EASY 30-MINUTE DINNER ROLLS

Easy 30-Minute Dinner Rolls are made with a few basic ingredients, you don’t need a mixer, and they turn out perfectly soft and delicious every time! The best quick dinner roll recipe I have ever tried!

Easy 30-Minute Dinner Rolls are a staple in my house – I make them almost every Sunday and since I discovered this recipe I just can’t bring myself to make any of my other dinner roll recipes because they take so much longer! I had tried a lot of quick dinner roll recipes before this one, but most of didn’t up being quite as fast as they claimed, or they just didn’t taste very good! I had almost given up on finding a roll recipe that I liked that took less than 2-3 hours to make, but then I discovered this one!

Easy 30-Minute Dinner Rolls are soft and delicious and every time I make them, people go crazy for them and nobody can believe that I really can make them in 30 minutes from the minute I start mixing up the dough to the time they come out of the oven. But I promise that they really do take just 30 minutes from start to finish! They take about 5 minutes to prep, 10-15 minutes to rise, then 10 minutes to bake – that’s it!

Another thing I love about this recipe is that it makes just 12 rolls. Some of the other roll recipes that I have make 4-5 dozen rolls which is just way too many for my family of 6. And rolls just aren’t quite as yummy a day or two later. If you need to stretch the recipe a little bit more, you can separate the dough in half and then make 12 crescent rolls from each half, making 24 smaller rolls. Just keep an eye on them if they are smaller because they cook fast!

What type of yeast works best in quick yeast rolls?

I use regular yeast in this quick dinner roll recipe and all of my other bread recipes too. I store my yeast in an airtight container in the freezer and it lasts a long time! I’ve always used Red Star Active Dry Yeast because I can usually find it at Costco in 1 or 2 pound bags and it is so much cheaper than buying the little packets at the grocery store.

To be honest, I have never used quick rising yeast in this recipe but it should work just fine. In most bread recipes, you have to dissolve regular yeast in water before adding it to the recipe, whereas with quick yeast you don’t. In this quick roll recipe, you don’t have to add the yeast to the water first anyways, so the steps would be the same either way.

Ingredients to make quick dinner rolls

• 3 1/2 cups flour, divided
• 2 Tbsp. regular yeast
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup hot water (I never measure the temp of the water, I just use really hot tap water, but if you like more specific directions, I think it’s supposed to be around 110° F)
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup melted butter OR 1/3 cup oil (vegetable, coconut, canola, etc)

How to make quick dinner rolls

1. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour with yeast; stir together until well combined.
2. Add sugar and salt, mix well.
3. Add hot water and stir to combine, then add the melted butter and the egg.  Mix completely (until the butter and the egg are no longer visible).
4. Add the remaining 2 cups of flour and mix until the flour is incorporated.  Dough will be sticky.  At this point, I like to add just a little bit more flour and incorporate it into the dough with my hands for about 1 minute. The dough should then be smooth and not sticky.
5. You can shape the rolls however you prefer – I usually make crescent rolls because it’s fast.  To do this, you just roll the dough into a large circle (1/8-1/4 inch thick). Cut the dough into triangles with a pizza cutter and then starting with the larger end of each triangle, roll the dough up.
6. Place on a lightly sprayed cookie sheet, making sure that the tip of the triangle is tucked under the roll.  Let the rolls rise for 10-15 minutes and then bake them at 425 for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden brown on top. (Mine are always done right at 10 minutes.) I like to brush the rolls with a little bit of melted butter right when they come out of the oven – so yummy!

Do you need a mixer to make quick dinner rolls?

This quick dinner roll recipe turns out best when mixed by hand with a spoon!  One time I decided to use my Bosch mixer and the rolls just didn’t turn out quite as well. I’ve never had them not work any other time so even if you are tempted to use a mixer, don’t! I think it overworks the dough or something but they just won’t rise as well and you’ll have more dishes to wash too! I do love my Bosch mixer for all other kinds of bread though, and it works wonderfully for cookies too. Just not these rolls!

EASY 30-MINUTE DINNER ROLLS

Easy 30-Minute Dinner Rolls are made with a few basic ingredients, you don't need a mixer, and they turn out perfectly soft and delicious every time!

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Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 12

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups flour divided
• 2 Tbsp. regular yeast 
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup hot water I never measure the temp of the water, I just use really hot tap water, but if you like more specific directions, I think it's supposed to be around 110° F
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup melted butter OR 1/3 cup oil vegetable, coconut, canola, etc

Instructions

• Combine 1 1/2 cups flour with yeast; stir together with a spoon until well combined.
• Add sugar and salt, mix well.
• Add hot water and stir to combine, then add the melted butter and the egg.  Mix completely (until the butter and the egg are no longer visible).
• Add the remaining 2 cups of flour and mix until the flour is incorporated.  Dough will be sticky.  At this point, I like to add just a little bit more flour and incorporate it into the dough with my hands for about 1 minute. The dough should then be smooth and not sticky. 
• You can shape the rolls however you prefer – I usually make crescent rolls because it’s fast.  To do this, you just roll the dough into a large circle (1/8-1/4 inch thick). Cut the dough into triangles with a pizza cutter and then starting with the larger end of each triangle, roll the dough up.
• Place on a lightly sprayed cookie sheet, making sure that the tip of the triangle is tucked under the roll.  Let the rolls rise for 10-15 minutes and then bake them at 425 for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden brown on top. (Mine are always done right at 10 minutes.) I like to brush the rolls with a little bit of melted butter right when they come out of the oven – so yummy!

Notes

These rolls work best when you mix everything by hand with a wooden spoon. I tried to use my Bosch mixer once and the rolls just didn't turn out very well which shocked me because I've made them dozens and dozens of times and they've always turned out perfectly before!

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Are quick dinner rolls made with oil or butter?

This recipe originally called for vegetable oil, which works just fine, but I like the taste of them better when I use melted butter instead. I’ve actually made them with coconut oil too and they are wonderful that way too, but they do have a very slight coconut flavor to them. You will use 1/3 cup whether you use oil or butter. You can even do a combination of the two if you want to!

How to shape dinner rolls

-I usually shape my dinner rolls into crescent rolls because it is so easy to roll out the circle of dough and cut into 12 triangles. This is the easiest way to make sure all of the rolls are about the same size!

-You can also shape the dough into circles if you prefer. Divide the dough in half, then divide each half in half twice more until you have 12 equal portions. Roll each portion of dough between the palm of your hands to form a ball and then place all 12 balls in a greased 9X13 pan.

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