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    Easy No Knead Dinner Rolls

    Published: Mar 18, 2021 · Modified: Sep 6, 2023 by Hinz

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    Here is the recipe for an easy No knead dinner rolls! extremely soft and fluffy that anyone can make at home. Eggless and no stand mixer needed. Quick and easy recipe for no knead bread rolls lovers to try. Add all the ingredients to a bowl, mix with a spatula, and keep a warm place to rise. Make rolls and bake!

    no knead dinner rolls recipe

    These dinner rolls are extremely soft and light in weight. Making is so easy as you don't need any special tool to knead. Beginners and bachelors can also try this recipe and you will get a super soft dinner roll on your dinner table.

    Jump to:
    • No Knead Dinner Rolls
    • Why Do I Love This Bread Rolls Recipe
    • Ingredients & Substitutions
    • How to Make No-Knead Dinner Rolls
    • Watch Recipe
    • Easy Tips For Soft Dinner Rolls
    • How To Store Leftover Dinner Rolls
    • What to Serve with Dinner Rolls?
    • Q & A
    • More Dinner Bread Ideas
    • Easy No Knead Dinner Rolls

    No Knead Dinner Rolls

    "No knead" is basically a bread making technique that requires a long fermentation time. Here in this recipe, I kept the flour to rise for 2 hours. Kneading helps to form the gluten strands that make a perfect bread texture but here we only use ingredients and mixed with the spatula. So it's a world's easiest and soft bread making that everyone can make as it does not require any special skills to make.

    Life is so fast and we are all engage with so many assignments so it's super easy idea to make these homemade dinners rolls that you can serve at dinner and breakfast as well. I personally like with butter stuffing at breakfast with cappuccino. It's enough to make my day!

    soft no knead dinner rolls

    Why Do I Love This Bread Rolls Recipe

    • These dinner rolls are puffy, lightweight, extremely soft, fluffy, and chewy from the inside with golden crust. It will just melt in your mouth. The creamy and buttery flavor of bread will add value to the dinner bite.
    • Easy and quick! even beginners can make this bread with perfection. No skills are required to make the dough. Didn't use a mixer. Only a spatula will work for it. The baking result was incredibly flawless.
    • If you are thinking about the difference in taste between kneaded and no-knead dinner rolls. Let me tell you, it's hard to make a difference as it will give you the same texture and smoothness that you get with kneaded dough.

    On a personal note, this recipe is the inspired version of Pioneer Woman no knead dinner rolls which is my secret of quick dinner rolls that my family loves to have.

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    easy dinner rolls

    Ingredients & Substitutions

    Instant Yeast: Take the good quality instant yeast as it will help to rise the flour and make the bread roll soft and fluffy.

    Sugar: It will work as a catalyst and accelerate the rising process of instant yeast so don't skip it.

    Water: Used to dilute the yeast and sugar mixture.

    Oil/butter: You can use oil or butter as per your preference. I used cooking oil but it can be replaced with butter in the same quantity.

    Baking Powder (Optional): It's not compulsory to add baking powder but the addition will make the end result more smooth, soft, and fluffy.

    Milk: Used to make the dough.

    All Purpose Flour: Strain the flour before adding it to the dough.

    Salt: Add salt according to taste. I used 1 teaspoon which was well adjusted.

    How to Make No-Knead Dinner Rolls

    It's simple and easy to make homemade dinner rolls! only require few ingredients from pantry to prepare these super soft rolls.

    Step 1: Yeast Proofing

    In a deep bowl, add instant yeast, granulated sugar, and lukewarm water. Mix it well!

    Cover and leave it for 10 minutes to activate the yeast.

    Step 2: Dough Making

    After proofing the yeast, in the same bowl, salt, oil, and all-purpose flour. Mix all the ingredients using a spatula. Gradually add milk to make the soft dough. Knead with hand or spoon. No mixer is required!

    Cover and keep the dough in a warm place for 2 hours to get a rise. After 2 hours the dough will be double in size. Now take it out. Punch the dough to release air and distribute the dough to make small balls. As the dough will be sticky so get help with all purpose flour or oil to make small balls.

    Step 3: Set the Baking Tray

    Set the baking tray by lining foil/butter paper. Apply oil on the baking sheet. Place the dough ball with some distance. Apply milk layer on top of the balls. Again cover with a cotton cloth and leave it to rise for 10 minutes.

    Step 4: Baking

    Preheat the oven at 220C or 428F. Bake the dinner rolls for about 10 to 15 minutes. Take it out.. and enjoy!

    Watch Recipe

    It's been easy to watch the video recipe of no knead dinner rolls as it will help my lovely readers to follow the quick direction. My entire kitchen was full of baking aroma that compelled us to crave for it.

    No-Knead Dinner Rolls [Video]

    Easy Tips For Soft Dinner Rolls

    1. Always use warm water in yeast to rise. Avoid cold or hot water otherwise, yeast will not rise and sit on the bottom that will not make an influence on the dough.
    2. Don't skip the sugar at all! It basically adds to improve the rising or ferment process of yeast. It will not create a sugary taste.
    3. Properly use the number of ingredients to make the dough.
    4. Don't make the dough runny or thin. It should be semi-soft in texture.
    5. Always place the dough to rise in a warm place. I prefer microwave or oven to place (turned off).
    6. Don't open the rising dough again and again. Properly give it 2 hours to rise.
    7. When making dough balls make sure there should not be any crack.
    8. Preheat the oven before 10 minutes of baking.
    9. Add a cup of water to the oven can make the dough more soft and fluffy.
    10. Note the proper baking time. Overtime can make the rolls hard in texture.

