Hi Leslie, did you weight your ingredients or measure by cups? It sounds like your dough was a little too stiff the first time around, which likely held back the rise, and you got better results when you added all the liquid. However, if you measured the flour by cups you still might have added extra flour to the recipe. For best results, we recommend either weighing your flour, or using this method to measure your flour by cups. It also sounds like your rolls could have risen a bit more before you put them in the oven. When the dough bounces back as you described, this is usually a sign that it isn't quite ready to be baked. I like to see that the indentation fills in slowly as a good sign that my rolls are ready to bake. 

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