Vegan Dinner Rolls (Best Recipe) (2024)

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These vegan dinner rolls are the best ever! soft, fluffy, with a perfect rice and a buttery flavor, no one will be able to tell that they're dairy-free. Make them with just simple ingredients for a crowd-pleasing side dish.

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Who doesn't love bread as a side dish? I think it's just the best. Especially when the bread in question is these vegan dinner rolls. This has been my go-to recipe for quite some time, and I'm so excited to finally share it - this is the only dairy-free bread roll recipe you will ever need, and it's guaranteed to impress everyone, even the harshest critic.

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As far as side dishes are concerned, bread rolls is always an option that you can't go wrong with. Serve them with a thick layer of butter or any other spread or dip of your choice, and everyone will be happy. Plus, today's recipe for vegan dinner rolls is so easy! You definitely don't need to be an expert baker in order to perfect them.

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The best vegan dinner rolls

The most difficult part of this recipe is waiting for the dinner rolls to rise, which is also the most time-consuming part. But aside from that, you'll turn the simple ingredients into perfect vegan bread rolls with minimal effort. If you think that baking bread from scratch is a challenging process, this recipe will prove you wrong!

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The result? The vegan dinner rolls are fluffy, buttery, and practically melt in your mouth. In other words, exactly what you look for in a good-quality dinner roll. They're seriously so amazing that no one will be able to tell that they contain no eggs or dairy at all!

How to make vegan dinner rolls

Start by mixing together plant based milk at 95 degrees F/35 degrees C with dry yeast, sugar and salt. Set aside for ten minutes to allow the yeast to activate. Now gradually add flour and mix until thoroughly incorporated.

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At the end, add the melted vegan butter and knead for around 10 minutes, until the dough is smooth and sticky. Cover and set aside for 30 minutes.

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Now transfer the dough to a roughly-floured surface and divide into 7 equal sections. Roll each section into a ball, and lay them out on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Cover and allow to rise for 30 minutes more.

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Meanwhile, make the glaze by mixing together plant based milk and maple syrup and preheat the oven to 175 degrees C/350 degrees F.

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Brush the bread rolls with the glaze and bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden brown and fluffy. Serve immediately, or store for later.

Instructions for storage and freezing

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You can keep these vegan dinner rolls in the fridge, covered, for up to a week. You can also freeze them in ziplock bags for up to 2 months. Before reheating, allow to thaw fully in the fridge overnight, then reheat at 180 degrees C/350 F for 10 minutes.

How to make vegan dinner rolls ahead of time

To make these bread rolls ahead of time, make them as instructed and keep in the fridge, covered with foil, for up to 3 days. Then, simply bake and serve as normal.

How to serve vegan dinner rolls

These vegan dinner rolls are delicious enough to eat by themselves, but they're even more amazing with a thick layer of vegan butter. I also love them with avocado, peanut butter, or any other type of spread that I'm feeling in the moment. Eggplant caviar and soft, spreadable garlic confit would make an amazing topping!

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You can also serve them as a side dish for comforting recipes such as vegan chili, tomato soup and pumpkin soup. They would also make an exceptional addition to a party table together with dishes like spicy cauliflower.

Other vegan bread recipes

  • Vegan cornbread makes an amazing side dish or snack.
  • You can't go wrong with tomato focaccia!
  • Olive oil skillet bread is easy and flavorful.
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If you give these vegan dinner rolls a go, be sure to tag me on Instagram and leave your feedback in the comments below together with a star rating! I love hearing from you!

Recipe

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Vegan Dinner Rolls (Best Recipe)

These vegan dinner rolls are the best ever! soft, fluffy, with a perfect rice and a buttery flavor, no one will be able to tell that they're dairy-free. Make them with just simple ingredients for a crowd-pleasing side dish.

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Prep Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

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Total Time: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Vegan

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword: Dough, earth of maria, Flour, Maple syrup, move completed, vegan butter

Servings: 8 bread rolls

Calories: 129kcal

Author: Oh My Veggies

Equipment

  • Large mixing bowl

  • Small mixing bowl

  • Conventional oven

Ingredients

For the glaze

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Mix together plant based milk at 95 degrees F/35 degrees C with dry yeast, sugar and salt. Set aside for ten minutes to allow the yeast to activate.

    ¾ cup plant based milk, 1 tbsp dry yeast, 1 tbsp sugar, ½ tsp salt

  • Gradually add flour and mix until thoroughly incorporated.

    1 ½ cups flour

  • At the end, add the melted vegan butter and knead for around 10 minutes, until the dough is smooth and sticky. Cover and set aside for 30 minutes.

    2 tbsp vegan butter

  • Transfer the dough to a roughly-floured surface and divide into 7 equal sections. Roll each section into a ball, and lay them out on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Cover and allow to rise for 30 minutes more.

