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