1- Hour Dinner Rolls! The best soft and fluffy dinner rolls that can be made any night of the week!
These dinner rolls are one of the easiest homemade dinner rolls recipes I’ve had. Ready from start to finish in one hour, this soft dinner rolls recipe will melt in your mouth!
Make sure to check out my Yeast Dinner Rolls and my No-Knead Yeast Dinner Rolls recipe for more great and easy ways to make homemade bread.
Soft Dinner Rolls
If you’ve been around All Things Mamma at all, you know that I like recipes that are:
- quick + easy
- taste amazing
- budget-friendly
And these super-soft dinner rolls fit the bill! While they are homemade, the ingredients are most likely already in your pantry and just require a little mixing and kneading (with a stand mixer if you have one!) and ready in under an hour. Perfect for a cozy dinner at home!
Here’s how to Make Homemade 1-Hour Soft Dinner Rolls
Ingredients:
(full measurements and directions below)
- water + milk
- butter – you can use salted or unsalted butter
- flour
- salt
- white sugar
- instant yeast – test it to be sure that the yeast is still active
How To Make Super Soft Dinner Rolls
- Prepare – Combine the water, butter, and milk in a bowl. Place mixture in the microwave or in a saucepan over medium heat and heat until the mixture reaches 95-115F. If it is hotter, allow it to cool slightly before proceeding with the recipe.
- Add ingredients – Stir together 3 1/2 cups of the flour, salt, sugar, and instant yeast in a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer.
- Stir – Add the warm liquid mixture and knead for 6-8 minutes until a soft ball forms and pulls cleanly away from the sides of the bowl. Add the additional 1 cup flour, as needed
- Rest – Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap and a clean towel for 15 minutes.
- Grease pan – Grease a 9” x 13” casserole dish and set it aside.
- Divide – Punch down the dough and divide it into 12 equal-sized balls of dough.
- Raise – Place the balls of dough in the greased casserole dish and re-cover with plastic wrap and towel for another 15 minutes.
- Preheat & bake – Preheat your oven to 400F. Remove plastic wrap and towel from the casserole dish and place the dish in the oven for 15 minutes, until puffed and golden brown on top. If brushing with butter, brush halfway through baking with 1 Tablespoon of melted butter and then again after baking.
These Dinner Rolls are a classic no-fail recipe that requires very little effort to make. They’ll be the perfect addition to any meal!
FAQ
The easiest way to tell if your yeast is still good is to put a little bit into a bowl of warm water and see if it starts to bubble and foam. If it does, the yeast is active and good to go.
You need to keep an eye on the time that they’re baking and also pull them from the oven once the tops start to turn golden-brown.
Once they cool down, you can store them in a sealable bag or a container with a lid to keep them as fresh as possible.
Here are some of our favorite meals to have dinner rolls with!
One-Hour Dinner Rolls
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour as needed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 Tablespoons instant yeast
- Plus additional butter for brushing optional (about 2 Tablespoons)
Instructions
- Combine the water, butter and milk.
- Place mixture in the microwave or in a saucepan over medium-heat and heat until the mixture reaches 95-115F. If it is hotter, allow it to cool slightly before proceeding with the recipe.
- Stir together 3 1/2 cups of the flour, salt, sugar and instant yeast in a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer.
- Add the warm liquid mixture and knead for 6-8 minutes until a soft ball forms and pulls clean away from the sides of the bowl. Add the additional 1 cup flour, as needed
- Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap and a clean towel for 15 minutes.
- Grease a 9” x 13” casserole dish and set aside.
- Punch down the dough and divide into 12 equal sized balls of dough.
- Place the balls of dough in the greased casserole dish and re-cover with plastic wrap and towel for another 15 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 400F
- Remove plastic wrap and towel from the casserole dish and place the dish in the oven for 15 minutes, until puffed and golden brown on top.
- If brushing with butter, brush halfway through baking with 1 Tablespoon of melted butter and then again after baking.
My family loves these rolls and I love how quick and easy they are to make.
I brush on butter and sprinkle tops with sea salt for a nice little kick.
Do you have a recipe for making these keto? I know it would need the sugar for the yeast, but what flours could I use? Thank you!