🥐 Parker House Rolls Recipe from Lodge Cast Iron 's November Feature

Lodge Cast Iron, the South Pittsburg-based cookware maker with roots stretching back to 1896, is sharing kitchen inspiration with its community through monthly recipes designed to showcase cast iron cooking. This November, Chef Kris featured Parker House Rolls-buttery, folded rolls with a built-in butter pocket that bake beautifully in cast iron.

📖 The Recipe: Honey-Butter Rolls Made for Cast Iron

The Parker House Rolls recipe combines a traditional yeast dough with a honey-butter glaze and a distinctive folding technique. 🧈 The dough starts with buttermilk, warm water, active dry yeast, honey, melted butter, eggs, bread flour, and kosher salt-mixed and kneaded until soft and smooth, then left to rise for 1 to 11⁄2 hours until roughly doubled in size.

The shaping step is where the signature “butter pocket” forms. ✨ After rolling the dough into a thin rectangle and cutting it into 3-by-2-inch pieces, each roll is brushed with a honey-butter mixture and folded slightly off-center. This creates the characteristic pocket that holds melted butter as the rolls bake. The rolls are arranged in a buttered cast iron casserole pan, allowed to rise for another 30 minutes, then baked at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown.

🍳 Why Cast Iron Matters for This Recipe

Lodge Cast Iron‘s choice to feature this recipe reflects the practical advantage of cast iron cookware in home baking. 🔥 The even heat distribution of cast iron helps the rolls bake uniformly, and the pan’s heat retention keeps the bottoms from burning while the tops turn golden. The recipe calls for a cast iron casserole specifically-a nod to the foundry’s core product and a reminder that quality cookware can transform everyday baking.

💡 A Monthly Tradition for Home Cooks

Lodge Cast Iron‘s Recipe of the Month series offers the community a regular source of kitchen ideas tied to the company’s heritage and products. 📍 By pairing tested recipes with cast iron techniques, the South Pittsburg foundry connects its 130-year history of making heirloom cookware to the tables and ovens of home cooks in the region and beyond.