Easy One Hour Dinner Rolls Recipe
Making easy one hour dinner rolls is a life changer for busy weeknights and holidays when you are trying to multitask in the kitchen and want delicious homemade dinner rolls fast. With this recipe, you can whip up a fresh homemade batch of dinner rolls for your family and showcase a winner dinner.Even though these dinner rolls are yeast rolls, they still can be easily and quickly whipped up in one hour.
Equipment
- 1 large mixing bowl
Ingredients
For the Yeast
- ½ cup warm water.
- 1 cup warm milk.
- 2 tbsp melted butter.
- 2 tbsp sugar, honey, or maple syrup.
- 1 tbsp dry active yeast.
For the Dough
- 3 ½ to 4 cups all-purpose flour.
- 1 tsp salt.
- 1 large egg (egg wash) or melted butter (brush on rolls).
Instructions
Prepping Your Oven and Baking Dish
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F and grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
For the Yeast
- Mix together the warm milk, water, melted butter, sugar, honey, or maple syrup, and active dry yeast and let sit for 10 minutes until foamy.
For the Dough
- Stir in flour and salt and combine well.
- Form the dough into a ball and cover it in the mixing bowl and let rise for 10 minutes.
Shaping the Dough
- After the 10 minutes of rising time, punch down the dough and form it into 12 equal portion-sized balls.
Proofing the Rolls
- Place each dough ball onto the greased baking dish and let rise for 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
Applying the Egg Wash
- Brush the rolls with either an egg wash or melted butter.
Baking the Rolls
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown.