Homemade Dinner Rolls

Say goodbye to store-bought

Ok, so, I never knew how easy yeast rolls were to make from scratch until I tried it. They’re so simple to throw together, and require hardly any kneading. And they turn out like this!

I found the recipe in an old cookbook from my childhood— a children’s alphabet cookbook from Gold Medal Flour. (Alphabet cookbook like…A is for Apple Crisp, B is for Banana Bread…and T is for Turtle Bread.)

Noah and I made the turtle bread recipe last month. He had a lot of fun adding the ingredients and mixing them all up (until the dough got too stiff— then I took over). The bread turned out a little puffier than I was expecting, and so yeasty and delicious that I immediately wanted to try making dinner rolls out of it. And it worked!

The recipe makes 12 regular-sized tear-and-share yeast rolls, and though the total time is pretty long (over an hour), only about 20 minutes of that is active time (which you’ll spend mixing the ingredients, kneading (just a bit!), and separating the dough into balls). The dough rises twice between the steps, so make sure you’re around to hear the timer.

Homemade Yeast Rolls
Cook time: 1 hr 10 minutes (20 minutes active time)
Makes: 12