2 Ingredient Emergency Bread Rolls (No Yeast, Eggs, Butter or Oil)
These easy bread rolls are great when you need fresh bread as soon as possible. They don’t require any yeast, eggs, butter or oil. These bread rolls taste like yeast bread but without all the work. The rolls are crusty on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside.
Whether you’re looking for an easy bread recipe to make for a family meal or need a stress-free bread recipe to serve at an upcoming gathering, these bread rolls are perfect for almost any occasion. With so many holiday meals approaching, I wanted to share some super easy recipes. I call these emergency bread rolls because they require so few ingredients and very little time.
Ingredients
- Self-Rising Flour
- Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt
Self-Rising Flour: Self-Rising flour is all-purpose flour that is already pre-mixed with baking powder and salt. If you don’t have self-rising flour, you can make your own with all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt.
Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt: Make sure to use plain nonfat Greek strained yogurt. Low fat and whole milk Greek strained yogurt will cause your dough to be too wet. Looking for a greek yogurt substitute? I’ve made other easy bread rolls using applesauce, pumpkin puree and whole milk regular yogurt (the texture of the bread won’t be the same as these but they are easy bread rolls).
How to Make Emergency Bread Rolls
The self-rising flour is mixed with the Greek strained yogurt until a dough forms. You don’t want to overmix because it will make your dough too sticky to work with. The dough is then divided into 8 pieces and rolled between your palms to form round balls. The bread rolls are then ready to be baked.
Taste and Texture
These bread rolls have a texture similar to regular yeast bread. They remind me of artisan rolls I would buy from a bakery. They have a crusty exterior and a soft and chewy interior. The bread rolls have a slightly tangy flavor to them, almost like eating sourdough.
More Easy Bread Recipes
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- 2 Ingredient Chocolate Bread
- 3 Ingredient Whole Wheat Rolls
2 Ingredient Emergency Bread Rolls
Ingredients
- 2 cups (265 g) self-rising flour
- 1 3/4 cups + 2 tbsp (427 g) nonfat plain Greek yogurt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, add flour and yogurt. Stir with a spatula just until all the flour is fully incorporated and a dough forms. Your dough will be quite sticky. Be careful not to overmix. The more you mix, the stickier your dough will be.
- Divide dough evenly into 9 pieces. Lightly wet your hands and grab one of the dough pieces. Roll it between your hands until it forms a ball (it's okay if it has cracks, you just want to make sure it is round) and then place it onto the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough (wash your hands clean and rewet for each one), spacing dough balls 2 inches apart.
- Place rolls into oven and bake for about 25 minutes or until rolls are done.
Notes
- If you don't have self-rising flour, you can make your own by whisking together 2 cups all purpose flour + 3 tsp baking powder + 1/2 tsp salt.
- I used Happy Belly Self-rising flour.
- Most self-rising flours have 3 grams of protein per 1/4 cup. However if yours has less (such as Lily's self-rising flour), you will need to reduce your yogurt amount to about 1.5 cups.
- When measuring the flour (whether it is all purpose or self-rising), make sure to use the spoon and level method. This means you should spoon the flour into your measuring cup and level off the surface of the knife. If you just dip your measuring spoon into the flour, you will have too much flour added to your dough which will make it very dry.
- Because of how sticky the dough is, the best way to handle the dough is with clean and slightly wet hands.
- See post for potential substitutions for plain nonfat greek yogurt.
Best rolls ever!
Thank you! We’re so glad you loved this recipe!
I must be doing something wrong because I have tried to make them twice and they came out like bricks. Used self-rising flour and Greek plain Yogurt
I’m sorry you are having issues. It could be a few different things: 1) is your self-rising flour old? If it is, the baking powder mixed in there may no longer be working which would prevent your bread from rising properly. 2) How much protein is in your flour? If it has 4 grams of protein per 1/4 cup then the protein amount is too high and will cause the bread to be dense. 3) Are you using more flour than the recipe calls for to make the dough less sticky? Adding too much flour could also cause problems. 4) It could also possibly be the Greek yogurt. I’m based in the US. I know in some European countries the protein content for Greek yogurt is much higher than what is available in the US. Just like high protein flour not working well, using a yogurt with too much protein can also make the bread too dense.
