20 Best Dinner Roll Recipes
The best dinner roll recipes often start in a bread maker and are baked in the oven but I love easy mixing bowl doughs, too! Fill your bread basket with delicious golden brown crescent rolls, biscuits, pull-apart rolls, or even squares of focaccia.
Whether you want to fill your bread basket for a cozy Sunday family dinner or you want to prep ahead plenty of dinner rolls before a holiday feast, I've pulled together a list of my best dinner roll recipes my family has loved over the years.
Of course, as the author of The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook, you know many of the recipes I've shared below can be started in a bread maker and then baked in the oven.
But don't worry, some are easy mixing bowl breads that don't require any special equipment.
I have both homemade crescent rolls and easy upgrades using a refrigerated tube of crescent dough.
Because one thing I know for sure: family dinner is always better with warm, fresh bread even if you have to take a few shortcuts to make it happen! It doesn't always have to be from scratch to be special.
Dinner Rolls from My Cookbook
If you've got a copy of my bread maker cookbook, The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook, then you will have the option to make these easy options:
- Hot Cross Buns, page 115
- Buttery Dinner Rolls, page 118
- Garlic Pull-Apart Bread, page 121
- Sourdough Dinner Rolls (Tim's Buns), page 137
Using my bread maker's Dough Program is one of my favorite features!
Until you have a copy, these are the other delicious dinner roll recipes you can get baking right now:
Brown and Serve Dinner Rolls
These easy make ahead brown and serve dinner rolls have become an essential holiday bread recipe for our family. I make a double batch ahead and freeze them before Thanksgiving and then again at Christmas.
Bread Machine Crescent Dinner Rolls
My easy bread machine crescent dinner rolls make the biggest, fluffiest crescents you've ever tasted. Using the bread maker cuts out so much of the hands-on work.
Rosemary Pull Apart Rolls
No bread machine required here. My rosemary pull apart rolls are a simple recipe that can be mixed together by hand and prepped ahead before a holiday dinner.
Brown Bread Rolls
I used my steakhouse brown bread as the inspiration for these easy brown bread rolls with rolled oats on top for garnish.
Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls
The quickest way to get whole wheat dinner rolls is to make a batch of my easy whole wheat hamburger buns and just roll them in a smaller size!
Bread Machine Potato Dinner Rolls
These delicious light and fluffy bread machine potato rolls make a nice big batch of 24 buns for you to prep ahead of a holiday feast.
Using instant mashed potato flakes keeps the recipe so quick and easy!
Herb Butter Biscuits
Grab a couple of refrigerated biscuit tubes at the store and you're halfway to baking up a pan of these easy herb butter biscuits in a pinch!
Buttermilk Cornbread
While not actually a "roll," you can serve squares of buttermilk cornbread with whipped honey butter as an excellent bread basket filler.
Cast Iron Cornbread
Or just place a trivet on the table and serve my cast iron cornbread straight out of the skillet. A wedge of warm cornbread makes an excellent bread side.
Whole Wheat Breadsticks
A warm and fluffy whole wheat breadsticks dusted with parmesan is a fun way to serve that classic nutty whole wheat flavor. This dinner roll is perfect for dunking in soups and tomato-based sauces.
Garlic Bread
Slice my easy homemade garlic bread into long wedges and it is a perfect dinner roll to add to pasta night.
Cheesy Breadsticks
Looking for something a little more cheesy? My classic pokey sticks turn a ball of pizza dough into the perfect cheesy breadsticks.
Cheddar Bay Biscuits
You can mix together my homemade cheddar bay biscuits in a mixing bowl and have the perfect buttery dinner roll to pair with a seafood dinner in minutes.
Buttermilk Drop Biscuits
You can mix and match the four different seasonings for my easy buttermilk drop biscuits and have the perfect dinner roll recipe to go with whatever you're serving.
Sourdough Popovers
Want to spoil your family as though they were in a fancy restaurant but with a fraction of the work??
With just 5 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep, you can serve fresh baked sourdough popovers for an elegant dinner roll that makes any meal extra special.
Fluffy Focaccia
Most people forget that fluffy focaccia makes an excellent dinner roll option. No shaping required! Just pat it out into the pan and then cut the baked focaccia into squares for serving as a dinner roll.
Sourdough Focaccia
Got some sourdough starter on hand? Make my easy sourdough focaccia for a dinner roll with a little bit of tang.
Everything Bagel Bread
You can make my bread machine everything bagel bread right inside the bread maker. This fun pull-apart loaf can be served as one piece on a platter and everyone can tear off their individual dinner roll from the delicious golden brown bubbles.
Soft Baked Pretzels
Another fun non-traditional dinner roll would be to serve my soft baked pretzels instead. These pair surprisingly well with soups or any German-flavored main dishes.
More Bread Recipes
I love baking fresh bread for my family, here are a few more of my favorite ways to serve it for the holidays:
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