Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls (2024)

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These dinner rolls brushed with herb and garlic butter fresh out of the oven are what you want to serve with your meals. Soft, enriched dough produces the fluffiest rolls, which happen to be so easy to make!

These rolls are a must for holiday and special occasion dinners! Add this recipe to your Easter table to round off your festive meal.

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Do you love a buttery roll with your dinner?! If you are that person, who doesn’t feel like their meal is complete without a healthy serving of carbs, this recipe is for you.

These garlic butter rolls are absolutely incredible. What do they taste like? Like garlic bread and brioche buns rolled into one.

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Easy Bread Baking

If you always wanted to start making your own bread rolls but felt intimidated I promise I am with you. I felt that way for many years.

I watched my grandmother and mother bake through my childhood and always assumed you need special skills, lots of knowledge and years of experience to get there.

Some of it is true but you have to remember people baked without recipes and clear instructions for centuries, which left much room for error. This is not the case anymore. I will provide you with all essential information needed to succeed.

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Dinner Rolls vs Bread Recipe

Over the years I shared many bread recipes. This No-Knead Dutch Oven bread is particularly popular because of its ease of preparation. My Sourdough Bread takes a bit of commitment but my guide and the bread shaping video will help you along the way.

You can also try my flatbread recipe. No yeast, just 4 ingredients and 30 minutes of your time.

If you tried making bread, you will know that dinner rolls are not very different in the method of preparations. The main difference is in the dough itself.

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Ingredients

Bread dough only needs water, flour and yeast. These ingredients produce plain, crusty bread while dinner rolls come from enriched dough, which makes them soft, buttery and fluffy.

All we need to do is to add fat and eggs to the basic bread dough to achieve that. The usual ingredients used for that purpose are butter or oil, milk or water, eggs.

Once you master a basic dinner roll recipe you can make your own Hamburger Buns, European Style Cinnamon Buns or luxurious Nutella Rolls.

You can also mix in 80g/1 cup of grated cheese into these rolls for a fun cheesy twist on the classic!

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Recipe tips and notes

  • It’s important to follow the recipe and measure all ingredients accurately.
  • Use a stand mixer and a dough hook for easy kneading. However, it’s also very easy to mix this bread roll dough by hand as the recipe produces very soft dough.
  • At the end of kneading your dough should be soft and not sticky when touched with clean hands.
  • It’s also important to use your own judgement when needed. It takes anywhere between 1 hour and 1.5 hours for the dough to proof. However, the exact time depends on how warm your house is. Watch your dough. It needs totriple in volume. That’s your main marker not the minutes passed.
  • Use bread flour for best results. However all purpose flour will also work.
  • You can also use whole wheat flour if that is your preference.
  • Brush the rolls with melted garlic butter straight out of the oven. That will allow them to get fully infused with the flavours and for the butter to soften the crust creating very soft rolls.The flavour combination is similar to classic garlic bread, so you know you’ll love it!
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Storage and leftovers

These buns freeze beautifully! Cool them completely and remove from the pan. Freeze in an airtight container until needed. They should keep in a freezer for up to 2-3 months.

They can also be stored in a sealed container or bag for up to a week. Obviously they are best when fresh, but you’ll still enjoy them after a few days.

More bread recipes

  • Sourdough Bread
  • No Knead Farmhouse Bread
  • Sourdough Focaccia Bread
  • 2 Hour Hamburger Buns

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Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls

Julia Frey of Vikalinka

These dinner rolls brushed with herb and garlic butter fresh out of the oven are what you want to serve with your meals.

5 from 8 votes

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Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Proving Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Ingredients

  • 220ml/1 cup warm milk whole or skimmed
  • 1.5 tsp sugar
  • 7g/1 tbsp active dry yeast
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 egg large
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 400g/3 cups bread flour or all purpose flour
  • 1 egg for brushing
  • 1 tbsp butter melted
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tbsp fresh parsley chopped

Instructions

  • In a small bowl combine the warm milk, yeast and sugar and let it stand for 5 minutes until you see the yeast bloom. Then add the oil, salt and 1 egg. Mix with a fork.

