How to Make Rolls: Letting Your Bread Machine Do All The Hard Work
published by Momma Tells on Sep 7, 2009
Use regular flour in your bread machine for the best dinner rolls ever. Here is step by step instructions for baking the perfect rolls, and using your bread machine to do all the kneading.
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I wanted to write this recipe step by step, because some really little tips can make the difference between just OK or excellent rolls!
Also, please note, I do NOT use fancy bread flour in this recipe, All-purpose flour works just fine. For more tips on using regular flour in your bread machine you can read: How to Use Regular Flour in Your Bread Machine
Ingredients
- 1/2 c. warm water (about 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit – if you get it too hot or too cold, the yeast will not work properly. A thermometer is best, but if you don’t have one, make the water only slightly on the hot side of lukewarm, and be sure it is NOT so HOT it is scalding.)
- 2 1/2 tsp. yeast (or 1 pkg is OK-which is 2 1/4 tsp.)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 c. milk
- 3 Tbsp. butter (soft)
- 1 egg
- 5 cups flour
- 1 tsp. salt
Method
Put the yeast, warm water and sugar into your bread machine first. Let it set a few minutes before adding any more ingredients. This should make your yeast foam a bit, which is a good sign that it is working properly. Then add the rest of the ingredients in the order listed. Put the salt in last.
Then put your machine on it’s dough setting, which should last approximately 1 1/2 hours. As your dough mixes, use a spatula or spoon to help the flour get mixed in. After about 10 minutes, your dough should look like the below picture: nice and SMOOTH. If it looks rough and cracked, you may need to add a teaspoon or so of warm water. If it is sticky and runny, you may need to add a bit more flour.
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Once your dough cycle has finished, follow these instructions:
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This recipe makes about 24 rolls.
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# 1 by Judy Sheldon
September 7th, 2009 at 3:45 pm #
You’ve got my “like it”. This looks SOO Good!
# 2 by Eunice Tan
September 7th, 2009 at 9:13 pm #
I believe the taste is great. Hmmm…yummy
# 3 by carol powell
November 28th, 2009 at 11:41 pm #
Could you tell me if it is safe to allow the rolls to rise for more than 30 min? Your rolls look great! However, I am just wondering how mine will come out if I allow them to rise for so long.
# 4 by teresa
December 16th, 2009 at 3:30 pm #
Hi Carol,
I followed the directions using my own recipe and it came out just fine. Actually, I think allowing the dough to rise for an hour to an hour and a half actually gave my rolls great texture.
In addition to this, the small things matter- like spraying the top of the dough and not using flour on the surface or hands.
# 5 by Momma Tells
January 13th, 2010 at 11:18 am #
Hi Carol – You can definitely let the rolls raise more than 30 minutes. I always do over an hour – at least until they have doubled in size. If they don’t raise very long they are too heavy. Hope all goes well!
# 6 by pearl2010
January 13th, 2010 at 6:55 pm #
Interesting. Maybe I will try this someday.Thanks for sharing
# 7 by Wendy
December 5th, 2011 at 7:11 am #
That’s interesting. I haven’t read all of the comments here, but I was told that using bread flour instead of regular made the best rolls & bread. Was told that the bread flour had the gluten in it. I guess if you were going for “gluten free” then you would surely use the regular. I just thought it was interesting the difference in opinion.
) Thanks for sharing this recipe! I will be making rolls for a family Christmas gathering and will use this recipe. Happy Christmas baking ya’ll!!
# 8 by Jennifer
December 25th, 2011 at 7:30 pm #
Thank you for such a simple and easy great recipe. I made them today for Christmas dinner and they were a big hit. I was’nt sure about using regular flour at firs,t but after the taste test I knew it was o.k. I will make this again for sure!
Jen
# 9 by ssw
November 24th, 2012 at 10:43 pm #
I have a quick question-two actually-what if you don’t have a machine? have you made them without? And also, is it really supposed to be an hour and a half for ‘mixing’ the dough on a machine? Doesn’t that seem like a long time?
# 10 by Denise
December 28th, 2012 at 8:33 pm #
The dough mixes and does it’s first rise in the machine, that’s why it takes one and a half hours.