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The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

April 3, 2020 By: Anita

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There are few things I enjoy eating more than bread: specifically fresh, homemade rolls still hot from the oven.  I have been making bread since I was 9 years old, when my Dad bribed me to take over the bread-making job by paying me a dollar for each loaf I made (might as well pay me for it instead of the store, he said). 

Of course, it was much easier to earn that money since my parents owned a massive commercial mixer, which I now have the privilege of storing at my home.  It can easily handle enough dough to make 20 dozen rolls, and I have made that much on several occasions.

You see, I like to make things easier for myself.  Dinner time has always been a struggle for me and anything I can do to make dinner prep much shorter and easier, I do it!

This Homemade Roll recipe is my absolute favorite, not only because it is wonderful to eat straight out of the oven, but because it also freezes amazingly well.  This allows me to have homemade rolls any evening I want, without the time or mess involved. And these are now the only rolls my kids will eat.

You will want to have some sort of mixing device to make the process much easier, whether it is a Kitchenaid, a Bosch or a hand mixer with a dough hook attachment.

Start off by mixing together 3 ¾ cups water, 5 teaspoons instant dry yeast and ¾ cups sugar.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Set it aside and let the yeast proof.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Meanwhile, measure out 4 cups of flour in a separate bowl and sift it, or mix it with a wire whisk to break up any lumps.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Once the yeast has proofed, add 1/3 cup of oil, turn on your mixer then gradually add in the flour.  Be sure to not add the flour in too quickly, otherwise it will be shot up into a cloud of flour all over you and your kitchen! Mix it until it is thoroughly blended and creamy.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Measure and sift 6 cups more of flour.  Add in 3 teaspoons of salt to the flour. Then slowly add in the flour/salt.  While adding in the flour, only add about 1/3 cup at a time and let it mix in for 10-15 seconds before adding in more.  This helps not only with preventing flour from getting thrown from the mixer, but it also help with getting just the right consistency.

As you are adding the last bit of flour, watch to see when the dough starts to pull away from the side of the mixing bowl.  When the dough has mostly pulled from the sides you know you have added in enough flour and you can turn off your mixer.  The dough will still be very sticky, which helps the rolls stay moist.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Next, you need to let your dough rise.  You can either do this in your mixer if it is large enough, in a large bowl, or on a clean surface.  You will want to make sure the entire surface of the dough is covered in flour to prevent any sticking.  I put mine in a bowl to keep things cleaner.  Cover the bottom of the bowl in flour, scrape in the dough, and cover with a dusting of flour.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Cover it with a clean cloth and let the dough rise.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

While you are waiting for the dough to rise, grease your baking sheet.  I highly recommend using heavier metal baking sheets; I have found them to work better than the thinner, less expensive ones for two reasons: First, the sides are slightly higher which helps minimize the rolls drooping over the edge; and second, the thicker sheet helps prevent the rolls from burning, or turning too crispy on the bottom.

Once the dough has risen sufficiently and your pan is ready, you are ready to start forming the rolls!!!

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Remove the cloth and punch the dough down to remove most of the air bubbles that have formed, folding it as you go.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

With folding the dough, you should have a nearly smooth surface dusted with flour.  This is the perfect area to pull dough from to form nicely shaped rolls.

Find any smooth spot, pull up the dough with one hand and pinch it off with your other to give you about a golf ball size piece of dough. If the top of the roll is sticky at all, or seems to have very little flour, dip it in some flour to help prevent it from sticking to your hands.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Stretch out the smooth portion and fold the outside edges in underneath, almost as if you are trying to turn the dough inside out. Pinch it together at the bottom and place on the baking sheet.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Continue forming the rolls and placing them on the baking sheet with sides barely touching or with a slight gap between them until you have covered the entire baking sheet.  As you continue pulling rolls off your dough, turn and fold it every so often so you always have a smooth surface from which to pull the rolls.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

My baking sheet fits exactly 4 dozen rolls: 6 rolls high, 8 rolls across.

Cover the baking sheet with your cloth again, and let it rise once more while preheating your oven to 375°F.  When risen, the rolls should be nearly doubled in size, all touching each other.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Place in the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes, until the tops of the rolls are solid golden brown.  If they are not cooked long enough, the center rolls will end up slightly doughy, and who wants to waste any of those delicious rolls?!

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Immediately after removing the rolls, tear off half of the wrapper from the stick of salted butter (unsalted is not nearly as good!) and butter the top of each roll.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Let the rolls cool just long enough so you don’t burn yourself then pat yourself on the back as you enjoy eating one, or two or three, of *YOUR* delicious homemade rolls.

If any of the rolls happen to survive the first 20 minutes out of the oven, you will want to save some for later on when you are too busy to cook.  Let them cool completely, place in Ziploc bags and throw them in the freezer.

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

When you are ready to eat the rolls just set them out on the counter for a couple hours to thaw, or break them apart and throw them in the microwave and enjoy!

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

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The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

The BEST Freezable Rolls Recipe

Yield: 4 Dozen 48
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 19 minutes
Total Time: 49 minutes

This Homemade Roll recipe is my absolute favorite, not only because it is wonderful to eat straight out of the oven, but because it also freezes amazingly well.

