90 Minute Dinner Rolls (2024)

Looking for the best, quick, and easy dinner rolls? These are light, fluffy, and ready in 90 minutes. Also, a great recipe for the beginner baker wanting to learn to make homemade rolls from scratch! These soft rolls are the perfect addition to soups or salads!

Why You'll Love This Recipe!

• Ready in 90 minutes!
• From scratch recipe!
• Great recipe for those just learning to bake!
• EGG-FREE!!! Yes! Finally, a recipe for those with egg allergies!!!
• Can be made into a loaf of Homemade White Bread instead!

Ingredient Notes

• Butter - Both salted and unsalted work fine.
• Flour - all-purpose flour, not bread flour, and never self-rising flour. If you want to sub some wheat flour, see my Wheat Dinner Roll recipe for details!
• Eggs - yes, you are reading this recipe correctly. There are no eggs in this recipe. It's a common misconception that bread recipes must have eggs as a binding agent.
• Yeast - active dry yeast, rapid-rise yeast, and instant yeast can all be used.

How to Make

• If this is your first time making this recipe or any type of yeast roll recipe, be sure to give yourself more than 90 minutes so that you don't feel rushed as you're learning.
• In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook (this recipe can also be made by hand), add the sugar, yeast, and warm water.
• Allow to stand 3-5 minutes to activate the yeast.

• Add the room temperature butter, not melted butter, and salt.
• Add 3 cups of the flour and begin mixing and kneading to form a dough.
• You may or may not need the entire last cup of flour.
• Add what flour you need to make a soft but still slightly sticky dough.
• Knead for 3 minutes in your stand mixer or 5 minutes by hand.
• In picture 8, you can see what my dough looks like with enough flour and after being kneaded. Notice how the dough has mostly cleaned the sides of the bowl.
• The dough is now ready for the first rise.
• Cover the dough with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let it rise until doubled in a draft-free, warm place.
• This should take 20-30 minutes.

• Dump the risen dough out onto a lightly floured work surface.
• Divide into 15 equal pieces. They don't need to be perfect; just them as close to the same size as possible. If you want to measure them with a kitchen scale for exactness, that's fine too!
• Shape each piece into small dough balls.
• Lightly spray a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Place the dough balls into the baking dish for the second rise.
• Cover and let rise while your oven preheats to 350 degrees. (about 20 minutes)
• Bake the rolls for 15-20 minutes.
• The tops should be golden brown.
• Run a cube of butter over the hot tops of the rolls.
• Let your rolls cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before serving.

Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips

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