As a child, I survived on dinner rolls and whipped cream for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I was never a fan of turkey, tasted one too many bad casseroles and believe that cranberries should not come out of a can in a mold. Having survived the holidays on the basics, I found myself to be a dinner roll connoisseur.
Yes, I’m the girl that judges a restaurant on the bread they serve before a meal. Your guests might, too 😉 The good news is that you can make dinner rolls in less than an hour {with little hands on time} that will have your guests excited for the next course.
I’m still of the belief that the best dishes are made from scratch, with quality, fresh ingredients, like fairlife milk. There’s no need to water down recipes when milk adds a delicious, rich flavor and makes them sooooo soft!
Oh, and if your guests are lactose free, no problem, so is fairlife. These dinner rolls would make Grandma proud.
These dinner rolls are foolproof, so turn on a great playlist and let’s do this!
Tip: to keep the size consistent, I part the dough into halves, half it again and then break it down into 3 rolls each.
And just before serving, I brush them with a little melted butter.
30 Minute Dinner Rolls
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl add flour and make a well using your measuring cup in the middle and fit the mixer with the dough hook attachment
- In a bowl, add the milk, butter, sugar and salt. Microwave in 30 second increments decreasing time as needed until the butter is just melted. Stir and allow to cool 2 minutes.
- Pour half of the milk mixture into the flour well. Scatter the yeast over it.
- Start mixing on low speed, slowly pouring the remaining milk mixture and add eggs.
- Mix until the dough comes together and starts pulling from the sides, if it doesn’t, dust with a touch more flour. Remove the dough from the mixing bowl and divide it into 12 pieces.
- Place all the rolls into an 11-inch round baking pan or a 13X9-inch baking pan.
- Cover the rolls with a clean tea towel and let rest while the oven is pre-heating.
- Heat the oven to 375°F.
- Bake the rolls for 14 minutes or until golden brown.
- Just before serving, brush them with melted butter.
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Is there a mistake in quanity? For 6 cups of flour you get more that 12 rolls – right? Thanks for clarification.
No, it’s right…no judgement, right? Enjoy!
Wow! I have a 1-hour breadstick recipe that I love because of the minimal time needed for rising/baking, but this is even better. Thanks!
These look amazing. My daughter could live off of dinner rolls!
These look Super Yummy! Thank you for sharing. I’m going to go try these RIGHT NOW!!!
Enjoy!
Yummy. Perfect
Julie, I just made these for our early Thanksgiving dinner. Do they not need to rise before baking? My oven takes two minutes to preheat.
No, the 5-10 minutes it takes to part and roll them while most ovens preheat is plenty. Enjoy! (Maybe even with honey butter!)
What’s a substitute for a tea towel?
Any kind of kitchen towel. Enjoy!
Mix, let sit 12 min, no kneading or rolling. Spray cupcake tin. Drop them in an bake.
I make these yummy rolls. After mixing, cover, let sit approx 12 min, drop by globs into oiled cupcake tins and bake. Let cool, turn rolls out of tin into bowl. Works perfect, no fuss, no mess.
I wish I could make something like that gluten free. These rolls look so good!
Sorry! Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of gluten free experience, but if you’re looking for dessert, my peanut butter bars are gluten free and sooooo good!