08/16/2026
Sunday at the Ridge
Today’s recipe is one of my favorites: homemade dinner rolls!🥖
These rolls are SO soft, buttery, and pretty. They honestly look like something you’d pick up at the grocery store… except these have a much simpler ingredient list and you made them right in your own kitchen.
Homemade Dinner Rolls
Ingredients
1¼ cups warm milk
2¼ teaspoons active dry yeast (or one packet)
2 tablespoons sugar
5 tablespoons melted butter
1 teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter)
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra if needed
Olive oil, for brushing
For the topping:
2 tablespoons melted butter
A little sea salt
Directions:
1. Mix warm milk, yeast, and 1 tablespoon sugar. Let sit for about 5 minutes until foamy (10 minutes max! If it doesn’t foam, toss out and start again).
2. Add remaining sugar, melted butter, and salt. Slowly add the flour, starting with about 1 cup - mix for thirty seconds and add the rest until designed consistency.
3. Mix and knead until you have a soft, slightly sticky dough. If using a stand mixer, let it knead for about 10 minutes.
4. Place dough in an oiled bowl, cover, and let rise for 1–2 hours, until doubled.
5. Divide into 15 pieces and roll into balls. Place in a greased 9x13 pan or baking sheet.
6. Cover and let rise for another hour, until puffy.
7. Bake at 350°F for 20–25 minutes, until golden brown.
8. Brush warm rolls with melted butter and sprinkle with a little sea salt.
🧈 My tips I’ve learned along the way:
• Don’t want to knead by hand? If you have a stand mixer, let your mixer do the work! I let mine knead the dough for about 10 minutes.
• Don’t automatically add all 3 cups of flour. Depending on the day, I sometimes need a little less. Start with less and add more if the dough needs it. You want a soft, slightly sticky dough — not a stiff one.
• Salted butter works just fine! Sometimes that’s what I have on hand, and when I use salted butter, I skip the extra salt in the dough. I just sprinkle a little sea salt over the tops before serving.
• And probably my favorite tip… don’t overthink them! Once you get a feel for what the dough should look and feel like, these are surprisingly easy to make.
They come out golden, fluffy, and buttery every single time. And because they’re homemade without all the preservatives you find in store-bought bread, they’ll keep for about a week — although let’s be honest… let’s see if they actually last that long. 😂
They are THAT good.
Save this one for the next time you want to make homemade bread! 🥖🤎
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