Easy to make fluffy rolls made in the bread machine. These dinner rolls taste like Hawaiian sweet rolls and are delicious with a little butter on top! Made with pantry staples for simple bread making!
Well, I’m all about bread making right now. This week I made a loaf of whole wheat bread, corn bread, sugar cookies (in the bread machine) and now these homemade rolls. Being in the kitchen is definitely helping me escape these stressful times, and what’s better than making fluffy little rolls that I can dab with butter and jam?
My entire family has been gobbling these up and love them so much. Matthew thinks they taste just like store bought Hawaiian sweet rolls (one of his favorites), so I’m going to bet this batch I made yesterday will be gone by night’s end!
Need to get your mind off the news? Then run to the kitchen (don’t trip over your cat!), grab your bread machine and make these fluffy bread machine rolls! Trust me, on first bite, everything is going to be ok!
Ingredients
Here’s all the ingredients that you need for this homemade rolls recipe. This is a very simple “from your pantry” recipe.
- milk (I use whole milk but you can use skim milk too)
- bread flour
- sugar
- salt
- butter (melted)
- active dry yeast
Step by Step Directions
Place all the ingredients into the pan of your bread machine. You want to set it on DOUGH cycle and press START.
Allow the bread machine to do it’s thing and wait until it completely finishes. You should see a fluffy ball of dough when you open it up!
Place dough on a floured surface and lightly deflate the dough, using your fingers to press down.
The recipe makes approximately 16 rolls so you’ll want to divide the dough up into 16. I like to rip the dough into 4, and then dive each piece into 4 again.
Place in 13×9 pan, placing them next to each other.
Now cover with a towel and allow to rise for 1 hour. Please let them rise for the entire hour. It’s important they fully rise and this gets them nice and fluffy! And during this time the blog’s photographer stopped by and took a picture! 🙂
Here they are after 1 hour of rising. I call them little soft snuggle balls of happiness!
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and bake for 16-18 minutes or until the tops are golden brown. Gorgeous!
Allow to cool for a little bit so you don’t burn your mouth, but eat them while they’re still warm! OOOOOH. Delicious!
To Egg Wash or Not to Egg Wash?
That is the question!
Look I’m not a big fan of the egg wash on top of breads and rolls. Call me crazy, but it seems like a wasted egg. I like to just grab some butter and lightly brush it on top. This gives them a buttery taste and a glossy shine, in my opinion, they’re perfect like this!
What Order Should I put Ingredients into the Bread Machine?
First, check out your bread machine manufacturer manual that should list the order of ingredients. If you don’t have the manual you can check out their website. It’s important that you put the ingredients in the correct order as it makes a difference on the way the dough is mixed, kneaded and then affects rising.
For our specific machine the ingredients goes in the order: milk, bread flour, sugar, salt, butter and active dry yeast.
Want to freeze these?
First of all, good luck not eating all these rolls within the first day. They’re that delicious. I plead the fifth in telling you how many rolls I ate! If you actually don’t eat them all and want to freeze them, that’s easy to do!
Bake rolls as usual and allow to cool completely. Wrap up in aluminum foil and then place in a freezer bag. When ready to eat, remove from foil and bag and place in the microwave for a few seconds. They won’t take long to heat back up.
I hope you enjoy these Fluffy Bread Machine Rolls! Please leave a comment if you make them!
Other Delicious Bread Recipes:
- 2 Hour Crockpot Bread
- Moist Buttermilk Cornbread
- Cinnamon Swirl Bread
- Homemade Bread Machine Pizza Dough
- Whole Wheat Slow Cooker Bread
- Sourdough Crockpot Bread
- Homemade Slow Cooker Bagels
- Easy Garlic Knots
- Bread Machine Italian Bread
- Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
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Fluffy Bread Machine Rolls
PrintIngredients
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 3 cups bread flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 (.25 ounce) package of active dry yeast (this equals 2 1/4 teaspoons)
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients into the pan of your bread machine in the order that your machine manufacturer recommends. Mine recommends them in order that I listed in ingredients. Set on DOUGH cycle and press START.
- When machine is finished remove dough from machine pan and place on floured surface, lightly deflating it with your hands. Divide the dough into 16 equal size pieces and and roll into round balls.
