These Quick Dinner Rolls are soft, fluffy, buttery, and so easy. All you need are a few simple ingredients and a minimal amount of prep to have these quick yeast rolls ready and on the table in no time. These quick rolls recipe is perfect for your family dinner or holiday gathering.
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- 30 Minute Dinner Rolls Video Tutorial
- Homemade Dinner Rolls
- What to Serve with Quick Dinner Rolls
- Ingredients in Easy Dinner Rolls
- How to Make Quick Dinner Rolls
- Can I Make Quick Dinner Rolls Without a Stand Mixer?
- How to Store Quick Dinner Rolls
- Tips for Making the Best Homemade Dinner Rolls
- Quick Dinner Rolls Recipe
30 Minute Dinner Rolls Video Tutorial
Homemade Dinner Rolls
It’s the little things that make life so enjoyable, and this Quick Dinner Rolls recipe is definitely a prime example. Any meal that includes homemade bread is automatically special. But, the best part about these is that they are so quick and easy. Including the roughly 1 hour rise time, they can be done and on the table in just about 90 minutes flat!
These classic homemade dinner rolls are lightly sweet, super soft, and fluffy and make the perfect addition to any holiday or weeknight dinner. Or, use them as buns for sliders, mini sandwiches, or breakfast sandwiches. No matter what you want to use them for, we are confident that this recipe will show you just how simple a homemade dinner roll recipe can be!
What to Serve with Quick Dinner Rolls
We could eat these solo, one right after the next. Or, try them plain with a slab of butter or jam for a tasty snack. We even have some wheat dinner rolls you're going to want to try. Most of the time, though, you are probably going to want to serve these as part of a larger meal. Here are a few of our recommendations:
- Soups (including Cauliflower Soup, Acorn Soup, Chili, and Skinny Soup)
- Main Dishes (including Pot Roast, Parmesan Grilled Chicken, Goulash,and Chicken Drumsticks)
- Pastas (including Meatball Pasta Bake, Chicken Stuffed Shells and Tortellini Pasta Bake)
You'll also love this Sun-Dried Tomato Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo, and Garlic Butter Spread Recipe.
Ingredients in Easy Dinner Rolls
- Water - you want your water to be warm (about 110 degrees F) in order to help “wake up” your yeast.
- Active Dry Yeast - If you choose to use instant yeast, the mixing, rising and baking times will need to be adjusted (you can read more on that in the tips below).
- Sugar - use granulated sugar, or substitute honey if you would like.
- Oil - you can use any kind of low-flavor cooking oil, including avocado oil, canola oil or vegetable oil.
- Egg - any type of large egg will work.
- Salt - salt is incredibly important to both the flavor and structure of bread, so don’t forget to add it!
- Flour - we usually use all-purpose flour for these Quick Dinner Rolls. You can substitute bread flour, but you will probably need to adjust the amount of flour that you will need to add so keep an eye and make sure your dough is looking nice and shiny.
- Milk - whole milk or 2% work best.
- Butter - this is brushed on just after baking to give that extra shiny top and yummy buttery flavor.
How to Make Quick Dinner Rolls
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the warm water, yeast and sugar and mix to combine. Let sit for about 5 minutes, or until the yeast mixture starts to get bubbly.
- Add the oil, egg, and salt to the yeast mixture and mix, then add 2 cups of flour and begin to mix using the dough hook attachment. At this point, the dough will be very sticky.
- Continue to add up to ⅔ cup flour to the dough, until the dough starts to pull away from the edges of the bowl as you mix. Once you have added all of the flour, mix on low speed for about 2 minutes to knead. Turn the mixer off, cover the bowl loosely with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let the dough rise until light and puffy, or about 20-30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9" x 13" baking dish with butter or non-stick cooking oil.
- Transfer the dough from the bowl onto a flat surface and divide into 15 equal pieces. Roll into balls and place into the prepared baking dish, spacing them out evenly.
- Cover loosely again and let the dough sit in a warm place for 15-30 minutes, or until the rolls are about double the original size.
- Remove the towel and brush the rolls lightly with milk.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown on top and the internal temperature reads 190 degrees F.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for 1-2 minutes, then brush the tops with melted butter. Enjoy!
Can I Make Quick Dinner Rolls Without a Stand Mixer?
While it makes life easier (and cleaner!), you don’t have to have a stand mixer to make bread. Here is what you’ll need to do instead:
- Add your warm water, yeast, and sugar into a large bowl and mix together. Let sit for about 5 minutes, or until it bubbles.
