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This recipe for Shortcut Homemade Buns uses a biscuit baking mix, requires no kneading and comes together in minutes!
What’s to love
- Only a handful of ingredients. Just 5 everyday staples plus water are all you need to make the softest dinner rolls!
- So versatile. This recipe works with a holiday dinner just as well as it does sprinkled with sesame as a burger bun in the summer. It’s always a winner!
- No baking skills required. Just stir the dough together, shape it into rolls, cover with a damp cloth and wait until puffy. Then bake, and you have the fluffiest homemade dinner rolls!
There is nothing better than homemade bread, and while from-scratch homemade dinner rolls are amazing – sometimes, you just need a shortcut on a busy day! If you want to make it fully from scratch, you only need an extra 5 minutes – instructions are included in the recipe card below.
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Ingredients
- 1 envelope active dried yeast
- ⅔ cup water (room temperature)
- 1 ½ tablespoons sugar
- 4 cups biscuit baking mix (such as Bisquick; plus more if needed)
- ⅔ cup milk
- 2 ½ tablespoons butter OR egg for egg wash (OR egg wash before baking and brush with melted butter after baking for the best taste and look!)
Tips
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1.5 teaspoons salt
- 4 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Prep:Line and grease a baking sheet. Get your ingredients ready.
- Activate yeast:Combine yeast with water and sugar. Set aside for 5 minutes, until frothy.1 envelope active dried yeast, ⅔ cup water, 1 ½ tablespoons sugar
- Make dough:Add biscuit baking mix to a large mixing bowl. Add yeast mixture and milk, stirring well to combine. Knead dough around 15 times, until coming together. Add a little more baking mix, if needed (the dough is pretty sticky at first; don’t add too much baking mix or your buns will end up dense and firm vs soft and fluffy – if you let the dough sit for 5 minutes after stirring, it becomes much easier to handle).4 cups biscuit baking mix, ⅔ cup milk
- Shape rolls:Shape into 10 buns (I pinch them together on the underside and then roll with one hand on the counter for a smooth top). Place on a lined and greased baking sheet. Cover with a damp towel and let rise in a warm place for about 1 hour.
- Bake:Heat oven to 400F. Melt butter (or beat egg for egg wash), lightly brush buns then bake for 12-15 minutes, until just turning golden brown.2 ½ tablespoons butter OR egg for egg wash
- Cool:Remove from oven to a wire rack. Immediately brush with remaining butter, if using. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Shortcut Homemade Buns
make your kitchen smell like home?Shortcut Homemade Buns/Dinner Rolls FAQs
No, you really do not need to knead this dough at all! Just stir until it comes together. The dough is a little sticky, but it does not require kneading.
No! That’s the great thing about this recipe – just stir, shape and rise. You can prep everything right now and then only have to worry about egg washing and baking later – no further shaping or second rise required.
Yes, absolutely!
For garlic herb rolls, you can add garlic powder and dried herbs to the dough.
For classic burger buns, add a sprinkling of sesame seeds on top of the egg wash, right before baking.
You can also add 4-6 tablespoons of sugar to the dough, to make sweet rolls.
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