Easy Dinner Rolls made from scratch and ready in about 30 minutes! These 30-minute dinner rolls are perfect when you want homemade bread but don’t have much time.
Anyone who has ever made yeast bread from scratch knows how long it takes. It’s a rewarding process in the end, but you have to set aside a bit of time to create fresh, soft bread. Until now.
I was really curious when I came across a recipe for making homemade dinner rolls with yeast in 30 minutes–including baking time! Could it be true?
Well, mine took a little more than thirty minutes, but it was still pretty fast, and the end result was a soft and fluffy bread that is perfect as a dinner roll for a special occasion or a snack.
Ingredients
- Warm water (about 100°F)
- Vegetable oil or canola oil
- Active dry yeast
- Granulated sugar
- Salt
- Large egg
- Bread flour
How to Make Them
Spray a 9×13″ baking pan with cooking spray or grease it with butter.
Combine the water, oil, yeast, and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Let it sit for 15 minutes.
With the dough hook attachment, mix the salt, egg, and flour into the yeast mixture. Adjust the mixer speed to medium-high speed and knead the dough for six minutes.
If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can make the dough by hand. Mix the ingredients with a wooden spoon in a large mixing bowl and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface once the dough comes together. Knead the dough until it’s smooth and no longer sticky.
Portion the dough into 12 balls of equal size. Place the balls of dough in a prepared baking pan and let them rest for 10 to 15 minutes or until they have puffed up about one and a half times their original size.
Bake the roll at 400°F for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
I like these plain, but you can brush the warm rolls with melted butter for serving.
Recipe Tips
I couldn’t believe how unbelievably soft these were. They did seem to have a slightly underdeveloped taste because they rise for so little time, but they are still good and perfect for fresh bread rolls in a cinch.
The rolls are a little on the sweet side. Not quite a sweet roll, but if you are looking for a more savory roll, you might want to reduce the sugar.
When you let the dough balls rise before you bake them, leave them in a warm, draft-free spot. If it’s cold, they will take longer to rise.
You can add flavor by brushing the rolls with butter, garlic butter or sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the top. I think it would also work to mix in a teaspoon of Italian seasoning or other dry herbs when you make the dough.
I think these rolls are best enjoyed within a few days. Keep them wrapped in plastic wrap or in an airtight container at room temperature. Or, you can freeze them for several months.
This recipe is great if you want an easy bread recipe for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, or another special dinner. I would definitely make these again.
More Dinner Roll Recipes
30 Minute Bread Rolls
Ingredients
- 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp warm water about 100F
- 1/3 cup oil
- 2 tbsp yeast
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 3 1/2 cups bread flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. In your mixer bowl combine the water, oil, yeast and sugar and allow it to rest for 15 minutes.
- Using your dough hook, mix in the salt, egg and flour and knead the dough for six minutes with dough hook on medium to high speed.
- Form dough into 12 balls and then place in a greased 9 x 13 pan and allow to rest for 10-15 minutes, until the dough has risen at least 1 1/2 times the original size and begin to press up onto each other. Bake for about 15 minutes until tops turn golden brown.
Notes
Nutrition
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
Tried this recipe. It’s my first time to bake bread and this is what happened… There was no oil so I used butter instead. Also, I accidentally forgot to put salt! It looked great but the taste was horrible. I know that not putting salt is stupid but is it ok that I used butter? Will make this again though but if I fail on the second try I think I have to quit baking. haha
Hi Alyssa, I’m not sure how much its affected with butter vs oil. My guess is it does make a difference, so I would definitely try this with oil
Fast bread anything is my thing. Thanks for this, have pinned for later.
If I’m not much mistaken, reducing the sugar might also help the dough to rise better. I’ve heard somewhere the too much sugar can kill the yeast; that’s why sugary leavened breads like panettone are so difficult to make!
Hmm interesting. I’m not much of a yeast baking expert so I didn’t know that.
These sound perfect! My patience gets seriously tested with traditional yeast. I just want my bread already!
Yeah, I love making fresh bread but knowing there will be a lot of waiting around makes it hard for me to start. This was so nice and easy.