- Whisk in the oil, eggs, and salt and mix to combine.
- Place about 2 cups of flour in a circular mound on your countertop and make a well in the center that’s large enough to hold the wet ingredients (or, if you have a bowl large enough you can use that instead).
- Add your wet ingredients into the center well and start to push the flour into the well. You are basically trying to mix it all together while avoiding the flour dam breaking!
- Continue to mix until it is all combined, adding in more flour about ¼ cup at a time until your dough is shiny and not sticky.
- Knead on the countertop for 8-10 minutes, then transfer to a clean bowl that has been lightly sprayed with pan spray. Cover and let it double in size for about 20-30 minutes.
- From here, you can continue to make as directed.
How to Store Quick Dinner Rolls
You don’t want to store homemade bread in the fridge. It will get stale much more quickly. Instead, try one of these methods:
- Room temperature in a plastic bag. You can store your Quick Dinner Rolls in an airtight plastic bag at room temperature for up to 3 days. The plastic bag will keep your rolls much softer than if you use a paper bag.
- In the freezer. If you bake more than you’ll be able to use in a couple of days, your best bet is to freeze the rest. Wrap the rolls in plastic, or put in freezer bags, and store for up to 3 months. Just pull out and thaw at room temperature as soon as you are ready to use.
Yes! Once you have shaped your rolls into balls and placed them into your baking dish, wrap well with plastic wrap. If possible, transfer the entire dish into a large freezer bag. The unbaked dough can be stored for up to 1 month in the freezer.
To bake, remove from the freezer and thaw in the fridge overnight. The next morning, preheat your oven to 350 degrees and pull the baking dish out of the fridge to allow to come to room temperature. You’ll want to give it at least 30 minutes to take the chill off of the dough and baking dish.
From there, you can bake as usual and enjoy!
Tips for Making the Best Homemade Dinner Rolls
- If you have a stand mixer, use it! It makes the job faster, cleaner and easier.
- In order to ensure that each dinner roll is the same size, weigh your dough on a kitchen scale just before you divide it into 15 rolls. Divide the total weight into 15, and you’ll have 15 perfectly evenly sized rolls!
- If you aren’t sure whether the rolls have finished baking, use an instant-read thermometer to check. Once the internal temperature reads 190 degrees F, they are done.
- You can substitute instant yeast, but you will only need ¾ tablespoon. You can also eliminate the first step of “waking up” the yeast. Be sure to keep an eye on the rise time of the dough as well, as it might be different.
Quick Dinner Rolls Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Water warm, about 110 degrees F
- 1 tablespoon Active Dry Yeast
- 3 Tablespoons Sugar
- 3 Tablespoons Oil vegetable, canola or avocado oil
- 1 large Egg
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 ⅓ to 2 ⅔ Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 Tablespoons Milk to brush on the rolls before baking
- 2 Tablespoons Butter melted, to brush on rolls after baking
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the warm water, yeast and sugar and mix to combine. Let sit for about 5 minutes, or until the yeast mixture starts to get bubbly.
- Add the oil, egg, and salt to the yeast mixture and mix, then add 2 cups of flour and begin to mix using the dough hook attachment. At this point, the dough will be very sticky.
- Continue to add up to ⅔ cup flour to the dough, until the dough starts to pull away from the edges of the bowl as you mix. Once you have added all of the flour, mix on low speed for about 2 minutes to knead. Turn the mixer off, cover the bowl loosely with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let the dough rise until light and puffy, or about 20-30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9" x 13" baking dish with butter or non-stick cooking oil.
- Transfer the dough from the bowl onto a flat surface and divide into 15 equal pieces. Roll into balls and place into the prepared baking dish, spacing them out evenly.
- Cover loosely again and let the dough sit in a warm place for 15-30 minutes minutes, or until the rolls are about double the original size.
- Remove the towel and brush the rolls lightly with milk.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown on top and the internal temperature reads 190 degrees F.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for 1-2 minutes, then brush the tops with melted butter. Enjoy!
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These Quick Dinner Rolls are lightly sweet, super soft, and fluffy and make the perfect addition to any holiday or weeknight dinner. All you need are a few simple ingredients and about 90 minutes.
Kristina Le May
Quick, east, best tasting dinner rolls I’ve ever made
Justine
These were so easy to make! Nice and fluffy, absolutely perfect.
Nellie Tracy
These are delicious and fairly simple. My kind of homemade dinner rolls!