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    Home » Breads/Dough

    Easy Yeast Rolls - The Best Homemade Yeast Rolls

    Updated: Sep 29, 2020 · Published: Feb 20, 2018 · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    You'll love this easy yeast rolls recipe! These easy yeast rolls — which I call The Best Homemade Yeast Rolls — are a family favorite recipe, passed down from my grandmother who really did make the best yeast rolls. Try her recipe and see for yourself!

    My grandmother made the best homemade yeast rolls with every weekend and holiday meal. She was so good at it. I don't think she even had a written recipe, she just made them so often it came naturally to her.

    One day as a teenager, my friend and I went to Mimi's house and she taught us how to make her famous homemade yeast rolls. We learned her techniques for making the dough and even found out how easy it is to make Cinnamon Rolls at the same time! (Easy yeast rolls and easy cinnamon rolls... you can't get much better than that!)

    What Makes These Easy Yeast Rolls So Good

    This recipe is different from the other yeast bread recipes I've made in that it uses a nice amount of Crisco whipped up with sugar and boiling water prior to adding the yeast mixture. The dough is sweet but not too sweet and bakes up light and fluffy.

    Are These Yeast Rolls Actually Easy?

    If you do a Google search for "easy yeast rolls" (doing so may be how you landed here!), you'll find that all yeast roll recipes take several steps, even the ones marked "easy." Please don't be intimidated by this recipe because I promise you it is indeed EASY! No step is difficult, even if you've never made yeast rolls before in your life. I'm actually going to take you through each step so you can see exactly how to make these rolls.

    How to Make Easy Yeast Rolls (aka The Best Homemade Yeast Rolls) Step by Step

    Let's get started on these easy yeast rolls!

    Step #1: First, add yeast to 1 cup warm water. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar onto the mixture to feed the yeast. Stir mixture with a spatula.

    white bowl containing yeast and sugar for easy yeast rolls

    Set yeast aside to rise. A good spot for this is on top of the stove.

    white bowl on top of blue towel containing yeast and water mixture with red spatula for easy yeast rolls

    Step #2: In a large bowl, mix together Crisco and sugar using an electric mixer.

    bowl containing crisco with mixing whisk on the side in process of making easy yeast rolls

    two whisks with crisco and sugar stuck on them while making easy yeast rolls

    After the Crisco and sugar are mixed together, add boiling water to the bowl.

    crisco sugar mixture in a pan in boiling water while making easy yeast rolls recipe

    Stir or mix together on low speed until the mixture is clear and fully incorporated.

    pan containing crisco, sugar, and boiling water mixed to a liquid for easy yeast rolls

    Step #3: Add eggs to mixture and blend.

    blue mixer in background with mixing whisk inside bowl with white bowl containing eggs in foreground for easy yeast rolls

    Step #4: Then add in the yeast and mix together gently.

    bowl containing bubbly mixture of crisco, sugar, water, and eggs while making easy yeast rolls

    Step #5: Mix together flour and salt, and then add in half of the flour at a time to the liquids until the flour is blended thoroughly.

    flour poured on top of easy yeast rolls mixture inside stainless steel bowl

    Step #6: Your easy yeast rolls are coming together! Lightly coat bowl in oil (about 1 tablespoon around the edges should do) to keep the dough from sticking. Refrigerate overnight so the dough can rise.

    dough for easy yeast rolls inside of a stainless steel bowl

    Step #7: After the dough has risen overnight, it's time to prepare the dough to make the easy yeast rolls!

    easy yeast rolls dough sitting on cutting board with flour sprinkled on top

    Roll the homemade yeast rolls dough out onto a floured surface to 1 ¼" thickness. Cut the dough to your desired size.

    easy yeast rolls dough cut into pieces sitting on parchment paper on a pan with rolling pin in background

    Step #8: Place dough on a cookie sheet (greased or covered with parchment paper), cover it with a cloth, and then let the dough rise in a warm place for two hours.

    Step #9: Bake at 400 degrees until golden brown (about 20-30 minutes). Remove from oven and enjoy!

    This recipe is so easy to make. This time I used half of the dough for yeast rolls and the other half made a batch of Cinnamon Rolls. If you love fresh bread, you will love this recipe!

    Once you're done making these rolls and the similar Cinnamon Rolls recipe, how about trying these Maple Bacon Peanut Butter Rolls?

    Enjoy!

    Recipe

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    The Best Homemade Yeast Roll Recipe

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    These easy yeast rolls are simple to make and taste amazing!
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    Prep Time 10 hours hrs 45 minutes mins
    Cook Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 11 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
    Course Breads/Dough
    Cuisine American
    Servings 48
    Calories 114 kcal

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 1 cup warm water
    • 2 packages dry yeast
    • 1 tablespoon sugar
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1 cup Crisco
    • 1 cup boiling water
    • 2 whole eggs
    • 6 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon salt

    Instructions
     

    • In medium bowl, put 1 cup warm water.  Add yeast and sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar to feed yeast, stir gently with rubber spatula, set on stove to stay warm and rise.
    • Meanwhile, in large bowl with lid combine sugar and Crisco and blend with electric mixer.  Add boiling water and blend until clear.
    • Add eggs and blend.
    • Add yeast and blend again gently.
    • Now add half of flour and salt mix and blend.  Add remaining flour and with hand, work until all flour is blended thoroughly.
    • Pour about 1 tablespoon cooking oil around edge of mix and spread up sides of bowl to prevent sticking. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
    • Roll out on floured surface to 1 ¼" thick, cut to desired size.
    • Place on greased sheet, cover with cloth and let rise in warm place for about two hours.
    • Bake on the middle rack at 400 degrees until golden brown (about 20-30 minutes, but check after 20 minutes).

    Notes

    "Prep time" (and "total time") includes rise time.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 114kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 52mgPotassium: 19mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 10IUCalcium: 3mgIron: 1mg
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