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!
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. Want an easy way to use them up? How about making Easy Sloppy Joes??
- 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. Try serving with my Homemade Chicken Gravy for pure comfort food.
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
Bread Machine Beer Bread– an easy 5 ingredient bread perfect anytime!
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
Jen says
I had made rolls the day before Christmas, but didn’t like how they turned out. I found your recipe in the morning and made them. Quick, easy and delicious! Results were as pictured. I would have taken my own picture but they disappeared. This will be our family’s go to recipe! Thank you
Kristin says
Yay!! Love hearing this! So glad you all enjoyed and hope you have a great New Year!!
Judy says
I made these tonight for our weekly family dinner. My 5 year old granddaughter helped me. They turned out really good. Golden brown and soft on inside. Everyone loved them. This recipe is a keeper for sure.
Kristin says
Yay!! Love hearing that! So glad you enjoyed, these rolls remind me of Texas Roadhouse!!
Aya says
This is definitely my go-to bread roll recipe. I do have a few subs: I use bread flour, coconut sugar, and pink salt. They turn out fantastic every time!
Kristin says
Yay!! Love hearing that!! I love how similar they are to Texas Roadhouse Rolls!!
Sara says
I’m hoping I can use bread flour. Because that’s what I have for my bread machine. I don’t have enough all purpose. I’m going to try to make my cheesy ranch rolls with this recipe for Thanksgiving. I usually use Rhodes dinner rolls for that recipe. But I want to make them from scratch this time.
Kristin says
Yes, bread flour should work in this recipe as well! Keep me posted what you think and hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Debbie says
I’ve made these before and they are fantastic!! Can I make these 2 days before I’m ready to bake them? Making them for Thanksgiving Dinner and won’t have time to make on the day before Thanksgiving.
Kristin says
Sorry for the delayed response, you can make these and bake them up to 3 days beforehand and simply place in the oven to reheat when ready! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Gill says
These are the best rolls (and only) rolls I’ve ever made! I was nervous to use my bread machine for the dough but I’m never going back!
Kristin says
Yay!! Love hearing this! They are a fav in my house!
Megan says
Have you ever prepared the rolls, let them rise and then waited to bake them till later(couple of hours later)? Will that work? Do they need to be refrigerated if so?
Kristin says
I personally haven’t tried that, but I do know others that have. It works good, just keep an eye on the rise and if they get too big, place in refrigerator until ready to bake.
Dacia says
When you talk about freezing these, do you mean freezing after baking or freezing when they’re in dough form (before the 2nd rise)?
Kristin says
Great question! Both ways work great! I tend to freeze after baking them so I simply thaw and reheat a bit, however, if you would like to freeze the dough before the 2nd rise, that works great too!
Val says
Hi, found your recipe, can’t wait to try it, do you use quick yeast or traditional? And all purpose flour?
Kristin says
Hi! I use all purpose flour in this recipe and as for yeast, I use the quick yeast! Hope you enjoy!
Holly says
Made these today as I was looking online for a self-raising flour bread maker recipe, and they came out exactly like the picture: soft, buttery, fluffy. I baked mine in a round ceramic dish too and the effect was beautiful on the table to pull apart. Great bread maker recipe, thank you.
Take care,
Holly, Australia.
Kristin says
Yea! Glad you enjoyed these!! I just made a batch last week for the first time in a few years and was reminded just how tasty these are!!
Tim says
What type of flour do you use in this recipe?
Kristin says
I used all purpose flour. That’s my go to flour 😉
Enjoy!!
brenda says
do you use plain flour not bread machine flour
Kristin says
Yes, I use self rise flour, not bread machine flour. Enjoy!!
Pixybrat says
Hi Kristin,
I’m September(2016) you comment that you use self rising flour and in October(2016) you comment that you use All purpose flour. The recipe said all purpose so I’m going to try that but can you clarify which one is best?
Kristin says
Sorry for the confusion, I tend to use all purpose flour as it is what I always have on hand and works great! Hope you enjoy!
Elaine Coleman says
What do you do if you don’t have a bread machine?
Kristin says
You can make the dough by hand, use the same directions, but instead of following the “dough cycle” steps, combine the ingredients and knead by hand, etc. I haven’t done it that way before because I use my bread machine, but I do know a few people have made it by hand. Let me know if you try it and how they turn out!! Enjoy!
Susan the Farm Quilter says
These look so good I want to lick my computer screen!!!
Kristin says
Hehe, they just amazing! Just thinking about them, makes me want to go pull some out of my freezer haha!!
JoNell Sells says
Can thesebuttery Bread Machine Rolls be made without using a Bread Machine? I love to bake but do not have a machine. Thanks, JoNell Sells
Kristin says
Hmmmmm, I am sure that would work just as well. You would just skip the “dough cycle” steps in the recipe, and make it by hand. I wish I was talented in the “make your own dough” department, but I rely way too much on my bread machine for that step, hehe!! Keep me posted if you try these by hand!!