Skeleton Rolls {Easy Halloween Recipe}

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

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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.

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}

Longbourn Farm • Alli Kelley

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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Prep Time 2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 2 hours hrs 45 minutes mins

Servings 40 rolls

Calories 170 kcal

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Equipment

• Sheet Pans
• Redmond Real Salt

Ingredients

 

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• 1 ½ cups milk
• ¾ 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)

Instructions

 

• In a large glass measuring cup (see note), heat milk, ½ 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. 

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: 170kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 3gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 221mgPotassium: 50mgSugar: 5gVitamin A: 165IUCalcium: 17mgIron: 1.4mg

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