Recipes

Bread Machine Dinner Rolls

Do you want soft dinner rolls with only a few minutes of hands-on time? This dinner roll recipe will quickly make them, and the only real work is shaping the dough into balls.

The recipe is designed to work in a Zojirushi bread machine; if using a different brand, follow its directions. The Zojirushi prewarms the ingredients; for other machines, you will want the water to be 110-120°.

Bread Machine Dinner Rolls

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup water
  • 2 Tbsp softened unsalted butter, sliced up
  • 1 egg, room temperaturee
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp fine sea salt
  • 400 grams all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp bread machine/rapid-rise/quick-rise yeast

Directions:

Add ingredients in the order listed to the bread machine pan.

Set for dough cycle (our machine takes 1 hr 50 minutes). As it starts to knead, check on it to see how the dough looks; it should be smooth and elastic. If it looks too wet, add in a bit more flour.

Lightly flour a work surface. Remove dough from the pan and let rest, covered with plastic wrap, for 10 minutes.

Lightly oil a large-rimmed baking sheet.

Using a bench scraper, divide the dough into 14 sections. Gently shape each piece into a ball and set it on the baking pan.

Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 40 minutes. In cooler houses, using a prewarmed heating pad set on medium will ensure a good rise.

Preheat oven to 375° in the last 10 minutes of rise.

Place rolls in the oven and bake for 15 minutes or until golden on top.

Let cool on a rack.

Makes about 14 rolls.

Note:

While I didn’t do it, you can brush the tops with melted butter immediately after taking them out of the oven for a softer roll. One Tablespoon is plenty.

~Sarah