My friend Michelle, who I lovingly refer to as the Muffin Queen, is an awesome baker. Breads, rolls, cookies, muffins….what can I say she’s got a gift. Every recipe I’ve ever gotten from her is awesome and usually brings me a smathering (is that a word?) of compliments whenever I share the finished products.
This roll recipe she gave me is fantastic! It is the best, fastest, easiest roll recipe I’ve ever made. My favorite thing about the rolls are their texture. I like a roll that is a little dense. Not too dense but not really airy either. These rolls are perfect. I wish I would have gotten a picture of an open roll, but my family and I were to busy stuffing our faces with rolls spread with butter and homemade peach jam. Delicious!!! By the time I thought about taking a picture there weren’t any survivors.
The recipe says this recipe takes an hour but once you get the hang of it you will be able to whip them out even faster. Little things like letting them rise in a warm oven will speed things up when you are in a hurry. Just make sure it isn’t too warm. I turn it on to 200° while I am mixing up the dough and then turn it off and put my glass bowl of dough in for about 10 minutes to rise. Anywho, 60 minutes is still about three times faster then my other favorite roll recipe so I’m pretty pleased with how quick these come together even if you don’t try to rush them.
60 Minute Rolls
4-5 cups flour (I use a cup or two of wheat flour and they still turn out delicious) 1 tsp salt 1/3 cup sugar 1 1/2 Tbsp yeast 1 cup milk (re-hydrated powdered milk works great here) 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup butter or margarineMix 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar and yeast. Heat milk, water, and butter until very warm (120-130°). Add warm liquid to dry ingredients and mix on medium speed for 2 minutes. (If you don’t have a mixer you can use a whisk or fork. Add 1/4 cup flour and 1 tsp salt. Mix for two more minutes. Continue adding the rest of the flour until stiff dough forms. Knead on a lightly floured surface or in your mixer for 2-3 minutes. Place in greased bowl and let rise for 15 minutes (remember you can do this in the oven if you want….if you live in a cold drafty house you may want to do this to ensure your dough rising). Punch down and form dough into 20-24 small dough balls and place on baking sheet. Let rise 15 minutes. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes.
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Those look delicious! How did the move go? All settled in?
Thanks, pretty good, yes and no. Everything we need on a daily basis is settled in but I still have lots of things to go through and lots of organizing to do. How ’bout you?
I’m going to admit, I’m a little bit skeptical. Only 1 hour? Do I have to use that special instant yeast or can I use my real stuff? They sure do look yummy, & if what you say about only an hour…this may be life changing. :)
p.s. I need to hear the scoop on your move. Call me when you get a minute.
Yes, they are life changing. I just use the yeast from costco. I think it is the normal kind. I was pretty sure they couldn’t really only take an hour, but its true and it is a wonderful thing. I call you this week. I just got to get through today and tomorrow and then I think things will calm down.
These rolls look amazing. I’ve tried many times, but never seem to get them quite right. I am definitely going to try this recipe. Thanks.
I have a feeling this recipe is the one that will work for ya. Try the oven for rising.
Yum! I am definitely putting some of these together soon. I love freshbaked rolls but they’ll taste even better after only an hour and not a whole morning of work!
Amen sister. That is my absolute favorite thing about these rolls. I really can’t believe how fast they are. And yet still so delicious!
this makes me want to make me some rolls “oh wait, already have some of them in the mid section” any still want them.
Ha Ha you are too funny. Have you seen your old, new neighbor yet? Jealous!
not yet but we have a date for Thursday!
Ummm…those are making my carb addicted heart go pitter patter! Yum!
Best,
Tina
I can never resist homemade bread or rolls, especially warm out of the oven with butter. Yours look incredible!
These look delish! I love yeast breads, but still haven’t tried my hand at rolls.
I just made these are they are absolutely delicious!! Thank you very much for sharing!! I even shared the recipe with my neighbor and she was thrilled.
These look AMAZING! Having mac and cheese tonight, might as well make these too and go for an all out carb fest!
These look great! I am on the hunt for a new recipe for rolls for our first Thanksgiving with the in-laws! Perfect timing! I’ll have to give these a try!
These would be perfect for thanksgiving. They are super good and quick enough you can make them that morning so they are still really fresh.
I am always looking for a great roll recipe. I will have to try this one out!
This is the recipe for me. My family loves homemade rolls but it always takes me half the day to make them what with all the waiting time. Now, I can give them what they want and still have time to do other things.
I linked to you from Ucreate Foods. I am excited to try this!
I am going to have to make these again when: my kids are not clingy, my tooth is not infected making my cheek the size of Texas (very painful), I do not have a headache, I am not pregnant and pukey, and my husband is not at work. Unfortunately, all of this was last night, but I WANTED HOMEMADE ROLLS, dangit! I am pretty sure that I killed the yeast by almost boiling the liquids. It was a happy accident, however. I saved the dough and made flat bread for lunch today. They were delicious! I look forward to trying them again when life calms down just a little bit.
