 
  • Stir well, until almost totally combined.
  • Add the last cup or two of flour (see note) – the dough should be slightly sticky and difficult to stir (reference video).
  • In the same bowl, proof the dough until doubled, about an hour.
  • After the dough has doubled in size, turn it out onto a well-floured surface and divide it into 4 equal pieces.
  • Roll each piece into a rectangle and cut it into 10 equal lengths, about 8-10 inches long.
  • Tie each end of the lengths into a knot to create the end of the "bone."
  • Repeat with remaining dough.
  • Place formed rolls onto baking sheets, leaving enough room between the rolls so they don't touch.
  • Proof until doubled again, about 45-60 minutes.
  • Bake at 350º for about 15 minutes or until golden brown on the top.
  • Brush additional butter on the top of the rolls, if desired. 
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Notes

Heating the milk, butter, and honey until just boiling is called scalding. This can be done in a pan on the stovetop but is also easily done in a large (4-cup) glass measuring cup in the microwave if you are lazy like me and hate washing pans. 
I will often add the 2 cups of water (room temperature) to the milk mixture to help it cool off more quickly. Because in addition to being lazy, I am also impatient. 🙂 
To make this recipe super quick and easy, just use Rhodes dinner rolls! Let them thaw, form them into bones, proof for 30 more minutes, and then bake. 

Nutrition

Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 221mg | Potassium: 50mg | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 165IU | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1.4mg
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Comments

  1. Ken Farnsworth says

    October 28, 2020 at 8:06 AM

    Hi ! We have been making these from Rhodes Bake-N-Serv Texas Rolls. They are delicious and save the time mixing and washing dishes. Your dip ideas are great too!

    Reply
    • Alli says

      October 28, 2020 at 10:31 PM

      Love it!! Rhodes are perfect for this recipe.

      Reply
  2. Alli says

    November 3, 2019 at 10:40 PM

    5 stars
    So easy and fun!

    Reply

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