Homemade Dinner Rolls

Homemade Dinner Rolls are so easy to make. Made with simple pantry ingredients, they're soft, fluffy, and delicious. My recipe only takes about 10 minutes of prep; the rest is just waiting for them to rise and bake.

Looking for more easy side dishes for dinner? Try my cornbread next!

About This Recipe

Back in the pandemic days, I got really into bread baking. One of the things I baked a lot of was homemade dinner rolls. I've made them at least a dozen times since, and here are the lessons I've learned to make them super soft and fluffy.

1. Use a stand mixer. A stand mixer is great because it has no trouble mixing a sticky dough. We want the dough to be somewhat sticky to keep the buns moist. If you knead by hand, you'll most likely need to add extra flour, and that will make the buns dry.
2. Give the buns enough time to rise! A lot of recipes say that the buns can be made in only 30 minutes. That is a flat-out lie! Buns need at least one hour of rising time (preferably even more) to become soft and airy. I also recommend doing a double rise, as that gives the buns a better structure on the inside.

Key Ingredients

All-purpose flour: Always fluff the flour beforehand. Then, spoon the flour into a measuring cup and level it off with a knife. This will ensure you do not overmeasure the flour.

Warm milk: Starting with warm milk will speed up the rising time. I use whole milk, but any type of milk, even nondairy alternatives, will work.

Vegetable oil: Gives the crumb moistness and richness. You can also use butter, but I prefer oil because it's easier to measure for recipes.

Sugar: For sweetness.

Instant yeast: I like instant yeast because you do not need to activate it beforehand. I like adding it directly to the wet ingredients to dissolve it evenly.

Salt: To bring out all the flavors.

Egg: For richness and structure. 

Instructions

STEP 1: In a stand mixer bowl, mix together the milk, oil, sugar, yeast, salt, and egg.

STEP 2: Add the flour and mix with the dough hook for 4-5 minutes. The dough will be quite sticky (try not to add extra flour, as that will make the buns dry).

STEP 3: Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let rise for 30 minutes in a warm place.

STEP 4: Grease your hands and shape the dough into 15 balls. Arrange the balls in the baking pan. Cover and let rise for another 30 minutes.

STEP 5: The buns will look like this after rising.

STEP 6: Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes until the tops are golden brown. Remove from the oven and brush with melted butter.

📋 Recipe

Homemade Dinner Rolls

These dinner rolls are so soft and fluffy! Super easy to make with simple pantry ingredients, they only take about 10 minutes of prep- then just let them rise and bake for perfect rolls.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Resting Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 15 rolls

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 ¼ cups warm milk (heated to 110°F)
• ▢ ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• ▢ 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 tablespoon instant yeast
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 large egg
• ▢ 3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (spooned and levelled)

Instructions

 

• In a stand mixer bowl, mix together the milk, oil, sugar, yeast, salt, and egg.
• Add the flour and mix with the dough hook for 4-5 minutes. The dough will be quite sticky (try not to add extra flour, as that will make the buns dry)
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let rise for 30 minutes in a warm place. In the meantime, lightly grease and line a 9x13 baking pan with parchment paper.
• Grease your hands and shape the dough into 15 balls.
• Arrange the balls in the baking pan. Cover and let rise for another 30 minutes.
• Preheat your oven to 350°F. Bake for 20-25 minutes until the tops are golden brown. Remove from the oven and brush with melted butter. Enjoy!

Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.

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