EASY 30-MINUTE DINNER ROLLS

These Easy 30-Minute Dinner Rolls require just a few simple ingredients, no mixer is needed, and they come out perfectly soft and delicious every time. The buttery flavor of these quick dinner rolls makes them a favorite side for every meal!

Easy 30-Minute Dinner Rolls are a staple in my house – I make them almost every week! They are soft and delicious and every time I make them, people have a hard time believing they are so easy to make. 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 for the rise time, then 10 minutes to bake – that’s it!

I had tried a lot of quick dinner roll recipes before this one, but most of them 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 and have never looked back. It is amazing to be able to make delicious homemade dinner rolls in less than 30 minutes. And the recipe is pretty foolproof – even if this is your first time working with yeast, I promise these will turn out great. No fancy equipment is needed – all you need is a bowl and a spoon!

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Ingredients to make easy dinner rolls

• Flour – I use all-purpose flour, but you can use bread flour as well.
• Yeast – I just use regular yeast, but quick-rising yeast should work just fine as well. Either way, you just add the yeast straight to the recipe, no need to mix it with water first.
• Sugar – Just a little bit of sugar adds a little bit of sweetness to the rolls.
• Salt– You only need a teaspoon of salt for the rolls.
• Water – Make sure the water is pretty hot. I never actually measure the temperature of the water, I just use really warm water from the tap, but if you like more specific directions, I think it’s supposed to be around 110° F. If it’s much hotter than that, it can kill the yeast, but you need to make sure it’s warm enough to activate the yeast.
• Egg – Just one egg is needed to bind everything together.
• Butter or Oil – I usually use melted butter, but you can use oil if you’d like. Any type of oil will work – vegetable, coconut, canola, etc.

Tips for Making 30-Minute Dinner Rolls

You can see the full directions below, but here are a few tips for success when making the rolls.

1. Don’t overmix the dough. Most bread doughs require a lot of mixing, but this one is a bit different. I always mix these rolls with a wooden spoon because the few times that I’ve used my mixer, I haven’t felt like they turned out as well. That being said, several readers have reported using their mixers and having great results! I think the key is just not to mix the dough too much.
2. Roll the dough on a silicone mat. I discovered this trick a few years ago and it’s made my life so much easier! I used to flour or grease the countertop where I rolled out the dough, but now I just place the dough on a large silicone mat and roll it there. It doesn’t stick at all and the clean up is so much easier!
3. Let the rolls rise somewhere warm. I love my heated baking mats for this exact purpose! I just place the baking sheet with the shaped rolls on the warm mat and cover it with a clean towel. You can also raise the rolls in a warm (not hot!!) oven, or in any warm place in your house.

Easy 30-Minute Dinner Roll Recipe

These Easy 30-Minute Dinner Rolls require just a few simple ingredients, no mixer is needed, and they come out perfectly soft and delicious every time.

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Course: Rolls

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Easy 30-Minute Dinner Rolls

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 207kcal

Author: Jessica & Nellie

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Ingredients 

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• 3 ½ cups flour divided
• 2 Tbsp. regular yeast 
• ¼ 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
• ⅓ 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!

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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!

Nutrition

Calories: 207kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 208mg | Potassium: 69mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 177IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 2mg

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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 whatever the issue is, I just know that they 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!

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 anyway, so the steps would be the same either way.

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. Avocado oil works well too and you can’t taste it at all. 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 many rolls does this recipe make?

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!

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 it 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 palms of your hands to form a ball and then place all 12 balls in a greased 9X13 pan.

What to serve with fresh rolls?

Dinner rolls make an excellent side for any meal. These rolls are simple enough to make and eat every night, but the rolls are so good, they work for holiday meals and special occasions too! We always have these rolls on Easter and Thanksgiving, but they really are the perfect addition to just about any meal!

More delicious dinner roll recipes to try:

• Typically dinner rolls are made with all-purpose flour, but these Soft Wheat Dinner Rolls are made with whole wheat flour, oats, and molasses. And they are still soft and have the most amazing texture!
• Not much beats the rolls at Texas Roadhouse, and these Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls taste just like the ones at the restaurant. Don’t worry, the cinnamon butter recipe is included as well!
• Easy Parmesan Garlic Dinner Rolls are made with frozen rolls! Add some butter and seasonings and they are ready in less than 30 minutes.

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Easy 30-Minute Dinner Rolls don’t require a mixer, and they turn out perfectly soft and delicious every time! The best quick dinner roll recipe I have ever tried and they are completely ready to eat less than 30 minutes after you start making them!