Bunny Rolls

I love fun food that goes with a holiday and these simple Bunny Rolls will be perfect for your Easter table!  I make these Bunny Rolls two ways, either just a plain roll that you can butter and eat with your meal or cut in half for a sandwich…think of those yummy ham sandwiches you can make for an Easter lunch, or you can make them sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar if you want to sweeten it up a little!  

Now these are really pretty easy to make as I use frozen dinner rolls.  The only thing is that they take time so best to start them earlier in the day.  I used these Rhodes frozen yeast dinner rolls but any frozen dinner roll will do.  On the day of baking just grab them out of the freezer and let them sit on the counter until they are soft but still cold.  Mine took about an hour but it depends on how warm your kitchen is.  

You will need two or three cookie sheets to make these so grab those out and spray them with cooking spray.  

Now it is time to start assembling your bunny.  Take out a dough ball and slice it in half.  A pizza cutter works great.  These halves will become the bunnies ears.  

Then pull off a tiny bit of dough from the end of each slice and roll each of them into a little ball.  Those will become the bunnies eyes.  Then place a whole dough ball on your cookie sheet and add on your ears and place on your eyes. 

Then add your raisin nose.  Just push it in as best as you can.  

Repeat this process until you have assembled all your bunnies.  

Then spray the tops of all your bunnies with cooking spray and loosely cover them with plastic wrap.  

Let them sit on the counter and rise until they about double in size.  I let mine sit out for about 2 hours.  When they are ready carefully remove the plastic wrap.  Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  Then I took a small sharp knife and made the bunnies whiskers and mouth.  Also go ahead and re-push in any raisins if they seem to be falling out.  

Melt your butter and then baste it on each one of your bunnies.  If you choose to sprinkle on some cinnamon and sugar mix that up and add that on next.  I left one pan plain and made the other pan cinnamon and sugar.  Then pop them in the oven for about 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.  

Here are the cinnamon and sugar ones.  I only lost one nose in making these!

When they are done take a small spatula or knife and separate any ears or bunnies that are touching the other bunnies.  Then right away remove them from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool.  

These are so fun and my kids thought they were the greatest thing ever!  I had a hard time saving some out for Sunday.  I sure hope we still end up with rolls for Easter dinner! 🙂  Wishing you a wonderful weekend and Resurrection Day!!

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Bunny Rolls

 

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Prep time

5 hours

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

5 hours 20 mins

 

These will be so cute on your Easter table!

Author: A Fireman's Wife

Recipe type: Rolls

Serves: 18

Ingredients

• 1 package (36 count) frozen yeast dinner rolls (I used Rhodes brand)
• Cooking spray
• 18 raisins (for the nose)
• plastic wrap
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

Instructions

1. Remove your rolls from the freezer and let sit on the counter until soft but still cold.
2. Spray your cookie sheets with cooking spray.
3. To assemble your bunnies take out a dough ball and slice it in half. A pizza cutter works great. These halves will become the bunnies ears.
4. Then pull off a tiny bit of dough from the end of each slice and roll each of them into a little ball. These will become the bunnies eyes.
5. Then place a whole dough ball on your cookie sheet and add on your ears and place on your eyes.
6. Add on your raisin nose. Just push it in as best as you can.
7. Repeat this process until you have assembled all your bunnies.
8. Spray the tops of all your bunnies with cooking spray and loosely cover them with plastic wrap.
9. Let them sit on the counter and rise until they about double in size. I let mine sit out for about 2 hours.
10. When they are ready carefully remove the plastic wrap.
11. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
12. Then take a small sharp knife and make the bunnies' whiskers and mouth. Also go ahead and re-push in any raisins if they seem to be falling out.
13. Melt your butter and then baste it on each one of your bunnies. If you choose to sprinkle on some cinnamon and sugar mix that up and add that on next. I left one pan plain and made the other pan cinnamon and sugar.
14. Bake them in the oven for about 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.
15. When they are done take a small metal spatula or knife and separate any ears or bunnies that are touching the other bunnies.
16. Then right away remove them from the cookie sheet and place on a wire rack to cool.

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