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Skillet Dinner Rolls - easiest and best homemade dinner rolls on skillet. Much better than store-bought and takes 60 minutes!
Happy November! Now that Halloween is over, everyone is looking forward to Thanksgiving. When it comes to Thanksgiving, there is one thing I love most: homemade dinner rolls.
In this post, you will learn how to bake the best and easiest dinner rolls, on a skillet. And yes, they are pull-apart bread, too.
The best thing about this dinner rolls recipe is that it takes only 60 minutes to make and it’s actually A LOT easier than you think. The recipe is fail-proof and yields soft, light, fluffy buns. Fresh off the oven, these buns are great as is, or with just a slather of butter. It’s that simple.
There are many ways to dress up your dinner rolls but the classic buttered rolls will hit all the right notes. Sprinkle some kosher salt on top of the rolls and you and your family will be happily eating away the entire skillet of these soft and amazing dinner rolls!
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 530 calories per serving.
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Skillet Dinner Rolls
Ingredients
- 2 packets active dry yeast, total 1/2 oz or 14 g + 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1 large egg
- baking spray
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Dissolve the yeast and sugar in warm water. Heat the milk with the sugar, salt, and butter until lukewarm.
- Add the egg to the yeast mixture. Combine the yeast mixture, milk mixture, and all of the flour. Stir well to combine. Cover the dough and let it rest for 15 minutes. Using a stand mixer with a dough hook, knead the dough for 5 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
- On a floured surface, roll out the dough and divide it into 18 balls, each about the size of a small tennis ball. Cover and let rise for 25 minutes. Spray a 10-inch (25 cm) cast-iron skillet with baking spray and arrange the dough balls in the skillet. Sprinkle the kosher salt evenly over the surface. Bake for 10–12 minutes, or until the surface of the dinner rolls turns golden brown. Brush with melted butter and serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Made these today. They didn’t quite turn the golden brown as in the picture. I baked for 13 minutes and took them out because I didn’t want them to harden. Followed recipe to a T. Any suggestions?
Hmmm, bake it longer as every oven is different. Mine was 13 minutes. The dinner rolls on the sides would turn brown faster than the middle ones so you can cover the side rolls with aluminum foil and continue to bake the ones in the center to become golden brown.
I’ve never made rolls before ! I wanna attempt this recipe ! Any tips for a first timer like me ….I do have a stand mixer ..yay
Must follow the recipe step-by-step, you can do it. :)
1 packet of yeast equals 1 tablespoon of yeast
One packet of yeast is 2 1/4 tsps. Not one tbsp.
1tbsp = 3tsps.
1 packet of yeast equals 1 tablespoon
Look online for a conversion. Some of us use the packets so it is helpful to know what we need too.
Most packages are 7g = 1-1/2 tap. I actually measured one packet many moons ago. ;}
Hi, can you use a normal round 8 inches baking tin instead? Thanks.
Yes you can!
I wish there was a picture of the inside of the rolls.
is this like Asian milk bread?
Not really it’s an American dinner rolls. They are great.
Oh my goodness!! These rolls are delicious
Thanks Sarah.
WK, it was an omission, I have updated the recipe.
You mention that only 1.5 pounds of dough is needed for this recipe, but how much dough does the recipe make? Couldn’t we just use a bigger skillet to use up all of the dough? What size skillet did you use?
Hi Jeanette, it was actually about 2 lbs as we tried the recipe again today, I have a 10-inch skillet. The dough will come out to be 3 lbs.
Hi, what is the size of your cast iron skillet?