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.
Sudie says
I’ve made this many times! Always turns out beautifully! My family loves them!
M Martin says
Best dinner roll recipe I’ve ever turned out of my bread machine
Pamela says
So happy to hear you liked these! Thanks for commenting!
Kim says
They returned out really nice and they taste awesome
Pamela says
Thanks Kim!
Jeannie thornsley says
These rolls are very fluffy and yummy. Only I don’t melt the butter and still great!
Michele says
I loved this recipe so much! It actually worked was super simple and the rolls were delicious. I only got 12 rolls out of the dough not 16. I absolutely recommend this recipe to everyone. Thank you Brooklyn Farm Girl!
Jody martel says
I loved this recipe so much! After numerous flops and many unsuccessful bread recipes these here are fantastic,easy.to make and have no issues.Let’s not forget fluffy and delicious!!!
Terri says
Love this recipe! Turned out perfectly.
Wayne says
Love Rolls Great Recipe would like to make for 8 people or Half please help. Thanks
Julia Ellis says
These are so good! My family loves them! Do you know what method would be best for preparing in advance and storing? Maybe baking lightly then freezing in pans until ready for final bake? Was trying to think of the best way to cook in bulk for church and family events!
Pat cameron says
Delicious , so easy to make and I change the regular sugar to two tbs level splenda.
Deborah Allen says
I don’t have a bread machine
Callie H. says
Can this recipe be turned into a loaf? Excited to try it!!
Deb says
Ask for a bread machine for Christmas! Merry Christmas!!!
John Doe says
That was stupid to say. What if no one can get them a bread machine for Christmas?
Sandy says
For the first time I decided to make homemade rolls for Thanksgiving & they were a big hit! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. I will definitely be making them again
Cherie O'Brien says
I have to agree with everyone here. Theses are delicious rolls & I tried them on thanksgiving day! But everyone loved them!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Lyndsay says
I make these vegan with oat milk and earth balance “butter” and they turn out perfect! So excited to eat these with our Tofurkey later today!
Sally Bashford says
Fantastic!! You saved me from buying store-bought rolls again this year. Easy recipe. Delicious recipe.
Amanda says
I am about to make these but have a question! Do I bake them and then freeze or is it better to freeze the dough, thaw and bake? Thanks!
Pamela says
Hey Amanda, honestly, both methods work and will result in delicious rolls. Personally, I prefer to bake them completely, freeze, and then thaw/warm up when needed. This is great for time saving as the rolls are already done so you don’t have much work.
Jenn Lichtman says
And it’s ok to bake and freeze overnight as I’m making today for thanksgiving tomorrow
Joan Blalock says
Can I substitute honey for the sugar? If so what is the ratio?
Pamela says
You can, I would use 2 tablespoons honey as it’s sweeter than sugar.
BonnieR says
Made them today light and fluffy and delicious!
Gina says
I did a test run yesterday on this recipe for Thanksgiving. I made the dough in the bread machine and these are the best homemade rolls I have ever made. We will be traveling tomorrow so I divided yesterdays test run in half and froze half of the rolls before baking and baked the rest for tasting. This morning I put the frozen rolls out to thaw and let rise. They were as good as the ones I baked yesterday, so today I am making 3 more recipes and will try making cinnamon rolls as well..
Karen says
So. Total time for recipe is incorrect: should be 3 hrs. 1 hr 30 min in dough cycle; 1 hr to rise; rest of time to pull apart and bake. Now. The look and taste: FANTASTIC!!! Love them! This was test trial for Thanksgiving. And it worked. So proud i got em right. TY
TJ says
Do you warm the milk? If so, to what degree?
Dianne brooks says
Best rolls I have ever made thanks for the recipe
Cammie says
Super simple and easy to make! I love this & so does my family.
Debra Gilbert says
Do you warm the milk first and can you use instant yeast
Kris says
Absolutely necessity for any comfort food meal. Stew, chicken and dumplings, Biscuits & gravy, Thanksgiving etc. So fluffy and perfect.
Jan Payne says
I want to make these for Thanksgiving ahead of time. How would they do baking then freezing and reheating?
Pamela says
I do this all the time and they’re delicious!
Niki says
Turned out great!!! I have made them twice already. My son, who is a total bread snob requested another batch, as he ate nearly the whole previous batch.
Pamela says
That makes me so happy to hear! Glad they were a hit! Thanks for taking the time to comment. 🙂
Vickie says
Turned out very light and fluffy. They are very good tasting, however a little flat for just butter. I am not a big salt fan, but I will add next time.
Tammi says
Love this recipe.
My goto for rolls and easy to make
Tracie says
So easy to make! Rolls are delicious!!
Tammy Ingram says
I make this recipe with canned coconut milk and vegan butter for my 3 year old vegan grandson Ronan. We ALL love these rolls. I use a 12 cup muffin pan and they don’t last an hour around our house!! Thanks so much for sharing your recipes with us.