Quick Dinner Rolls from Scratch

Delicious and Quick Dinner Rolls

I've been making and baking our bread a lot lately.  I have missed the homemade bread and bakeries in Germany.  The traditional bread from Texas grocery stores just isn't cutting it.  Don't get me wrong, there is some good breads out there and sometimes it just seems "easier" to buy it from a store than make it yourself. However, once you start baking your own bread it's hard to go back.

Last week I made some dinner rolls and they were good but it took about 2 hours and 15 minutes for them to rise and bake.  I honestly don't have time for that very often.  It takes some planning.  The most time consuming part of bread making is letting it rise.  Last night I decided to try something new.  I found a 30-minute dinner roll recipe and modified it a little.  I used a combination of organic stone ground wheat flour and organic unbleached white flour.  I also used organic coconut oil instead of vegetable oil.  The end result was delicious! We even had them for breakfast this morning, they are seriously good!  It really took more like 45 minutes total.  I decided to change the name to Quick and Easy Dinner Rolls in just 45 minutes.  This included letting the yeast and dough rise and baking which is not bad for homemade rolls.  Of course I was preparing the rest of our dinner so if you go past the rising times, that's okay.  This recipe uses an egg, which I feared would make it cake-like but they were light, fluffy, and delicious! 

Quick and Easy Dinner Rolls in just 45 minutes
(makes 1 dozen rolls)

Ingredients

1 cup + 2 TB warm water
1/3 cup coconut oil (or you can use vegetable or olive oil)
2 TB active dry yeast
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
3 1/2 cups flour (I used 1.5 cups of organic pastry wheat flour and 2 cups organic unbleached white)

Directions

- Preheat oven to 400F. 

- If you have a stand mixer this is quick and easy.  Mix water, oil, yeast, and sugar together in the bowl with an electric mixer until well blended.  If you don't have an electric mixer use a spoon or fork and stir it until well blended.  Let it rest for 15 minutes.  It will rise.  

- Add the salt and egg, mix thoroughly. Gradually add the flour mixing with the dough hook.. If you don't have an electric mixer you can knead the dough by hand for about 6-8 minutes.

- Divide into 12 equal pieces and shape into round balls. Place onto a greased baking sheet and let it rise for 10-15 minutes. Bake for 9-10 minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy!