Homemade Dinner Rolls

The best easy Homemade Dinner Rolls smell and taste amazing! This small batch of buttery rolls bakes up soft and tender.

This easy recipe makes just 4 rolls and is a perfect side dish for so many recipes ranging from easy weeknight casseroles, steak, chicken, pork or Thanksgiving Dinner for two.

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How to make the best Dinner Rolls

Preheat the oven to 170 degrees F (76.67 C). This is for allowing the dough to rise.

Place the water, sugar, and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer. Let it stand 15 minutes to activate the yeast. It will be bubbly and frothy. The water temp is right when the water feels just barely warm to your finger. Water that is too hot will kill the yeast and too cold won’t activate it.

Add in the oil, salt, and flour. Attach the dough hook to the mixer and set the speed button to the slowest speed to begin mixing the dough, for about 30 seconds.

Move the speed button up one click and continue mixing for another 30 seconds.

Bring the speed button up one more click and mix until the dough comes together. It will form a ball and the sides of the bowl will be mostly clean with no dough sticking to them.

If the dough is too wet, add in some flour, one tablespoon at a time. If it’s too dry, add in some water, one tablespoon at a time.

Place the dough on a cutting board and cut it into 4 equal parts. Roll each piece into a ball using your hands.

Spray a 6 x 6 cake pan with non-stick spray. Click for a 6 x 6 cake pan.

Cut some parchment paper into a 6 x 12 inch strip and fit it into the cake pan, leaving an inch sticking up out of the pan on each side. Spray again with non-stick spray. Click for parchment paper.

Set the 4 dough balls into the cake pan. Cover with a fine-weave tea towel.

Turn off the oven and place the cake pan inside. Allow the dough to rise there for 30-45 minutes.

Remove the cake pan from the oven and preheat it to 375 degrees F (190 C).

Bake the rolls for 20 minutes.

Remove from the oven and brush with melted butter.

Use the parchment to easily lift the rolls out of the pan. Allow to cool at least 5 minutes on a wire rack.

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Yield: 4 Rolls

Dinner Rolls

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Easy Homemade Dinner Rolls smell and taste amazing! This small batch of buttery rolls bakes up soft and tender.

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Rise 45 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup warm water (see notes)
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp active dry yeast
• 3 Tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp butter (melted after baking)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees F (76.67 C). This is for allowing the dough to rise.
2. Place the water, sugar, and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer. Let it stand 15 minutes to activate the yeast. It will be bubbly and frothy.
3. Add in the oil, salt, and flour. Attach the dough hook to the mixer and set the speed button to the slowest speed to begin mixing the dough, for about 30 seconds.
4. Move the speed button up one click and continue mixing for another 30 seconds.
5. Bring the speed button up one more click and mix until the dough comes together. It will form a ball and the sides of the bowl will be mostly clean with no dough sticking to them.
6. If the dough is too wet, add in some flour, one tablespoon at a time. If it’s too dry, add in some water, one tablespoon at a time.
7. Place the dough on a cutting board and cut it into 4 equal parts. Roll each piece into a ball using your hands.
8. Spray a 6 x 6 cake pan with non-stick spray. Click for a 6 x 6 cake pan.
9. Cut some parchment paper into a 6 x 12 inch strip and fit it into the cake pan, leaving an inch sticking up out of the pan on each side. Spray again with non-stick spray. Click for parchment paper.
10. Set the 4 dough balls into the cake pan. Cover with a fine-weave tea towel.
11. Turn off the oven and place the cake pan inside. Allow the dough to rise there for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
12. Remove the cake pan from the oven and preheat it to 375 degrees F (190 C).
13. Bake the rolls for 20 minutes.
14. Remove from the oven and brush with melted butter.
15. Use the parchment to easily lift the rolls out of the pan. Allow to cool at least 5 minutes.

Notes

• The water temp is right when the water feels just barely warm to your finger. Water that is too hot will kill the yeast and too cold won't activate it.
• To make this vegan use vegan butter

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 301Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 316mgCarbohydrates: 39gFiber: 2gSugar: 3gProtein: 5g

Nutrition information is a guideline only, is calculated automatically by third party software, and absolute accuracy is not guaranteed.

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