- Spray a 13×9 pan with nonstick spray and place the dough balls onto the pan, placing them directly next to each other. Cover pan with cloth towel and let rise for 60 minutes. During this time the rolls will almost double in size.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake rolls for 16-18 minutes or until golden brown on top. Remove from oven and allow to cool down to touch.
- When serving the rolls, brush a little bit of butter on top of each one to give them a glossy finish.
Rhonda says
This recipe is perfection. I wish i could send you a photo. I cut the dough into 16 triangles and rolled them like crescent rolls. I egg washed them and topped with sesame and poppy seeds. Fantastic. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Tammy says
Van i use all purpose flour
Pamela says
You can, although they might not be as fluffy.
Stephen Skerritt says
I have made these 5 times in the past month. They turn out great every time. Last time I accidentally got skim milk but increased butter by a quarter cup and decreased milk by a quarter cup and they turned out great.
Jenn says
This is my go to easy fluffy bread machine dough! I love it so much I actually have used the recipe to make cinnamon rolls as well! And they turn out fluffy and so damn delicious i can’t get enough!!!
Georgine Woodley says
Can you double this. Because 16 is not enough for the people I cook for on Sunday! My machine takes 1 hr 35 on the dough cycle and I don’t want to be tied to the machine all day.
Kristen Garzaro says
Hands down the best!
Bittybenches says
Great rolls, super simple and truly foolproof. Thank you for a recipe that is absolutely excellent!
Jen Mitten says
Pamela. .. thank you so much for posting this recipe. I finally made the perfect rolls. I’m going to make them for all holidays+ now.
Susie Grant says
Great recipe! Very fluffy and yummy! I used this dough recipe for cinnamon rolls. I just added a little more sugar. They were awesome!
Sharon C says
I’m making these now. Does the dough freeze well? There’s only 2 of us.
Jolyn A says
New to my bread machine: can I put the dough balls back in my bread machine and use the ‘Bake Only’ setting?
Tiffany says
This is my new go to for rolls. So yummy and everyone loves them. I can’t wait to bring them for my whole family to try at Thanksgiving. Thank you! ♥️ If I wanted to turn this into a loaf of bread vs rolls how would I do that? What setting on my machine would I use?
JL says
These are excellent! I have made them many times, and they always turn out perfect.
Spillman says
Best rolls ever!
C.C. Hines says
My family and I enjoyed this recipe! Thank you for clear instructions .
Second Best says
This worked out really well. Very yummy! Thank you
Michelle says
I used regular milk nice and fluffy. This is my new go to recipe. Delicious.
Beth Aschliman says
Question!! My dough cycle is 1 and 1/2 hours !!
JL says
Yes that’s perfect. Mine is also 1-1/2 hours
Aida McDougal says
I love this recipe very much 🥰🥰
I was wondering if you have a recipe for whole wheat rolls or whole grain rolls???
Pamela says
Glad you like the rolls! I have a whole wheat bread recipe that you might like! Here it is: https://brooklynfarmgirl.com/whole-wheat-slow-cooker-bread/
Debbie S says
The rolls came out light, fluffy, and delicious. Very easy to make. Thanks for sharing!
Chris says
The order for adding ingredients in my bread machine manual depends on the particular recipe being used. Any advice on how to proceed if I want to try your recipe?
Pamela says
Sure, add the ingredients in the order of ingredients on the list: milk, flour, sugar, salt, butter and yeast.
Ananda says
Do you use cold milk and what kind of pan do you use. A cake pan or cookie sheet?
Pamela says
I just use milk straight from the refrigerator, no need to heat it up. I use a 13×9 pan/dish, something with sides.
Hailey says
No fail recipe – so easy and delicious!
Angie says
Can you use all purpose floor? Not sure what the difference is.
Pamela says
Hey Angie, I recommend bread flour for the best rolls possible, but you can use all-purpose flour if you have to. They might not be as “fluffy”, but I have done it before, and they still tasted great.
John Johnson says
I made rolls first, then I made the dough and used a hot dog bun pan to make hot dog buns. So good!
Sallie Pablo says
I have made this several times and everyone e loves them. They don’t last long!!!
Jimmie Goedhart says
Love the recipe and the taste.
But… you say divide dough into 16 pieces, you then plane 15 rolls into your pan, where is the other roll?
Pamela says
Hi Jimmie, are you referring to the picture with 15 rolls? That’s just because I liked the picture better with matching rows. 😉 The recipe should make 16 rolls.