Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls
Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls would be a splendidly soft and fluffy addition to your dinner menu! They’re soft, tender, and delicious.
This Whole Wheat Bread Recipe is made with primarily whole wheat flour, but adding a cup of all-purpose flour helps keep them light and fluffy!
Why You’ll Love these Homemade Dinner Rolls
- Made with Whole Wheat Flour, these dinner rolls are healthier than the typical white dinner rolls.
- The addition of honey adds as subtle sweetness that makes them irresistible!
- They have built-in portion control, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you went back for seconds, especially when they’re still warm from the oven and served with cool, creamy butter!
Tips for Making Whole Wheat Rolls
Sweetened with honey and leavened with a hefty dose of yeast, these whole wheat yeast buns rose to tender, fluffy perfection. The recipe called for Prairie Gold Whole Wheat Flour, made from a variety of hard white spring wheat. I didn’t realize that till I was already proofing my yeast so just used a combination of standard whole wheat and a bit of all-purpose flour.
That seemed to work well and resulted in some outstanding whole wheat dinner rolls. This whole wheat rolls recipe is ideal for holidays and every other occasion you can imagine. Bill ate them along with his dinner and for breakfast, too.
- Make sure your yeast is fresh. If it has expired, your rolls may not rise as they’re proofing.
- Pro-Tip: If your yeast is near its expiration date, you can check it’s potency stirring one envelope of yeast into a 1 cup liquid measuring cup filled with ½ cup warm water (110-115°F). Within a few minutes the yeast should begin to activate and foam. If it has risen to the 1 cup mark with a rounded top, it’s active and can be used immediately.
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Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls
Tender, delicious dinner rolls made with whole wheat flour!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons dry active yeast (I prefer Red Star yeast)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ½ cup warm water (105-110º)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup canola oil
- ½ cup honey
- 1 ½ teaspoons table salt
- ½ cup 2% milk
- ½ cup hot water
- 3 cups whole wheat flour, I used King Arthur brand
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Butter, optional (I didn't use)
Instructions
- Soften yeast and sugar in ½ cup of warm water (105-110º).
- In a bowl of a stand mixer, mix together eggs, oil, honey, salt, milk and ½ cup hot water. Add yeast mixture. Stir to combine.
- Attach the dough hook and add flour one cup at a time. Knead dough until well mixed and then let rest for 10-15 minutes.
- Knead the dough again for 10 minutes. The dough will be very soft.
- Place dough in an oiled bowl, loosely cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise until doubled.
- Punch down dough and form it into 24 even-sized dinner rolls. Place rolls in prepared muffin tins, cover and let rise 30 minutes. Bake at 350º for 20-25 minutes.
- When removed from oven, butter the tops of the rolls, if desired. Let rest in tins for 5 minutes and then remove.
Yield: 24 rolls
Total time: 2 hours
Notes
Recipe adapted from Wheat Montana's “Family Farm Favorite”
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24Serving Size:
1 rollAmount Per Serving: Calories: 148Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 146mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 2gSugar: 6gProtein: 4g
46 Comments on “Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls”
These rolls are the perfect addition to dinner. The flavor is wonderful, the texture is perfect and the smell of them baking is the icing on the cake!
These look amazing and I love that they are whole wheat!