Need quick dinner rolls that are soft, buttery, and on the table in just 30 minutes? These homemade beauties puff up fast with a tender texture that puts store-bought buns to shame. This recipe, made with instant yeast, delivers warm, golden rolls that make every meal feel like a Sunday supper-even when it's just Tuesday chaos. They're the perfect make-ahead rolls for the holidays!
Table of Contents
- 🎥 Watch how quickly these homemade rolls come together
- 🗝️ Why these dinner rolls make you feel like a bread-baking legend
- 🧾 Grab these ingredients and let's bake like we mean it
- 📖 Recipe
- 🔪 Make this 30-minute dinner rolls recipe step by step
- 👩🍳 Let's answer those questions: FAQs
- 📚 If carbs are wrong, we don't want to be right
- Quick Dinner Rolls
- 💬 Comments
🎥 Watch how quickly these homemade rolls come together
See exactly how this dough works its 30-minute magic - from mixing to rising to golden-brown glory. Hit play, grab your ingredients, and bake right along with me. It's like having your own Southern bread coach… minus the yelling.
🗝️ Why these dinner rolls make you feel like a bread-baking legend
You know that feeling when homemade bread hits the table and everyone suddenly thinks you're 300% more capable than you actually feel? That's what these fast and fluffy rolls deliver.
The dough comes together easily, rises like a dream, and bakes into soft perfection every single time. They're reliable - the kind of recipe that removes stress from the meal instead of adding to it. Whether you're feeding picky kids, unexpected company, or your own carb-craving heart, these easy yeast rolls show up and show out.
🧾 Grab these ingredients and let's bake like we mean it
These quick dinner rolls use simple pantry staples - butter, flour, buttermilk, and instant yeast - to create bakery-soft perfection in a flash. Nothing fancy, nothing fussy… just the essentials getting together to transform your dinner table into a happiness parade.
- Bread flour - for that just-left-the-bakery chew
- Instant yeast - the fast-rising fairy godmother of dough
- Sugar - tiny boost, big rise
- Salt - keeps everything from tasting like despair
- Butter - the reason we're all here
- Egg - adds richness and keeps the drama minimal
- Buttermilk - Texas-sized tenderness in liquid form
Snag the free kitchen cheat sheet! Want these 30-minute dinner rolls to turn out perfect every single time - even when life is a circus and you're the ringmaster? Grab my free, printable Quick Dinner Roll Cheat Sheet with step-by-step tips, rise shortcuts, freezing directions, and everything you need to look like a bread-baking savant on demand. Stick it on your fridge and flex on your future self. 🍞✨
📖 Recipe
Quick 30-Minute Dinner Rolls Recipe
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- 2 tablespoons instant yeast
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup butter , divided use
- 1 cup buttermilk, 110℉
- 1 egg , room temperature
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 cups bread flour , you may need a bit more- you can use all-purpose flour.
Instructions
- Place parchment on a 13x9-inch rimmed baking sheet.
- Melt butter and set aside to let cool.
- Heat buttermilk to 110F.
- Add sugar and yeast to to the bowl of your mixer.
- Add 2 tablespoons of the butter, buttermilk, and egg to the yeast mixture.
- Add the paddle and mix on low speed until combined.
- Slowly add 1 cup of the flour.
- With mixer on medium speed add the salt and remaining flour a little at a time, until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Dough will be sticky but won't cling to your fingers.
- Shape into 12 round rolls and place on the parchment.
- Set the oven on preheat and preheat to 400F.
- Cover with a tea towel and let rest for 10 minutes while the oven preheats.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until rolls are golden brown and interior temperature is 190F when you check with an instant read thermometer.
- Remove from the oven and brush with reserved butter.
Notes
- Salt can harm the yeast. While some recipes urge you to mix salt into the water/sugar/yeast mixture, it's best to do so at the end with the flour in this case.
- For best results, be sure your yeast and flour are not close to expiration.
- Don't use too much flour! It's okay if your dough is a little sticky. You want to be able to handle it, but too much flour can turn fluffy rolls into dry lumps.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.
🔪 Make this 30-minute dinner rolls recipe step by step
These 30 minute dinner rolls come together fast - just mix, shape, bake, and prepare to feel smugly accomplished. Follow along and watch your kitchen fill up with that irresistible "I totally planned this" homemade bread aroma.
⭐ These rolls are a Thanksgiving miracle when the oven is full of casseroles and chaos - bake them last and watch them disappear first.
- Mix the wet stuff like you mean it: Melted butter, warm buttermilk, sugar, yeast, and an egg walk into a mixer… and suddenly you're basically a bread wizard. Hit that button to start your engine.
- Flour enters the chat: Add a cup and watch this dough start to believe in its destiny. It's giving "glow up" energy already.
- Knead until smooth and sassy: Add the rest of the flour and salt, then let the mixer work harder than you plan to tonight. When the dough pulls from the bowl, she's ready.
- Shape into baby bread clouds: Divide into 12 equal hunks of joy, roll 'em up, and pop them onto parchment like the carb royalty they are.
👩🍳 Let's answer those questions: FAQs
Have other questions? Download the free kitchen cheat sheet or ask me in the comments!
Yep! All-purpose is just fine for, well, all purposes-and that includes these easy rolls!
Bread flour is best in yeast rolls, but you can use other types like whole wheat flour. Read these flour tips before substituting.
Yes you can. Make it the same way.
📚 If carbs are wrong, we don't want to be right
If these 30 minute dinner rolls lit a fire in your carb-loving heart, wait until you taste what else is coming out of my kitchen. Try my Soft Dinner Rolls when you want that classic, melt-in-your-mouth fluffiness - the kind that demands a second helping before grace is even said. Feeling a little more wholesome? My Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls sneak in some fiber while still giving full fluffy-roll energy.
Got a bag of sweet potatoes staring at you? Turn them into Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls and watch your family weep with gratitude. And when the oven is busy with casseroles and chaos, let technology serve you: Air Fryer Dinner Rolls are your secret weapon for quick, golden perfection without breaking a sweat.
Carb temptation level: dangerous. Satisfaction level: divine.
Almost instant gratification. These rolls are the reason your family thinks you've got secret kitchen magic - and honestly, let's not correct them. Bake a batch, take a bow, and let the carbs do the talking. 🍞✨
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Tracy says
Can i do this recipe with regular yeast instead of instant yeast?
Marye says
yes you can.
Rose says
can this be done in bread machine?
Cheryl Trostrud-White says
Can I use almond flour?
Marye says
No - they need gluten to rise.