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This Easy homemade dinner rolls recipe is going to be a big hit with your entire family! They are light and fluffy and even better with a little extra butter on top!
Easy homemade dinner rolls recipe
You will love these rolls! Whether you have a special dinner coming up or just want to surprise your family during the week, this is the best homemade dinner roll recipe.
They are easy enough for family dinner during the week but special enough for holidays. Skip the store bought rolls and make this easy recipe instead.
Yum! Sometimes we also make this Texas Roadhouse Cinnamon butter or our Homemade garlic butter to enjoy with the rolls. It is so easy to make and melts into the warm dinner rolls. So delicious.
If you like this easy homemade dinner rolls recipe, you might also like this easy Garlic Bread Cheese Sticks Recipe. So good! And for something sweet, make sure you check out this Banana Bread Recipe.
You will love these easy dinner rolls.
Everyone always asks me to make these homemade dinner rolls.
Be prepared to hand out the recipe because everyone will ask!
This dinner rolls recipe is the best and so simple.
Don’t be afraid to make homemade bread!
Ingredients for the best homemade dinner rolls:
- 3-¼ cups flour, divided
- 1 package, active dry yeast
- 1 cup milk
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup butter
- 1 egg
How to make homemade dinner rolls:
1. Mix together 1-¼ cups flour and yeast in an electric mixing bowl.
2. In a small saucepan, add milk and sugar. Heat on medium low heat, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved and the milk begins to steam.
3. Remove from heat and add butter. Mix well until completely melted.
4. Add egg and milk mixture to mixing bowl and beat on low for 30 seconds. Scrape down sides if necessary. Increase speed to high and beat for 3 minutes.
5. Add flour to mixing bowl and use a dough hook to beat the dough until combined.
6. Remove dough from a bowl and place onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for 5-6 minutes. You shouldn’t have to add any additional flour, but if the dough is sticky sprinkle a bit onto the dough.
7. Shape dough into a ball and place into a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap coated with cooking spray.
8. Place in a warm location until double in size, about an hour.
9. Punch dough down and divide in half.
10. Place onto a lightly floured surface and cover with plastic wrap. Let rest for 10 minutes. Grease a muffin tin and set aside.
11. Cut dough into 36 small pieces.
12. Shape each piece into a bowl and pull the edges under and place 3 dough balls, smooth side up into each muffin tin. Let set covered for 30 minutes or until dough doubles in size.
13. Bake for 14-16 minutes in a 375 degree oven or until golden brown. Remove from pan and serve warm.
Makes
18-20 rolls
Tips for Making Perfect Homemade Dinner Rolls
You certainly don’t have to but if you have a big stand mixer, it makes this recipe even easier. I have one of the kitchen aid style mixers here. The dough hook makes it all come together so quickly.
These are the best homemade dinner rolls!
You can learn to make these very easily. Homemade bread is not difficult at all and a great recipe to make at home.
The kids gobble these up. We all just really love homemade dinner rolls. So good!
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Easy Homemade Dinner Rolls Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
- Mix together 1-¼ cups flour and yeast in an electric mixing bowl.
- In a small saucepan, add milk and sugar. Heat on medium low heat, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved and the milk begins to steam. Remove from heat and add butter. Mix well until completely melted. Add egg and milk mixture to mixing bowl and beat on low for 30 seconds. Scrape down sides if necessary. Increase speed to high and beat for 3 minutes.
- Add flour to mixing bowl and use a dough hook to beat the dough until combined. Remove dough from a bowl and place onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for 5-6 minutes. You shouldn’t have to add any additional flour, but if the dough is sticky sprinkle a bit onto the dough.
- Shape dough into a ball and place into a greased bowl. Cover with
- plastic wrap coated with cooking spray. Place in a warm location until double in size, about an hour.
- Punch dough down and divide in half. Place onto a lightly floured surface and cover with plastic wrap. Let rest for 10 minutes.
- Grease a muffin tin and set aside.
- Cut dough into 36 small pieces. Shape each piece into a bowl and pull the edges under and place 3 dough balls, smooth side up into each muffin tin. Let set covered for 30 minutes or until dough doubles in size.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes in a 375 degree oven or until golden brown. Remove from pan and serve warm.
Recipe Notes
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