Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls

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Quick and easy to make, these deliciously soft Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls make the perfect amount for your family! They make a hearty side to any dinner. Yum!

I love fresh bread. They make the house smell good, they taste amazing and there is a certain sense of accomplishment when working with yeast and it actually turning out. I also like that I know what’s in them.

I usually only need a few rolls vs a few dozen, but if you need more – you can easily double the recipe, right?

The entire extent of my involvement in this was putting the ingredients in the bread-maker at appropriate temperatures, shaping into rolls, waiting for a bit for them to rise again in a cast iron skillet- then throwing them into a hot oven.

And then eating them.  I’ve actually mastered that part.

That said, I have written stand mixer instructions for those of you without a bread machine! You’re so welcome….

Unlike a lot of the recipes I’ve made – these rolls are still good the next day, and in fact 3 days later the rolls were still fresh and soft. I have no data past 3 days though because we ate them all. They made delicious lunches for me, filled with ham and cheese, or spread with butter and snarfed.

You can OF COURSE do this the hard way and knead by hand. But, if you have a stand mixer with a dough hook, or a bread machine – that is just way easier.

 Want more bread? Of course you do!

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Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls

Prep Time

2 hrs

Cook Time

20 mins

 

Quick and easy to make, these deliciously soft Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls make the perfect amount for your family! They make a hearty side to any dinner. Yum!

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Servings: 8 rolls

Calories: 197 kcal

Author: Kylee

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup warm milk
• 1/4 cup butter meld
• 1/8 cup sugar
• 2 egg lightly beaten
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1.5 tsp instant yeast

Addtional - if needed

• 1/4 cup milk

Directions

Bread Machine

1. Add all ingredients in your bread machine in order recommended by manufacturer. 

2. Start the Dough setting. Check after a few minutes to see if it needs more liquid or flour.

3. When cycle has finished, remove from the pan, and turn out onto a lightly floured counter.

4. Divide dough into 8 balls, and and place on a baking sheet, or a greased skillet.

5. Let rolls rise until doubled (about half an hour).

6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake for around 20 minutes or until they are a light golden brown.

7. Remove from oven, and allow to cool.

8. Devour.

Stand Mixer

1. Add all ingredients into your stand mixer, fitted with a dough hook.

2. Mix until it forms a rough dough, then knead for 10 minutes, until dough is soft and pliable.   

3. Transfer dough to a greased bowl, and cover with plastic wrap.

4. Let rolls rise, covered with a clean kitchen towel until doubled in size (about an hour)

5. Punch down, and turn out onto a  lightly floured counter.

6. Divide dough into 8 balls, and and place on a baking sheet, or a greased skillet,

7. Let rolls rise, covered with a clean kitchen towel until doubled in size (about half an hour)

8. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake for around 20 minutes or until they are a light golden brown.

9. Remove from oven, and allow to cool.
   

10. Devour.

Nutrition Facts

Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls

Amount Per Serving

Calories 197 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 8g 12%

Saturated Fat 4g 20%

Cholesterol 58mg 19%

Sodium 222mg 9%

Potassium 161mg 5%

Total Carbohydrates 26g 9%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 4g

Protein 6g 12%

Vitamin A 5.5%

Calcium 4.4%

Iron 7.1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.