Amazingly Easy Yeast Rolls (Perfect for Beginners)

19 Apr

Amazingly Easy Yeast Rolls

 

This is the roll recipe that really gave me the confidence to work with yeast. It is very hard to mess up and there is very little kneading. It’s a soft, slightly sweet, dense roll that can also be used as a cinnamon roll base.

Amazingly Easy Yeast Rolls

 

Recipe by Micha @ Cookin’ Mimi adapted from All Recipes

Easy yeast rolls that you can also use to make cinnamon rolls

Prep time: 60 minutes

Cook time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 5 teaspoons yeast
  • 5 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted

Cooking Directions

Heat milk, water, sugar and salt in a saucepan over low heat until warm (about 120 degrees), remove from heat and mix in the eggs and yeast. Place 5 cups of flour in a large lidded bowl. I usually use one of my slow cooker liners because I don’t have a bowl with a lid that’s large enough. Make a well in the center and pour in the warm liquid and yeast mixture. Do not stir.

Cover with the lid and let sit 20-30 minutes. Pour in the melted butter and mix well. Add flour if sticky until a soft but no longer sticky dough is formed. Knead several times. Place back into bowl and cover again with lid. Let the dough sit for another 20-30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Divide dough into 12-16 pieces depending on how large you want your final roll. Shape into balls and place on baking sheet(s) cover with a damp tea towel or a greased piece of plastic wrap and let rise 20-30 minutes. Bake for 15 minutes or until done.

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18 Responses to “Amazingly Easy Yeast Rolls (Perfect for Beginners)”

  1. Mary April 19, 2011 at 9:53 am #

    I absolutely love the simplicity of this recipe. I love homemade yeast rolls, but don’t have the time or desire (lazy?) to make them! This sounds perfect!!!!! Will definately make these. Thanks for a simple easy recipe.

  2. Lily June 1, 2011 at 5:16 pm #

    Yay, these came out great, and it was my first time ever baking bread!

    • Micha June 1, 2011 at 7:10 pm #

      Wonderful! I am so glad they turned out great.

  3. Candy June 17, 2011 at 6:10 am #

    Yeast and I have a checkered past, but my family loves yeast rolls and these seem so easy I’m going to try them out.

    Great blog!

  4. Cheerful May 20, 2012 at 1:25 pm #

    I can NOT seem to make yeast bread come out properly. Many, many packets of yeast have died as I have tried! This recipe looks very promising! I will let you know how it turns out! Thanks!

  5. esther September 30, 2012 at 8:17 am #

    Easy=check. My problem: I made cinnamon rolls but didn’t want to bake till next morning. So I’ve been waiting for them to rise but its not happening. I guess this isn’t a refrigerate dough. It was still easy and will use it again.

  6. Mary November 16, 2012 at 11:40 pm #

    Ok first thing in the morning i’m on it, and will let you know how well I did

  7. mary November 18, 2012 at 9:17 pm #

    I was told that my rolls were a lil heavy. How can I fix that? Other than that I did good for my first batch

    • Micha November 20, 2012 at 12:28 am #

      I would try letting them rise a little bit longer after they have been shaped. Sometimes that helps.

      • Mary November 26, 2012 at 4:08 pm #

        Not done on the inside. Should I turn oven to 350

      • Micha November 26, 2012 at 5:10 pm #

        I’d try that and cover with foil to keep from over browning.

      • mary December 1, 2012 at 8:23 pm #

        Do you mix in eggs and yeast together or seperate. What type of yeast do you use. I need all the details I can get. How do you know when you have kneaded the dough enough. I useed the cheap muffin pans from dollar store and now the bottom doesn’t burn, and I also turned over down to 350. They taste great, but not as light as I would like them

  8. gina January 6, 2013 at 12:19 pm #

    Can i use self rising flour? Its all i have on hand right now. Don’t want to waste it if i can’t use it. Thank you:)

    • Micha January 6, 2013 at 3:03 pm #

      Unfortunately you can’t substitute self rising flour for all purpose in the recipe.

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