I have to say these are NOT my emergency bread rolls but my absolutely ALWAYS bread rolls. I need to eat GF and these absolutely work with Bob’s Red Mill 1to1 flour. This recipe is amazing!!! My husband needs to eat low sodium so i found Ener-G alternate baking powder and baking soda. One night I thought I had the Greek Yogurt but had purchased sour cream instead. Yep, it works just as well… Thank you for your recipes. They have been life savers and time savers. If anyone has baked GF you know how tough the baked goods can turn out. Not these, absolutely every time perfect rolls that brown!!! Thank you again!!!
This makes us so happy! Thank you for your review and for sharing your GF adjustments.
I will try this recipe over the weekend. I found it difficult to find online such a recipe and more importantly it was precise and easy to understand, with Kirbie being so thorough in explaining tips, etc. Can wait to try this! Thank you
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Your recipes look delicious and healthier
I can’t wait to try some of them!
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These rolls are wonderful! Fluffy inside, chewy/crispy top. There is just a hint of tang from the yogurt. I cut the recipe in half and then half again since Im cooking for one and didn’t want too many if they didnt work for me. I will definitely be making them again! I used Fage 5% greek yogurt.
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You don’t give temperature to bake them.
That information is in step 1 of the recipe card at the end of the post.
Would any of these recipes work with plant based Greek yogurt? We have a dairy allergy in the house.
Sorry, but we’re not sure if it will work.
I wonder if this would work with gluten free flour?
Sorry, but we haven’t tried GF flour. Maybe other readers will chime in!
Yes we made it with self raising gf flour. So easy and quick, my daughter (11) found this recipe and I was a bit dubious especially with the added gluten free problem. But it was really nice, our family of 4 ate almost the whole lot in one go, it’s so nice still warm from the oven. We’ve had it once before and it kept for a few days, I just put it in the toaster when I fancied a slice.
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I am not a baker. But your ingredients make me one! Thank you. Senior citizen. I am surprised how they turned out ??
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Nice and easy?
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Interesting, and it works. Suggestions:
1) This makes an easy alternative to breakfast biscuits. The sour flavor is nifty. It would be even more intersting if it scaled for those of us for whom eight rolls is four too many. (8oz. SRFlour, 6oz. Yoghurt is about right.)
2) Many hand mixers come with mini-doughhooks — worked well for kneading into a nice elastic dough. Dough should easily allow for fancier variations (e.g. clover leaves)
3) These bake nicely in a toaster oven; why heat a big oven unnecessarily?
4) Needs salt — at least half a teaspoon (?) per cup of flour.
5) Brush rolls with whole milk; the lactose will improve the color & texture of the crust.
Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Love your easy beautiful recipes, thank you very much!????
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Can these be made with GF flour and DF yogurt?
I haven’t tried with either
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Carla
Hi! Just had to let you know that I tried your 2 ingredient rolls & loved them! Thank you!
I did have to change a bit, my husband is gluten free and I’m dairy free, so… gf flour mix (with the added baking powder & salt ) and a coconut yogurt with about 1 Tablespoon of coconut flour mixed in to thicken it. Turns out wonderful! Thank you for an easy, low calorie biscuit ?
thank you for sharing your results!
I love easy recipes , thank you ??
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Article says “strained” Greek Yogurt” but the recipe doesn’t instruct to strain. As if strained yogurt can be bought?
Greek style yogurt is strained yogurt. So yes, strained yogurt can be bought. It is referred to as Greek yogurt, Greek-style yogurt, Greek strained yogurt, depending on where you are located. I usually call it Greek strained yogurt because I have a lot of international readers. You don’t need to do any straining which is why it’s not in the instructions.
So good!
They felt quite moist on the inside after breaking through the crust. should a toothpick come out completely clear, and does a slightly darker color and or spongy look/feel mean they’re not done, or is it supposed to be more moist like a quick bread? Thanks
A toothpick inserted should come out clean though I don’t usually use toothpick test with bread because it can come out clean and not be cooked. It shouldn’t be spongy inside, it should be more like regular bread texture inside. Hope that helps!