Ingredients

  • 3¾ c. water
  • 5 t. yeast
  • ¾ c. sugar
  • 3 t. salt
  • 1/3 c. oil
  • 8-10 c. flour, sifted
  • 1 cube salted butter

Instructions

  1. Mix together water, sugar and yeast. Let proof. Add in oil and 4 cups of flour, mix until smooth. Add in salt and just enough of remaining flour until dough begins to pull away from the side of the bowl (between 4 and 6 cups). Flour entire surface of dough to prevent sticking, and let rise to double. Punch down and form rolls by pulling off a golf-ball sized piece of dough and turning inside out to form a smooth top and pinching the edges underneath. Place rolls on a greased baking sheet and let rise to double again. Bake at 375°F for 18-20 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven and immediately butter the tops of the rolls.
  2. To Freeze: Cool rolls completely, place desired amount in a freezer safe bag and place in freezer. When ready to use, remove from freezer and let thaw on the counter for 2 hours, or remove from bag, break apart rolls, and microwave until warm.

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This Homemade Roll recipe is my absolute favorite, not only because it is wonderful to eat straight out of the oven, but because it also freezes amazingly well. #freezablerolls #bread #homemadebread

This Homemade Roll recipe is my absolute favorite, not only because it is wonderful to eat straight out of the oven, but because it also freezes amazingly well. #freezablerolls #bread #homemadebread
This Homemade Roll recipe is my absolute favorite, not only because it is wonderful to eat straight out of the oven, but because it also freezes amazingly well. #freezablerolls #bread #homemadebread

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  1. Janet Vinyard says

    October 20, 2016 at 8:12 pm

    Hi Ashley, Your rolls look so good and remind me of my grandmother’s! Thanks for sharing this recipe – I look forward to trying it! (I used to eat so many of my grandmother’s hot rolls that she accused me of having a “hollow” leg!) Well done! Blessings, Janet

    Reply
    • Anita Fowler says

      October 21, 2016 at 3:22 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Cheryl says

    October 21, 2016 at 7:20 am

    These look heavenly! I will try my hand at these one day and pinned, I am a horrible bread maker but love it so much!!

    Reply
    • Anita Fowler says

      October 25, 2016 at 9:33 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Patty says

    October 21, 2016 at 11:02 am

    These look excellent! Hope I get to make them one of these days!

    Blessings,
    Patty

    Reply
    • Anita Fowler says

      October 25, 2016 at 9:32 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  4. Heidi says

    October 28, 2016 at 11:39 pm

    Can’t wait to try these! I’ve been looking for a good roll recipe! Right in time for Thanksgiving.

    Reply
  5. Elizabeth says

    November 19, 2016 at 8:18 pm

    Should I use instant yeast or regular for this recipe?

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Anita Fowler says

      November 22, 2016 at 7:31 pm

      I use instant dry yeast (found here), which I thought was the “regular” yeast… Maybe I need to learn something new?

      Reply
  6. Kapu says

    November 22, 2016 at 2:37 am

    Is the water heated or straight from the tap?

    Reply
    • Anita Fowler says

      December 29, 2016 at 5:15 pm

      Warm tap, not too hot or will kill the yeast that will not rise.

      Reply
  7. Julie Malchus says

    November 23, 2016 at 11:40 pm

    Made these today! Easy and delicious! Thank you!

    Reply
  8. Karly says

    April 23, 2017 at 9:52 pm

    These look delicious! Thanks for linkin’ up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!

    Reply
  9. Huan Quek says

    May 22, 2017 at 3:15 am

    Hi ! Thank you for sharing! I am a novice at breadmaking. May I ask if I should use a dough hook for my kitchenaid when adding the flour ? Do you also not knead the bread at all – you mentioned folding but not kneading ? Thank you so much!

    Reply
    • Anita Fowler says

      May 24, 2017 at 10:16 pm

      Just used the paddle attachment on the kitchenAid mixer. Fold it gently (the machine does the majority of the kneading).

      Reply
  10. Jennifer says

    November 19, 2017 at 12:18 am

    I made the rolls and they were amazing! What kind of salt did you use? I cook with sea salt which is blander than table salt. My family felt like the rolls needed a little extra salt. If you used table salt then I understand why.

    Reply
    • Anita Fowler says

      January 11, 2018 at 2:49 am

      table salt! Thanks for the feedback!

      Reply
  11. Michelle says

    July 30, 2018 at 4:21 pm

    HI,
    This is the first bun recipe that I have found and tried that has no eggs. Delicious. I use this recipe for hamburger buns. Turns out EVERYTIME. I use my Kitchen aid mixer to mix this.
    Thanks again,
    Michelle

    Reply
    • Anita says

      August 1, 2018 at 12:24 pm

      Michele- I’m glad this helped you! Thanks for stopping by.

      Reply
  12. Glenda Murray says

    October 15, 2018 at 12:39 am

    Can’t wait to try these, Just one question – did you use plain flour, bread flour or self rising?

    Reply
  13. karen says

    November 28, 2018 at 1:03 am

    I’ve not been successful making rolls and it’s a goal I’ve been trying to accomplish so needing specific directions. What does ‘let proof’ mean? And there is a huge difference between 4 and 6 cups of flour. Anything more specific? The rolls look pretty & delicious but this recipe seems to be directed toward those who already have experience and success making rolls.

    Reply
  14. Denise Rucker says

    January 20, 2020 at 12:37 am

    This is the only recipe I use for rolls!!! First off let me say how amazing they are & second off they do not usually last long enough to freeze. However I have frozen them & used them for special events. They are perfect just as the day they were baked. No complaints here thank you for sharing such a great recipe!!!!!

    Reply
  15. Sarah says

    February 20, 2022 at 10:50 am

    What type of oil did you use and does it matter the type of oil? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Anita says

      March 9, 2022 at 11:10 am

      You can use vegetable or canola oil. Don’t use olive oil or avocado oil as it will change the taste and texture.

      Reply
  16. Anita Fowler says

    November 1, 2016 at 2:01 pm

    Thank you Jamielyn for featuring my Freezable Roll Recipe!

    Reply

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