Bread Machine Dinner Rolls

These delightful bread machine dinner rolls are soft, light, and fluffy, making them ideal for any meal. Whether dunked in soup or spread with butter, they are simply irresistible.

Course Bread Baking

Cuisine Baking

Keyword bread machine dinner rolls, bread machine recipe, bread machine rolls, dinner rolls

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Additional Time 2 30

Total Time 2 55

Servings Rolls

Calories 157kcal

Author Makyla Ata

Ingredients

3 tsp bread yeast
2 tsp white granulated sugar
1/2 cup warm water
3/4 cup plain unsweetened yogurt
2 tbsp oil or melted butter
1 tsp salt
3 cups high grade flour
2 tbsp milk

Instructions

Activate the yeast. Combine the warm water, sugar, and yeast into the bread machine. Let it sit for about 5 minutes until frothy. This means the yeast is activated.
Add the remaining ingredients. Add the yogurt, oil (or butter), flour and salt to the yeast mixture. Start the bread machine on the dough setting (or the equivalent setting for kneading and letting the dough rise) and let it run. About 5 minutes after the machine starts, check that the dough is not too dry or wet. It should be smooth and elastic. Add more water if it's too dry or more flour if it's too wet.
Shape the dinner rolls. When the dough cycle is complete, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 12 even portions (it's best to divide it into quarters, then thirds) and shape them into round rolls. To shape round rolls, gently smooth the top by pulling down the dough and pinching the ends to remove visible lines.
Second rise. Place the shaped rolls in a greased 9x13 baking dish. Cover them with a damp kitchen towel and let them rise in a warm place for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Bake. Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Brush the top of the dinner rolls with milk. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack, then enjoy.

Notes

When using a bread machine, it's important to pay attention to the moisture level of your bread dough. You want the dough to be slightly sticky just after combining the wet and dry ingredients. This will result in a soft, smooth dough after kneading. After the first knead cycle, check the dough and adjust the moisture if needed. If it's too dry, add a bit more water. If it's too wet, add a bit more flour. This will help you achieve the perfect texture for your dinner rolls.
Let the dough rise in your bread machine.
Use a kitchen scale to evenly divide your dinner rolls before rolling them into ball shapes to bake.
Place the dough close together in a baking dish for the second rise so that the edges of the dough stick to each other, creating the traditional pull-apart dinner rolls.

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