Learn to make homemade, fluffy dinner rolls in 1 hour! This recipe helps make dinner easy and delicious with the addition of these dinner rolls for your table. These rolls are light, soft and easy to make ahead of time and then bake later, if needed.

A close up of a buttered 1 hour dinner roll with the pan of dinner rolls in the background.

I love the process of making bread dough! Something about working with the dough and seeing what it turns into is pure satisfaction for me.

Although, the time bread dough took intially was not satisfying.

It wasn’t until I was serious about making sure my home had homemade bread products that I developed making these 1 hour dinner rolls!

They turn out soft, fluffy and delicious every time!

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Why you will love 1 hour dinner rolls

Besides the time you save, here’s another couple reasons to love this recipe.

Simple method and ingredients.
This recipe is virtually hands off with a mixer!
It makes it easy to prepare dinner rolls for any meal.

A close up of a lightly, fluffy 1 hour dinner roll with the pan of dinner rolls in the background.

What do you need to make dinner rolls?

Ingredients for 1 hour dinner rolls

The ingredients you will need are:

Flour
Sugar
Salt (we prefer sea salt, but we also love Redmond’s Real Salt)
Egg
Water
Oil
Yeast (Active or Instant will work)

How do you make 1 hour dinner rolls?

In a large mixing bowl, add the warm water, sugar and yeast.

Stir to dissolve the yeast, and let sit for 3 – 5 minutes to activate the yeast.

To the yeast mixture, add 2 1/2 c. flour, salt, egg, and oil.

A mixer bowl with flour and other ingredients for 1 hour dinner rolls.

Mix in a stand mixer with the dough hook until blended on a lower speed.

A dough hook mixing dinner roll ingredients together.

Continue to knead for 5 minutes, adding more flour as needed.

A dough hook with kneaded dough in a mixer bowl.

Once kneaded, turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface and shape into a long rope.

A rope of dough on a countertop with a cup of flour in the background.

Cut the dough into 12 even pieces.

A rope of dough cut into pieces for dinner rolls.

Shape each piece into a dinner roll.

Dough pieces being shaped into dinner rolls for 1 hour dinner rolls.

Place into shaped rolls onto a greased baking sheet or into a greased baking dish. Space them evenly apart to allow room to rise.

Shaped dinner rolls in a glass baking dish.

Cover with a towel or plastic wrap, and let the rolls rise for 25 – 30 minutes.

Risen dinner rolls in a glass baking pan.

Close to the end of the 25 – 30 minute rising time, preheat the oven to 350°.

Once preheated, bake the rolls for 18 – 20 minutes, until golden brown.

Baked and lightly brown dinner rolls in a glass baking pan.

Remove the dinner rolls from the oven. Brush melted butter on the top, if desired.

Baked and lightly brown dinner rolls in a baking pan, with melted butter spread on the top of them.

Eat fresh or let cool before eating.

1 Hour Dinner Rolls

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Make easy, fresh homemade dinner rolls in 1 hour! Soft, fluffy and delicious, these fresh dinner rolls will complete any meal.

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Prep Time 12

Cook Time 18

Rising Time 30

Servings 6

Equipment

Kitchen Aid Mixer (or other stand mixer)
Bench Scraper
Dry & Liquid Measuring Cups
Measuring Spoons
Baking sheet or dish

Ingredients

3 – 3 1/2 c. All purpose Flour
1 tsp. Salt
2 1/4 tsp. Yeast (instant or active)
2 Tbsp Olive oil
2 Tbsp Sugar
1 Egg
1 c. Warm water
2 Tbsp Melted butter (optional)

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, add the warm water, sugar and yeast. Stir to dissolve the yeast, and let sit for 3 – 5 minutes to activate the yeast.
To the yeast mixture, add 2 1/2 c. flour, salt, egg, and oil. Mix in a stand mixer with the dough hook until blended on a lower speed.
Continue to knead for 5 minutes, adding more flour as needed.
Once kneaded, turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface and shape into a long rope.
Cut the dough into 12 even pieces and shape into rolls.
Grease a baking sheet or a 9×13 baking pan, and place formed dough rolls on the sheet or in the pan. Evenly space out the rolls to allow room for them to rise.
Cover with a towel or plastic wrap, and let the rolls rise for 25 – 30 minutes.
Close to the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 350°.
Once preheated, bake the rolls for 18 – 20 minutes, until golden brown.
Remove the dinner rolls from the oven. Brush melted butter on the top, if desired.
Eat fresh or let cool before eating.

Notes

To prepare ahead of time:

Make the dinner roll dough as directed, cover the pan with plastic wrap and allow the rolls to rise in the refrigerator overnight. Allow them to come to room temperature, uncovered, while preheating the oven. Bake as directed.

How can you prepare the dinner rolls beforehand?

To prepare these dinner rolls beforehand, simply make the dough as directed.

Then, cover the pan with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for part of the day or overnight to allow the dinner rolls to do a “cool” rising in the refrigerator.

When you need to bake them, allow the pan of risen dinner rolls to sit out and come to room temperature as the oven is preheating.

After preheating is done, bake as directed!

Can you freeze dinner rolls ahead of time?

Yes, you can!

Make and bake the dinner rolls as directed. Let them cool completely before wrapping in plastic wrap or put into a freezer safe bag.

The night before serving, let the rolls unthaw at room temperature.

If you want them warm (like you just pulled them out of the oven), and pop the rolls into the oven on a low temperature to warm completely up to serve!