Buttery Bread Machine Rolls- these easy to make rolls are soft, fluffy, and literally melt in your mouth! Tastes just like the favorite Texas Roadhouse rolls, only made conveniently in the bread machine!
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- Fluffy Bread Machine Rolls
- Why these Bread Machine Rolls are the best
- Ingredients Needed
- How to make Buttery Bread Machine Rolls
- How to make Buttery Bread Machine Rolls without a bread machine
- Freezing Your Dough
- Refrigerating Dough Overnight
- Storage
- More Bread Machine Recipes to try
- Easy Bread Machine Dinner Rolls
Fluffy Bread Machine Rolls
Have you ever been to Texas Roadhouse and tried their homemade rolls with the cinnamon butter? Well, if not, I would typically recommend you do so, however, these rolls taste so close to the restaurant favorite, you can just make them at home!
When you get seated at a table, they bring over a basket of fresh, hot rolls with a small container of cinnamon butter. Now, I haven’t quite perfected the cinnamon butter yet, so for this recipe, we will stick to the rolls only.
The rolls are fluffy on the inside and have a buttery crust. Once you take a bite, the rolls literally melt in your mouth. They are pure Heaven, in roll form! Quite addictive and if I am being honest, I typically can devour a few before my dinner even arrives, ha-ha!
When I first set out to make dinner rolls in the bread machine, my intentions were not of a copycat Texas Roadhouse roll. I set the bar low and figured I would experiment to find a quick and easy dinner roll option. After the first batch came out, I knew I had hit a winner and these rolls would become our new favorite bread item! No tweaking or further experimenting needed!
Why these Bread Machine Rolls are the best
After one bite, you’ll know exactly why I named them the BEST, but here are a few more reasons!
- Easy- with just a few needed ingredients, these come together quickly and require little to no effort
- Fluffy- when you rip one open, you’ll notice a fluffy, soft inside that melts in your mouth
- Freezer-Friendly- you can freeze the dough OR bake them and freeze the leftovers
- Budget Friendly- only costs a few dollars to make a batch
- Perfect for any occasion- whether you serve them with dinner, Thanksgiving, Holidays, or make them larger for hamburger buns, these rolls are great for any occasion
Ingredients Needed
Scroll below for printable recipe card with ingredient amounts and directions
- Water- warm, but not hot
- Milk- warm, not hot
- Butter- melted, unsalted
- Sugar
- Egg
- Flour- all-purpose
- Salt
- Yeast- bread machine yeast
How to make Buttery Bread Machine Rolls
This recipe makes about 20 small dinner rolls, so make a batch and freeze the leftovers for a quick and delicious side item next week!! OR, you can make 12 larger sized rolls and use them as hamburger buns.
- Put ingredients into your bread machine pan, in order listed above. *Create a well for the yeast and keep it from touching anything liquid
- Put bread machine on dough cycle and press start.
- Once dough is done, spray a 9 x 13 baking pan with cooking spray.
- Flour a cutting board and remove dough from pan. Place on floured surface.
- If you want the hamburger buns I mentioned above, divide dough into 12 rolls; if you want dinner rolls, divide dough into 20 rolls.
- Roll each dough ball a few times with your hands and place seam side down in your greased pan.
- Melt about 4 tbsp. butter (you will only need half, save the other half for step #11).
- Brush the tops of the dough rolls lightly with butter.
- Allow pan to rise for 45 minutes.
- Once rolls have risen a bit, preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake for 16-18 minutes.
- Remove from oven and brush with remaining melted butter. Serve and enjoy!
How to make Buttery Bread Machine Rolls without a bread machine
If you don’t have a bread maker, you can still make these tasty dinner rolls! You’ll want to add the warm water, milk, sugar, and yeast to the mixing bowl first to let the yeast proof for about 5 minutes. It will get frothy. Then mix in the eggs and butter, and finally the dry ingredients. The exact time for kneading with a dough hook will vary, but the dough should get very elastic. Do the pinch test to be sure it’s ready by pinching the dough lightly and pulling. Your dinner roll dough should bounce back if it’s ready to be rolled out. Follow the same instructions for the rest of the process.
Freezing Your Dough
Bread dough can be frozen for up to 30 days in advance. If you’re freezing your rolls, shape them, place them in the baking dish and cover them with plastic wrap. Place them into the freezer for a few hours and then transfer them to a zip lock bag and keep frozen until you’re ready to use them.
Refrigerating Dough Overnight
To save time, you can make the dough ahead of time and place in the refrigerator overnight. Simply don’t let them rise in a warm place. Instead, place the covered baking dish in the refrigerator to do a slow rise overnight. An hour or two before baking, remove them from the refrigerator so they finish rising, and then bake as directed in recipe card.
Storage
Once baked, you can store these rolls in an airtight container/bag at room temperature for up to 3 days.
If stored in the refrigerator, they will last about one week.
Once baked and cooled, you can place the rolls in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months. Simply thaw and microwave or pop into the oven at 250 degrees for a few minutes to warm them back up!
More Bread Machine Recipes to try
Homemade Pizza Crust– Quick and easy, skip ordering out and make this at home recipe with the toppings you love
Country White Bread– thick, rustic bread with perfect texture and flavor
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls– Classic Cinnamon Rolls meet Fall flavors with these incredible Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Tasty Orange Rolls- sticky, lush, and doughy. They’re easy to make, fluffy and frosted with a delicious cream cheese glaze that is packed with flavor!