  • Add the liquid to the flour, mix until rough dough forms, then take it out of the bowl onto a floured surface and start kneading until smooth and elastic dough is formed for approximately 8-10 minutes. If using a stand mixer, knead using a dough hook attachment for 1 minute on low speed, then switch to medium and kneed for 4 minutes longer.

  • Take the dough out of the bowl and rub the bowl with vegetable oil, then return the dough to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and a towel and let it rise for 1 hour to 1.5 hours in a warm place until it triples in volume. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F.

  • Take the dough out of the bowl onto a floured surface and divide into 16 equal parts. (You might want to weigh them to ensure they are all the same but eyeballing is also fine.)Roll into balls and place into a well-buttered 9×13 inch baking pan 1 inch apart from each other. Cover with a tea towel and let them rise one more time for 30 minutes.

  • Brush with a beaten egg and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Meanwhile melt 1 tbsp of butter together with pressed garlic, then add fresh chopped parsley to the mix.

  • Once the rolls are done, brush them with the garlic butter mixture.

Nutrition

Calories: 139kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 4gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 94mgPotassium: 57mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 95IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 1mg

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About Julia Frey (Vikalinka)

Julia Frey is a London based recipe developer and photographer. Julia founded Vikalinka in 2012 with the main mission to provide her readers with delicious and accessible everyday recipes, which could be enjoyed by everyone.
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Comments

  1. m says

    Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls (15)
    These rolls were so much fun to make; the dough was perfect and they rose beautifully! I even used whole what flour and the rolls were still fluffy, gorgeous and delicious

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  2. Toni says

    Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls (16)
    Made these for Thanksgiving dinner. They were so yummy. Only thing I would suggest is to add more salt. We added 1 1/2 tsp of salt and added garlic powder. Family raved

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    • Julia Frey (Vikalinka) says

      So glad you enjoyed them, Toni!

      Reply

  3. Patricia Schiano says

    Could you use olive oil with this recipe?

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    • Julia Frey (Vikalinka) says

      Absolutely!

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      • Ashlee says

        Can any other oil be used like coconut oil, almond oil anything but vegetable oil??

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        • Julia Frey (Vikalinka) says

          Hi Ashlee, I don’t have much experience baking with coconut or almond oil. I would be concerned their flavour would be too overpowering. You can always use olive oil or canola (rapeseed) oil instead.

          Reply

  4. LWeatherford says

    Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls (17)
    I made these this weekend and they turned out absolutely perfectly! They were gorgeous, just like the pic, fluffy, and delicious! This recipe was easy and a made just the right amount – it was pronounced by my entire family as being a true keeper. Thank you so much!

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    • Julia Frey (Vikalinka) says

      Wow your comment just made my day!! So happy to hear it!

      Reply

  5. Kirsty says

    Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls (18)
    Amazing, amazing, amazing recipe! so glad I stumbled across this one, the rolls always come out fluffy and yummy. 🙂

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    • Julia Frey (Vikalinka) says

      Thank you so much, Kirsty!!

      Reply

  6. Liz says

    Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls (19)
    I add in cut green onions to the dough and grated parmesan cheese! Along with chili powder and onion powder. These are going to be amazing!

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    • Julia Frey (Vikalinka) says

      Sounds delicious!

      Reply

  7. Anna says

    Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls (20)
    These rolls are so fluffy and delicious! I am obsessed!

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  8. Allison Kaye says

    Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls (21)
    I already love your sourdough bread recipe and couldn’t wait to make these rolls. I just took them out of the oven and they look and smell incredible!

    Reply

  9. katerina says

    Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls (22)
    Oh my goodness, these Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls were absolutely amazing!! Everyone loved them!

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