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Basket of golden, shiny Bread Rolls Recipe sprinkled with coarse salt and herbs, resting on a white cloth.

Bread Rolls

Super-soft, shiny-topped bread rolls you can prep ahead—easy knead, two rises, bakery flavor at home thanks to warm-milk yeast start, egg/cream wash, and a quick burst of steam.
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Course: Bread, Breakfast, Side
Cuisine: American, Home Baking
Keyword: Bread rolls recipe, Bread rolls types, Crusty bread rolls recipe, Easy bread rolls no yeast, How to make bread rolls step by step, Simple bread rolls recipe, Soft bread rolls recipe, Soft bread rolls recipe Mary Berry
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Rise Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 25 minutes
Servings: 12 rolls
Calories: 170kcal
Cost: $4

Equipment

  • 1 Large mixing bowl (For dough mixing/rising)
  • 1 Medium bowl (Warm milk/yeast mixture)
  • 1 Measuring cups & spoons (Dry & liquid)
  • 1 Kitchen scale (optional) (Even roll size)
  • 1 Dough scraper / bench knife (Handling sticky dough)
  • 1 Clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap (Covering dough)
  • 2 Baking sheets or round cake pans (For proofing/baking rolls)
  • 1 Pastry brush (Egg/cream wash & butter brushing)
  • 1 Spray bottle (water) (Steam burst in oven (optional but great))

Ingredients

  • 3 ¼ cups Bread flour - ~390 g; all-purpose works but less fluffy
  • 2 ¼ teaspoon Active dry yeast - 1 packet 7 g
  • 1 cup Warm milk (38–40°C / 100–105°F) - Not hot—just warm to wrist
  • ¼ cup Sugar - 50 g
  • ¼ cup Unsalted butter melted & cooled - 56 g
  • 2 large Eggs - Room temp
  • 1 ¼ teaspoon Salt - Fine sea or kosher

For the top

  • 2 tablespoon Melted butter - For brushing after bake
  • 1 tablespoon Heavy cream - Mix with egg for shiny wash
  • 1 large Egg (for wash) - Beat with cream & pinch sugar
  • 1 pinch Sugar - Optional boosts shine

Instructions

  • Warm milk, sugar, and yeast together; let it foam well before mixing.
    Flour, sugar, salt, and active dry yeast mounded separately in one glass bowl.
  • Combine flour, salt, eggs, butter, then knead until smooth and elastic dough.
    Pale yellow warm milk–butter mixture in a glass bowl, top-down view.
  • Place dough in a greased bowl, cover, and let it double for about an hour.
    Risen dough ball in a clear bowl covered with plastic wrap on a white surface.
  • Punch down, divide into 12 balls, arrange in pans, proof until puffy again.
    Evenly spaced dough balls in a greased round pan before the second rise.
  • Brush with egg wash, bake golden, butter tops, and serve warm immediately.
    Pan of glossy golden dinner rolls brushed with butter on a blue towel.

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Nutrition

Serving: 65g | Calories: 170kcal (9%) | Carbohydrates: 25g (8%) | Protein: 5g (10%) | Fat: 6g (9%) | Saturated Fat: 3g (19%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.8g | Cholesterol: 35mg (12%) | Sodium: 200mg (9%) | Potassium: 70mg (2%) | Fiber: 1g (4%) | Sugar: 5g (6%) | Vitamin A: 200IU (4%) | Calcium: 35mg (4%) | Iron: 1.7mg (9%)
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