Good morning and thanks for the delicious bread rolls receipt.
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Can I use whole Greek yogurt?
Thank you!
As mentioned in the post, whole fat Greek yogurt will make the dough too wet so we don’t recommend it.
With no butter or margarine, they rolls do not dry out, or become hard and dry.
They shouldn’t come out dry unless they are over baked.
Can these be made w GF flour?
Sorry, we haven’t tried the recipe with GF flour.
I am looking forward to trying the recipes
Very good recipe. I will like to add to the mixture some parmesan cheese.
We haven’t tried that – let us know how it works!
Nice and delicious , simple recipe I will try yummy watching from South Africa
We hope you enjoy them!
These look like tea biscuits, can you add cheese to them or would they become greasy?
We haven’t tried adding cheese – a shredded hard cheese like Parmesan might work, but not sure. Let us know if you try it!
Temp. ???, How much ingredients ???
All of recipe info is in the recipe card at the end of the post before the comments section.
How to make with zero or very little SODIUM
Sorry I don’t know. The bread needs baking powder which does have sodium
Thanks for your recipe i really enjoy it.
I’m so glad you liked it!
Just what I like. Bread made easy
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Will full 2% greek yogurt work if I dont have nonfat?
As discussed in the post, low-fat Greek yogurt will make the dough too wet so we don’t recommend it.
this bread rolls your talking about is the same as what the natives call Bannok which is part of their diet for centuries
Does Bannock have Greek yogurt?
The bread looks very good. Hope to g some good recipes. Thank you,
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How to make biscuits
All of the recipe instructions are in the recipe card at the end of the post.
Thank you for inspiring me to be believe I can bake my own bread. You made it sound so easy!
We hope you give it a try soon!
If I used whole milk Greek yogurt and the dough was too wet, couldn’t I just add a bit more flour. I’m asking because I never, ever by nonfat yogurt of any type because I really don’t like the taste. So I wouldn’t have any on hand to make this emergency bread. I’d have to go to the store and buy nonfat Greek yogurt and if I’m have to go to the store I’ll just go ahead and buy the ingredients to make non-emergency rolls.
(Just curious, why would the extra fat make the dough too wet? Seems like it would make it thicker)
If you add more flour, the rolls will be too dense. The whole fat yogurt does make the dough too wet in our experience – we tested this recipe multiple times with different kinds of yogurt to make sure.
That looks great love trying new recipes and cooking different foods i hope to see more of your recipe
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Found this recipe via Instagram and followed it to the source. Just made them, the referrals didn’t explicitly mention non-fat Greek yoghurt, the one I had worked(10,5% fat, 3,6% protein).
I had to tell myself to not be afraid of the stickiness (so I might have added to much self rising flour). I used to be very strict with measurements, but certainly with baking (bread) I learned that ingredients might differ, so I try to follow my gut working with doughs. And new doughs are a nice challenge ?
As I read the comments, and I see that there is a difference with European Greek yoghurt, I can imagine this might have influenced things too.
The texture might be different than intended, but I liked the taste (certainly as I had them for breakfast with a bit of cream cheese & lemon curd). ?
I can imagine how a bit of salt might improve the taste. And I wonder if some spices/sweetener might work too. I can imagine going either way, with sweet or hearty options.
I was wondering; what would be the best way to store them?
Usually I keep bread in a breadbox, but I can imagine these hold better in the fridge?
Anyway: thanks for sharing and I will add these to my list of favorites.
Thank you for sharing your experience with this recipe and we’re so glad you enjoyed it! These should be ok at room temperature in an airtight container for a couple of days or for longer storage you can keep them in the fridge or freezer.
Can you make these recipes, like the two ingredient bread rolls, gluten free?
Sorry, we haven’t tried it with GF flour.
Easy, every day ingredients you would have already in your home. Don’t have to run to the grocery store and spend money on ingredients you may only use once.