    How To Store Leftover Dinner Rolls

    Store The Baked Dinner Rolls in Refrigerator: Wrap the leftover rolls in foil and keep it in airtight container. Refrigerate for 4 to 5 days.

    Reheat Dinner Rolls: Take out from refrigerator and wrap in cling sheet and microwave for 2 minutes. Another way is to wrap in aluminum foil and place in preheated oven at 250C for 5 to 6 minutes.

    What to Serve with Dinner Rolls?

    Here are the few ideas that can easily pair up with dinner rolls as main course.

    • Baked Chicken Breast
    • Tandoori Chicken
    • Honey Butter Garlic Chicken
    • Chicken Tikka Masala
    • Shish Tawook

    On sides, roasted veggies, skillet corns, coleslaw, fries and restaurant secret house sauce makes the perfect taste for a family dinner meal.

    Q & A

    How to fix the hard dinner rolls?

    Here is my easy technique to fix the hard dinner rolls. You can apply the same hack on stale bread rolls. Preheat the oven and place the small bowl of hot boiling water in oven to make it steamy and then place the tray of dinner rolls inside oven for 5 to 6 minutes. It will magically turn to soft and fluffy texture.

    Why the dinner rolls are so dense?

    Here are the reason of dense dinner rolls:
    - Use good quality of yeast.
    - Using too much flour.
    - Not using ingredients according to proportion.
    - Make sure to properly seal the dough to rest it in warm place.
    - Always preheat the oven before 10 minutes.

    Best flour for soft dinner rolls

    Take the bread flour with high protein content. According to USDA, high gluten flour contains the highest amount of protein that helps to make soft, fluffy and chewy dinner rolls/bread.

    How long do homemade dinner rolls last?

    Shelf life: 3 days.
    Refrigerator: 5 to 6 days.

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    Easy No Knead Dinner Rolls

    Here is the recipe for an easy No knead dinner rolls! extremely soft and fluffy that anyone can make at home. Eggless and no stand mixer needed. Quick and easy recipe for no knead bread rolls lovers to try. Add all the ingredients to a bowl, mix with a spatula, and keep a warm place to rise. Make rolls and bake!
    Course Bread, Side Dish
    Cuisine American, International, Western
    Keyword no knead dinner rolls, soft no knead dinner rolls
    Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time 25 minutes minutes
    Servings 5 Persons
    Calories 246kcal
    Author Hinz

    Equipment

    • Baking tray

    Ingredients

    • 11 g Yeast 3.5 Teaspoon
    • 2 teaspoon Granulated Sugar
    • ½ cup Lukewarm Water
    • 1 tablespoon Oil Vegetable/canola/olive
    • ½ cup Milk
    • 1 teaspoon Salt
    • 3 cups All Purpose Flour
    • 1 tablespoon Milk for Topping For golden shiny crust

    Instructions

    Yeast Proofing

    • In a deep bowl, make a mixture of instant yeast, sugar, and water.
    • Cover and leave it for 10 minutes to rise. It will be frothy after that.

    No Knead Dough Preparation

    • As the yeast rises, in the same bowl, add All-purpose flour, oil/butter, salt, and milk.
    • Give it a good mix with a spatula or hand.
    • Now cover the bowl and keep it in a warm place to ferment the dough. It will almost take 2 hours to rise the dough.
    • The dough will be ripe after 2 hours showing bubbles and a stretchy texture.
    • Punch the dough to release air and make a big ball.
    • Distribute the dough in small balls. Take out a small portion from the dough and give it the shape of a small ball.

    Set up Baking Tray

    • Brush the oil at bottom of
    • Now place the dough balls with some distance.

    Proofing

    • After setting the dough balls in baking tray.
    • Cover it with cotton cloth and leave it for 30 minutes to rise.
    • After that, the dough balls will be double tripple in size.
    • Apply the milk topping using brush at the top of dough balls.

    Baking

    • Preheat the oven before 10 minutes of baking.
    • Maintain the temperature to 220°C or 428°F
    • Place the baking tray in oven.
    • Bake for 15 minutes.
    • Take it out and serve!

    Video

    Notes

    1. To properly ferment the yeast, it's always recommended to use warm water. Never use cold or hot water to dissolve yeast. It will not work out.
    2. Always choose the yeast wisely, like for normal bread making dry yeast is recommended due to long ferment time while the instant yeast will ruin the dough if you keep it for a long time.   
    3. Sugar is the catalyst in yeast that improves the fermenting process rather than adding the sugary taste. 
    4. Properly use the number of ingredients to make the dough. Increasing the quantity of yeast will not improve fermentation or make an impact on the rising dough. In fact, it will add yeast odor to the dough. 
    5. Don't make the dough runny or thin. It should be semi-soft in texture.
    6. Always place the dough to rise in a warm place. I prefer microwave or oven to place (turned off).
    7. Don't open the rising dough again and again. Properly give it 2 hours to rise.
    8. When making dough balls make sure there should not be any crack.
    9. Preheat the oven before 10 minutes of baking.
    10. Add a cup of water to the oven can make the dough more soft and fluffy.
    11. Note the proper baking time. Overtime can make the rolls hard in texture.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 246kcal

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