Make homemade dinner rolls easily by using your bread machine dough cycle with this great recipe!
This simple method results in soft dinner rolls with very little hands on work thanks to a bit of modern machinery.
Use this bread machine recipe to make feast days or even weeknights a bit easier by letting the machine do the hard work for you.
If you’d prefer to make dinner rolls by hand, my grandma’s rolls are a reader favorite — soft, fluffy, and simple to make without a machine.
Simple Ingredients
These bread machine rolls need nothing fancy and like all the best breads that means simple, delicious, and comforting homemade bread.
Flour Choices
For the best results and fluffy rolls, do use bread flour here.
All-purpose flour would result in homemade rolls but they won’t likely have the same softness or fluffiness.
Yeast Choices
I use instant yeast for ease in every bread machine recipe I test. If you wanted to use active dry yeast or bread machine yeast, simply follow your manufacturer’s instructions but I can’t say for certainty in what amount.
About My Bread Machine
My bread machine recipes are tested on a Welbilt Bread Machine. I bought it at a thrift store for $6.50. It makes great bread but every machine is different. Please follow any specific instructions provided by your bread machine manufacturer if they differ from how this recipe is written.
Troubleshooting
My dough didn’t come together properly in the machine. Make sure all liquid ingredients were at room temperature before adding them to the machine. Cold milk or butter straight from the fridge can affect how the dough develops during the kneading cycle. Also make sure you’re using the dough cycle and not a full bake cycle.
My rolls didn’t rise well after shaping. The dough needs a warm spot for the second rise — a cold kitchen will slow things down significantly. Try placing the covered pan in an oven with just the light on. Also make sure the dough came out of the bread machine fully risen before you shaped the rolls.
My rolls are dense. Dense rolls usually mean the dough was under-proofed during the second rise or too much flour was worked in during shaping. Handle the dough gently when forming the rolls and give them the full 30 minutes to rise before baking.
The rolls are browning too fast. Check your oven temperature with a thermometer, ovens that run hot will brown enriched doughs quickly because of the egg and butter content. Tent the pan loosely with foil partway through the bake if they’re browning faster than you’d like.
My rolls are different sizes and baking unevenly. Use a kitchen scale to divide the dough as mentioned above. Even a small difference in weight leads to uneven baking with some rolls overdone while others are still soft in the center.
Size of Rolls
Once your dough has finished rising in the bread machine, you can make the ball shape any size you desire.
Make smaller or larger size rolls based on your own needs or desire. Simply make sure to divide the dough equally for even baking. Use a kitchen scale to weigh the dough so that you can be sure each weighs the same.
Just be sure to adjust the baking time as necessary depending on the size of the rolls.
How to Serve
Use these in the same way you would use any yeast rolls.
Serve warm bread rolls at holiday dinners or feast celebrations.
They go great alongside soups or salads.
Use them as homemade soft buns for hamburgers or sandwiches.
For something on the sweeter side, this Hawaiian bread machine recipe makes wonderful rolls using the same dough cycle method.
How to Store and Make Ahead
Keep baked and cooled rolls in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days — they’re best the day they’re made but reheat beautifully in a low oven.
To freeze baked rolls, cool completely and place in a freezer bag for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature for a couple of hours or warm in a 300 degree oven for about 10 minutes straight from frozen.
To make ahead using unbaked rolls, shape the rolls and place on the greased baking sheet. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight rather than doing the second rise at room temperature. When ready to bake, remove from the refrigerator and let come to room temperature for about an hour before baking as directed.
Bread Machine Dinner Rolls Recipe
Make fluffy bread machine dinner rolls with simple pantry ingredients for an amazing way to complete any meal.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Water
- 1/4 Cup Milk
- 1 Large Egg
- 2 Tablespoons Melted Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 4 Cups Bread Flour
- 2 teaspoons Instant Yeast
Optional Topping
- 3 Tablespoons Salted Butter, melted for brushing tops
Instructions
- Place everything in the pan of your bread machine in the order written (or as directed by your machine's instructions). Usually liquid ingredients are followed by salt and the dry ingredients with the yeast being last, but again follow your bread machine manual for best results.
- Put the bread machine pan in the bread maker and close the lid.
- Select the dough cycle / settting for a 2 pound loaf.
- Press Start.
- After the dough cycle has finished, remove the dough from the bread machine and place on a lightly floured surface.
- Grease a baking sheet.
- Divide the bread dough into 15 equal portions and shape into rolls. Use a kitchen scale for even sizing.
- Place the rolls onto the greased baking pan.
- Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Brush the tops of the rolls with melted butter.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes or until the rolls are golden brown and sound hollow when tapped with a knuckle.
- Remove from baking sheet to cool on wire rack.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 15 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 291Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 185mgCarbohydrates: 52gFiber: 2gSugar: 2gProtein: 9g
I try but cannot guarantee this nutritional information is 100% accurate.
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