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Easy Bread Machine Dinner Rolls
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup warm water
- ½ cup warm milk
- ⅓ cup butter *melted
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 ¾ cup flour *all-purpose
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 ¼ teaspoon yeast *or one package
- 4 tablespoon butter *melted
Instructions
- Put ingredients into your bread machine pan, in order listed above. *Create a well for the yeast and keep it from touching anything liquid
- Put bread machine on dough cycle and press start.
- Once dough is done, spray a 9 x 13 baking pan with cooking spray.
- Flour a cutting board and remove dough from pan. Place on floured surface.
- If you want the hamburger buns I mentioned above, divide dough into 12 rolls; if you want dinner rolls, divide dough into 20 rolls.
- Roll each dough ball a few times with your hands and place seam side down in your greased pan.
- Melt about 4 tbsp. butter (you will only need half, save the other half for step #11).
- Brush the tops of the dough rolls lightly with butter.
- Allow pan to rise for 45 minutes.
- Once rolls have risen a bit, preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake for 16-18 minutes.
- Remove from oven and brush with remaining melted butter. Serve!
Nutrition
Recipe updated 12/20/22
Jellen says
Thank you! They were still soft and fresh the next day. 🙂
Kristin says
Yay!! Love hearing this! Glad you enjoyed!
Hannah says
I’ve never wrote a review under recipe but I felt so compelled to. These rolls turned out fantastic. I used bread flour and added extra salt like another reviewer said and wow. Very similar to Texas Roadhouse rolls. This will be a keeper in my household from now on.
Kristin says
Yay!! Love hearing this!! So glad you enjoyed, they are definitely one of my all time favs!!
Sasha says
I am getting ready to make these and I wanted to know if I am to freeze the dough balls, when ready to use them to I remove from the freezer and let them thaw and rise and than bake?
Kristin says
Yes! If making the dough to freeze, freeze the dough into the balls and once ready to bake, allow to fully thaw, rise, and bake as directed! ENJOY!!
Nancy says
Best Christmas yeast rolls I ever made. I haven’t had any this good since I was a child and my grandmother made them. Love this recipe. I will be making them quite often.
Kristin says
Awww, what a great comment to receive! So glad you enjoy the recipe as much as my family does! Happy Holidays!
Tray says
OMG, this recipe ROCKS! I used bread flour and double the salt in my bread machine on dough/pizza setting. It’s delish and I’m making these for Thanksgiving. Thanks!
Kristin says
Yay!! So glad you enjoyed!! These are my go to for Thanksgiving too!!
Pat says
The recipe says use the dough cycle in bread machine. My machine only has pizza dough (45 min.) or leavened dough (1:30 min.). I am trying the 45 minute one. Not sure how that will work.
Kristin says
The pizza dough cycle should work great! Keep me posted and enjoy!!
Raquel says
I made a burger bun (12) and baked for 18 minutes. It turned out still white. I think it’s not fully baked after letting it cool down. Can I still save it? TIA
Kristin says
You should be able to put it back in the oven to brown them up a bit more. Add about 5 minutes and see if you can get the golden brown look!
Alyssa says
I’ve made these 3 times now and they’re so good every time! I would love to try to make as a loaf!
Kristin says
Yay!! Love hearing this! What a fabulous idea as a loaf too! Simply increase the bake time! Keep me posted how that turns out!
Linda Jerrett says
can you bake these on a cookie sheet for hamburger buns thank you
Kristin says
Absolutely! That would be a great idea!!
Meggie says
Ive made these well over dozen time by now and they are a hit every time! Thank you for the recipe!
Kristin says
Yay!!! Love hearing this!! So glad you enjoy!!
Carol says
Love them! So easy with the bread machine. I will definitely make these for holiday dinners…and in between!
Kristin says
Yay! Love hearing this! Glad you enjoy them as much as we do!
Morgan says
After you freeze the dough (before the second rise), how do you handle thawing and baking later on?
Kristin says
If you are freezing the dough, I would suggest freezing in dough balls so that when you are ready to bake, you can take out from the freezer, place on a cookie sheet with a few inches between the next, and once thawed, place into oven!
Susan says
These rolls are amazing! They are so delicious and soft!
Kristin says
Yay!! Glad you enjoy them!!
Amber says
Do you think this dough could be made into a loaf rather than rolls or buns?
Kristin says
I haven’t tried it personally, but I don’t see why not. You would need to add bake time, and perhaps cover with foil to avoid the bread turning too brown, but it should work!
Ashley says
Can you use bread flour instead of normal flour for this recipe?
Kristin says
Absolutely! Should work at a 1:1 ratio perfectly! Enjoy!
Dorothy Gutwein says
Made these for a family Christmas gathering. They were very good and love by all! My bread machine does 2 rises but since this would add an additional 45 minutes I removed dough after 1 rise and continued with recipe. My question is how do you get them uniform size?
Kristin says
Great idea on removing after first rise! I tend to roll the dough out, cut into divided “pieces” and then roll and place into the pan. It doesn’t make them exact, but it’s pretty close and the easiest and fastest way I have found!
Kaily says
I substituted the sugar for 4 tablespoons of honey because I’m out of sugar and they turned out amazing!! I’ve also never made homemade rolls before and they were so easy!
Kristin says
Yay!! Love hearing this!! Glad you enjoyed them!!