A Baker's Dozen: Homemade Dinner Rolls

Any of these dinner rolls can be prepared ahead of time and frozen baked or unbaked. 

To freeze unbaked rolls, shape the dough as desired and arrange them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Put the baking sheet in the freezer and freeze until the rolls are frozen solid; transfer to a freezer container or bag. The day before you plan to bake them, remove them and arrange in the baking pan(s). Cover and refrigerate them overnight to thaw. Remove them from the refrigerator and bring them to room temperature. Follow the recipe for the second rise and bake as directed.

To freeze and reheat baked rolls, bake them as directed. Let the rolls cool completely, then wrap in foil. Put the wrapped rolls in a zip-close freezer bag or container and freeze for up to one month. Thaw the rolls or reheat foil-wrapped rolls in a preheated 300 F oven for about 10 minutes.

 These buttery cloverleaf shaped dinner rolls are a snap to prepare by hand or with a stand mixer. Top the rolls with a simple egg wash and sesame seeds or poppy seeds just before you pop them in the oven.

Get the Recipe: Perfect Cloverleaf Rolls

What could be better for a fall meal or holiday feast than sweet potato rolls? These pan rolls are soft and flavorful with beautiful color.  These rolls are mixed and kneaded with the bread machine, making them super easy. Just shape and bake! 

Get the Recipe: Sweet Potato Rolls

 The bits of cooked crumbled bacon and fresh herbs in these rolls makes them extra special, and they could very easily be shaped into buns for lunch or breakfast sandwiches.  

Get the Recipe: Savory Herb and Bacon Rolls

 The soft dough for these delicious buttery rolls is best worked with a stand mixer. The rolls are baked as pull-apart pan rolls with a simple egg wash.

Get the Recipe: Southern Style Butter Yeast Rolls

 Chopped hulled pumpkin seeds decorate these delicious pumpkin yeast rolls. Pumpkin puree in the dough gives the rolls beautiful color and texture and the topping adds crunch.

Get the Recipe: Savory Pumpkin Cloverleaf Rolls

 These rich, buttery brioche buns are sure to impress your family and guests. The buns are excellent for sandwiches or make them in dinner roll shapes. 

Because the dough is so soft, a stand mixer with dough hook is recommended.

Get the Recipe: Brioche Buns

This potato dough is made with mashed potatoes, and it is easy to work by hand or with the bread machine or mixer.  Shape them into crescents, cloverleaf, or pan rolls.

Get the Recipe: Potato Yeast Rolls

 These potato rolls are refrigerated overnight, a real convenience for a holiday dinner. The refrigeration also brings out the flavor.

Get the Recipe: Refrigerator Potato Rolls

These rolls full of flavor with fresh herbs, and the mashed potato flakes enhance the texture. Bake them in muffin cups or as pull-apart rolls in a baking pan. 

Top the rolls with an egg wash and sesame seeds or minced dried onion.

Get the Recipe: Potato and Herb Dinner Rolls

These easy rolls are a nice change of pace from cinnamon rolls for a holiday morning.

Get the Recipe: Bread Machine Blueberry Rolls​​

These biscuits are made with a bit of yeast, adding not only flavor but light and airy texture as well. The biscuits are an excellent choice for a holiday dinner, and they are wonderful for post-holiday breakfasts with leftover ham.

Get the Recipe: Angel Biscuits

These rolls make fabulous sandwiches with that leftover turkey or ham.

Get the Recipe: Homemade Kaiser Rolls​​