A Soft & Fluffy Dinner Roll Recipe
Baking with yeast used to make me nervous for the longest time, but it’s really not that difficult, honestly! I’ve slowly overcome my fears with recipes like my easy pizza dough, cinnamon rolls, and garlic knots and today I’m sharing this easy yeast recipe for homemade dinner rolls. Super fluffy, tender, and just melt-in-your-mouth soft, this recipe can be ready in under 60 minutes, and the best part is your stand mixer does most of the work! Bake them until golden brown and then brush (generously) with melted honey butter… just… yum. If you’ve ever been intimidated by making dinner rolls or by baking with yeast I’ll walk you through this recipe step-by-step; I think you’ll be surprised how easy it is. Still worried about baking with yeast? You can always try out my easy biscuit recipe instead!
A Few Words on the Ingredients
There are a few key ingredients that I use for my dinner roll recipe that you might not recognize from your average bread dough, so I thought I’d address them here:
Cornstarch. Helps to make our rolls extra soft and melt-in-your-mouth. I discovered how helpful cornstarch can be to yeast doughs when making my cinnamon roll recipe. Rapid rise yeast. You’ll need 2 ½ teaspoons for this recipe, some yeast sachets only contain about 2 ¼ which will work, but I really recommend 2 ½. The Hodgson Mill brand that I have pictured above has recently become my favorite to work with. An extra egg yolk. This helps with the development of our gluten and encourages nice, tender rolls.
Other than that everything else is pretty standard for dinner roll dough.
How to Make Homemade Dinner Rolls
The photos above are step-by-step shots of the process (taken from my video below the recipe)! Each step corresponds to the numbered photo above. As a slightly sweet bonus I like to brush a little bit of melted honey butter over the top of these dinner rolls while they’re still warm. Simply melt together two tablespoons of salted butter and 1 tablespoon of honey, mix well, then use a pastry brush to brush over the rolls while they are still warm. SO good! IF you love this recipe, learn how to make your own burger buns, too!
How to Make Dinner Rolls Golden Brown On Top
When making dinner rolls I like to brush the tops with a bit of whole milk before putting them in the oven. This encourages a light browning on top. However, you can achieve a deeper, more golden brown if you’d like to brush the rolls with egg wash instead (1 egg beaten with 1 or 2 teaspoons of water). While the egg wash on top might look a bit more attractive, I recommend using the milk because it doesn’t weigh the tops of the dinner rolls down the same way the heavier egg wash can. Enjoy!
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