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Same-Day Sourdough Dinner Rolls

Pillowy soft, buttery, and subtly tangy-- these dinner rolls will blow your mind! Ready in 2-3 hours, you can have these on your table in a snap!
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting Time 2 hours
Total Time 3 hours
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 12 Rolls
Calories 203 kcal

Equipment

  • Stand Mixer optional
  • Kitchen Scale
  • 9x13 baking dish
  • Pastry brush

Ingredients
  

  • ½ Cup Warm Water 120g
  • 1 tablespoon Active Dry Yeast 12g
  • 4 tablespoon Sugar 55g
  • ½ Cup Bubbly Starter 60g
  • 1 Cup Whole Milk 240g
  • 2 tablespoon Unsalted butter — softened and cubed 28g
  • 3 ¾ Cup All-Purpose Flour 450-500g
  • ½ tablespoon Salt 12g
  • 2 tablespoon Milk Powder 20g

Instructions
 

Poofing The Yeast

  • In your mixing bowl, add warm water and yeast and give it a stir with a fork. Allow to rest for a few minutes until it is puffy and happy.
  • To add a little extra oomph to your proofing yeast, add a pinch or two of sugar. Yeast love it!

Preparing Liquids

  • Add milk, butter, sugar, and active or inactive sourdough starter to the water and yeast mixture and stir. Butter will be clumpy at this point, but that's okay.

Adding Dry Ingredients

  • In a separate bowl, mix together half of the flour and all of the milk powder and salt.
  • Gradually add the flour mixture into the liquid either by hand or with a stand mixer at low speed with a dough hook.
  • Continue to add in the remaining flour gradually until the dough pulls away from the bowl and forms a ball. It would be a little tacky but easy to handle.

Kneading the Dough

  • If you are using a stand mixer, continue to let the dough knead at low speed for 8-10 minutes. There really is no limit to how long you can knead this dough.
  • Same deal if you are kneading by hand! Just knead until it feels right to you and can pass the windowpane test.
  • Once it is ready, it will be able to pass the windowpane test and will feel silky and soft. You’ll know when it is ready!

First Rise

  • Next, place the dough in a greased bowl and cover it with a damp towel or cling wrap. Let it rest in a warm place until it has doubled in size.

Forming The Rolls

  • Once doubled, punch the dough down and place it on a lightly floured surface.
  • Shape the dough into 12 equal-sized balls of dough. If you want to get technical, each ball will be roughly 80g in weight. For my batch specifically, they were 83g each. If you are weighing your ingredients, you should come up with something very similar.

Second Rise

  • Place the balls of dough in a buttered 9x13 baking dish and cover with a damp towel or cling wrap. Let rise for 30mins or so in a warm place.
  • Preheat oven to 375.

Baking The Rolls

  • Place your prepped dinner rolls in the oven and bake at 375 for 30 minutes or until the tops of the rolls are golden brown.
  • Allow to cool completely and serve!

Notes

Store at room temperature for 3-5 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 203kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 5gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 319mgPotassium: 93mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 103IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 43mgIron: 2mg
Keyword bread, rolls, sourdough discard
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