  • Make the glaze by mixing together plant based milk and maple syrup.

    2 tbsp maple syrup, ¼ cup plant based milk

  • Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C/350 degrees F. Brush the bread rolls with the glaze and bake for 12-15 minutes, until golden brown and fluffy. Serve immediately, or store for later.

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Notes

Instructions for storage and freezing

You can keep these vegan dinner rolls in the fridge, covered, for up to a week. You can also freeze them in ziplock bags for up to 2 months. Before reheating, allow to thaw fully in the fridge overnight, then reheat at 180 degrees C/350 F for 10 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 129kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 3gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 189mgPotassium: 42mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 134IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg

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Vegan Dinner Rolls (Best Recipe) (2024)

FAQs

Why are my dinner rolls not light and fluffy? ›

Too much flour, or not the right kind, could be to blame. Dough made only from flour with a high or even average amount of protein (like bread flour or all-purpose flour) can become tough from overmixing. Protein gives bread structure in the form of gluten—the more you mix and move the dough, the more gluten you get.

What brands of dinner rolls are vegan? ›

Buy Dinner Rolls at stores near you
  • Ener-G Dinner Rolls, Tapioca. ...
  • Aunt Millie's Live Carb Smart Hawaiian Dinner Rolls. ...
  • Anthony & Sons Bakery Dinner Rolls, Vegan, Seven Grain, Avocado. ...
  • Aunt Millie's Live Carb Smart Dinner Rolls. ...
  • Angelic Bakehouse Sprouted Whole Grain, Slider Buns.

Why are my homemade dinner rolls dense? ›

The dough was under or over proofed. This is the most common reason for dense bread because it can be hard at first to determine when dough is ready to bake.

Can you substitute almond milk for milk in rolls? ›

Dinner Roll Recipe Ingredients

If it's not fresh, the rolls won't rise, and they'll be dense and flat instead of soft and fluffy. Almond milk – We use almond milk because it's what we keep on hand, but feel free to substitute any plain, unsweetened milk you like!

How can I make my bread fluffier instead of dense? ›

Potato Flakes or Potato Water

Starch helps the dough by trapping the gas from the yeast in the dough and makes the bubbles stronger. This helps the bread to rise and be lighter and fluffier. If you are boiling potatoes, you can use the unsalted water in place of the water in your bread recipe to help out the yeast.

What ingredient makes bread light and fluffy? ›

Adding sugar weakens the gluten structure, absorbs water, and eventually makes the bread lighter and softer. As a result, sugar improves the bread's taste, structure and texture. Yeast also eats up sugar to produce carbon dioxide, which raises the dough and makes bread fluffy.

Can vegans eat yeast? ›

Although yeast is technically alive—it's a single-celled organism that metabolizes food into energy—it's no more an animal than other fungi such as mushrooms. Therefore, yeast is generally accepted as part of a vegan diet.

Are Texas Roadhouse bread rolls vegan? ›

Are Texas Roadhouse rolls vegan? No, they are not. They contain dairy and eggs. Cactus blossom and fried pickles at Texas Roadhouse are also not vegan since the batter contains dairy and eggs.

Why do my dinner rolls taste bland? ›

Salt adds flavor to bread. If none or too little is used in a recipe, the bread will lack the right flavor and taste "bland." If you reduce the amount of salt, try adding some dried herbs to increase the flavor.

What is the best flour for bread? ›

While bread flour is the best option, it can sometimes be used if you don't have bread flour. “Check the protein content,” advises Chef Jürgen, since it can vary from brand to brand, and an all-purpose flour that contains protein on the higher end of the range, 12 to 13 percent, will produce a better outcome.

What happens if you add too much flour to dinner rolls? ›

Avoid adding too much extra flour to the dough.

Your instinct might be to add extra flour; however, any extra flour will create a denser, tougher roll instead of the light, fluffy, soft dinner roll we want.

What is the best vegan milk for baking? ›

Among other milk alternatives like almond milk, soy milk and oat milk, soy milk is by far the best for baking. I learned this over the course of several years and many cookies, cakes, muffins and pies. Moreover, some people will tell you that you must swap full-fat coconut milk in for heavy cream or half-and-half.

What is the best plant milk for bread? ›

Soy milk has the most protein of all the alternate milks, so for baking projects that need a lot of structure (think cakes and breads), this is the best dairy-free option.

Will yeast work with almond milk? ›

The key to making dairy-free yeast bread is to use unsweetened and unflavored non-dairy milk. Almond milk is a good choice, but you can also use soy milk or rice milk.

Why are my rolls not doubling in size? ›

The liquid was too hot, or not hot enough.

The water temperature should be between 110 - 115 F degrees. If your liquid is too hot (i.e. boiling) it will kill the yeast and prevent the rise.

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