Ooo flat bread! I made them for cinnamon rolls the other morning and they were great for that too!
And yes, I think you totally deserve a pass, tooth, kids, preggers, sheesh.
Keep your chin up :)
My mother-in-law is known for her rolls, which I can never seem to duplicate, plus they take several hours. I made these with the hope they would come close, and they were AMAZING! I could barely tell the difference between hers and mine, and they truly did take only an hour! We ate them with homemade honey butter, and I only wish I’d had more. Thank you so much for the wonderful recipe! I know I’ll be making them all the time.
Hooray for fast, easy, delicious dinner rolls. I am so glad I’m not the only one who feels like doing a happy dance about this life changing recipe. :)
I made these again tonight for part of our dinner! “The Best EVER” as my girls say! :)
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made these today and they were delish. a huge hit with everyone. thanks for a great recipe.
I have made these twice now and they are delicious. The second time I made them as the perfect sandwich rolls! I even took a picture of the inside.
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Thanks a million for the great recipe!!!!!
Would love to try these today. What kind of yeast do I use? The traditional is usually activated with warm water and sugar first. Also have bread machine yeast that can be used directly with the flour. Let me know ASAP. I look forward to trying them!!
Hi Kim, Maria is out right now, so you are getting me :). When I have used this recipes, I use fast acting yeast and it works great. I bet you could get away with traditional yeast as well. Also, I don’t need the full amount of flour the recipe calls for while some people do, so make sure to add one cup at a time. Let us know how it goes!
Destri
Hey, am so happy to have found this website with this recipe. I lost my 1 hour Roll recipe years ago and have never duplicated it. They are in the oven now and smell delicious. Who can tell me how to form the rolls at the end and not end up with messy, ridge-y, Shar-pei looking balls?
Susan, sorry I am just replying. You made me giggle, because I had the same problem! I don’t have an answer, but will see if I can get one from Maria!
I found this recipe today while looking for a FAST dinner roll recipe for my family.
Due to food allergies, I did have to change out the milk for water (added a tiny bit of extra dairy-free margarine to make up for the missing fat).
They didn’t rise as well as I’d hoped for, but the tasted amazing !
The recipe is a keeper for sure.
Thank you !
I’ve made these a couple of times now. They are absolutely delicious !!
I used quick-rise yeast the second time, and they are so light. Perfection in a bun :D
I got a Kitchenaid a few months ago and have since been trying to perfect my bread baking, with MUCH failure. This is the first recipe I have made that actually gave me soft, airy rolls! They had the perfect hint of sweetness to them. Thank you for sharing!!
How much should the dough rise? I am not a skilled bread maker so hope I didn’t do anything wrong. It hasn’t risen too much :(
Hi Jennifer, It will vary at times how much the dough will rise, could be a factor of the temprature of your milk mixture, could be age of yeast, or could just be no reason at all. As long as it has risen some, it should be fine, you can give it a little extra rising time if you don’t think it has risen enough. It should be around 1 1/2 times the size of when you started, and will sometimes even double in size.
Can I use bread flour for these or do I use all purpose? I have never made any type of bread or roll before but I’ve been trying new things, I think this would be a good start!
Hi Samantha,
You know, I am not sure on this one! I would think so…I say give it a try :) I will check with the baking experts in the house too!
Thank you!!! I’ll let you know how it goes!
Yes, you can use bread flour. :) They will be yummy!
Thanks for the back-up :) I’ve been stressing she was making these for a potluck and they failed because I gave the go-ahead! Phew!
I’m making these now… I will be back with an update after my family of 6 gets a hold of them! So far, they look beautiful!
Oh My Goodness!!! I made them… I served them and I have 4 left… 4… out of 20!!!! My family of 6 devoured them!!! I will never buy dinner rolls again. Thank you so much!
Made these tonight – really really easy to do. Warmed the dough in the oven and then cooked them, great and fluffy. Next time I would add some herbs and other stuff in just to make them more flavorsome, but the recipe is a great basic dinner roll even without additions.
I needed hamburger buns in a hurry and found this recipe. I forgot to add the butter, reduced the sugar to about 3T, and fudged here and there, but this recipe is very forgiving! I just divided the dough in to 6 large bun shapes and they were soooo good – I almost just wanted to skip the burger and just add butter. Now I want to try making cinnamon rolls! Thanks for posting!
Wow, that is great, I am glad it worked out for you. This recipe is so great, I bet it would make tasty cinnamon rolls.
Hey thanks for the recipe! My buns are in the oven right now as I type this! I ended up not using all the flour and it found it to b e harder to mix with the whisk or fork. I ended up over kneading it I feel!
I”ll let you know how they turned out!
Thank you for posting! I’ve tried different recipes, but this one worked for me! They turned out great. I used two packages of highly active yeast in mine and slightly less flour (3 and 3/4), then glazed with butter when done. Yum!