These gluten-free dinner rolls are the perfect soft and buttery rolls made with a blend of gluten-free flours and yeast for delicious homemade rolls.
Gluten-free dinner rolls are a simple and easy homemade roll perfect for an easy side dish. We love making these soft dinner rolls for a holiday dinner side. They are perfect to serve at Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Dinners.
These gluten-free rolls are also great for adding to an easy weeknight meal. The recipe is simple and requires a blend of gluten-free flours. Yeast helps to leaven the dough and after rising for an hour, the rolls are baked in the oven until golden brown on top.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Classic Side Dish
- Gluten-Free Bread
- Kid-Friendly
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Brown Rice Flour - Brown rice flour is a heavyweight flour high in protein. The protein in the brown rice flour helps add structure to the flour blend.
- White Rice Flour - White rice flour is a lightweight flour that gives fluffiness to the flour blend and helps make the rolls soft.
- Tapioca Flour - Tapioca starch or flour is a starch and a lightweight flour. It acts as a thickening agent to help thicken the dough and hold it together while also creating a fluffy roll.
- Xanthan Gum - Xanthan gum is a thickening agent that keeps the dough together.
- Salt - Salt helps the flours and fats to combine and form the dough.
- Baking Powder - Baking powder contains both sodium bicarbonate and an acid that helps recipes rise. In this recipe, it is used in addition to yeast to boost the rise of the rolls.
- Eggs - Eggs provide structure to the dough. Be sure to use room temperature eggs for best results.
- Apple Cider Vinegar - Apple cider vinegar is an acid that helps lighten the yeast dough for fluffier rolls.
- Butter - Butter is key to making the gluten-free dough soft and fluffy. It also gives the rolls their classic buttery flavor.
- Milk - Warm milks helps to proof the yeast as well as creates softer rolls. Some recipes call for water to proof the yeast, but milk is high in protein and the protein provides additional structure to the gluten-free dough.
- Yeast - Yeast is crucial to leavening the dough and creating soft rolls.
- Honey - Honey helps proof the yeast and also adds a sweet flavor to the dinner rolls.
Complete list of ingredients and amounts is located on the recipe card below.
Kitchen Tools & Equipment
- Stand Mixer - We highly recommend using a stand mixer for making this recipe. You need to knead the roll dough for a long stretch of time (8 minutes for this recipe!) and the stand mixer makes this much easier to do.
- Square Baking Dish - An 8x8 baking dish is the perfect size to make these rolls.
- Cookie Scoop - A cookie scoop helps to easily scoop the dough into the baking dish.
How to Make Gluten-Free Dinner Rolls
Step 1. Combine the warm milk, honey and yeast together in a small bowl. Allow the yeast to proof.
Step 2. In a separate bowl combine the eggs, apple cider vinegar, and melted butter.
Step 3. Add the gluten-free flours, baking powder, xanthan gum and salt to the bowl of the stand mixer and whisk together.
Step 4. Pour the egg mixture into the bowl of the stand mixer with the flour.
Step 5. Pour the proofed yeast mixture into the bowl of the stand mixer.
Step 6. Use the dough hook attachment to mix all of the ingredients together.
Step 7. Use a cookie scoop to scoop the dough into the baking pan
Step 8. Cover the rolls with plastic wrap and allow them to rise for an hour.
Step 9. Remove the plastic wrap and place the rolls in the oven to bake.
Recipe Serving Suggestions
This recipe makes 9 gluten-free dinner rolls. These homemade gluten-free rolls are the perfect side dish for an easy weeknight dinner and also make the perfect holiday side.
If you're making this side dish for a holiday meal, here are some of our favorite sides to add to your menu.
Expert Tips & Variations
- Holiday Side Dish - These rolls are perfect for any holiday meal including Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. They are super easy to make for a delicious addition to a holiday meal.
- Make it a Meal - Use the gluten-free rolls for a BBQ pulled pork sandwich with our crockpot BBQ pulled pork.
- Meal Prep Rolls - You can easily make these rolls at the start of the week, freeze, and serve as a side throughout the week.
How to Store Gluten-Free Dinner Rolls
- Freezer - Gluten-free rolls are best stored in the freezer in an airtight container. Gluten-free breads dry out easily but freezing the rolls preserves the moisture in the rolls. To serve a second time, simply thaw the rolls and reheat to enjoy.
Recipe FAQ
Yes! Yeast is naturally gluten-free.
Gluten-free baking is very different from regular baking and the dough for this recipe is not easily handled and shaped. Your dough for these rolls will be wet, and that is why you need to use a spoon or cookie scoop to scoop it into the baking pan.
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Gluten-Free Dinner Rolls
These gluten-free dinner rolls are the perfect soft and buttery rolls made with a blend of gluten-free flours and yeast for delicious homemade rolls.
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown rice flour
- 1 cup white rice flour
- 1 cup tapioca flour
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- 1 cup warm milk
- 3 Tablespoon honey
- 2.5 teaspoons yeast
Instructions
- Begin by proofing the yeast. Warm the milk until it is bath-water temperature (about 30 seconds in the microwave oven). Add the yeast and honey to the bowl of warm milk and stir to combine. Set the bowl aside and allow to proof for 10 minutes.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the brown rice flour, white rice flour, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, baking powder and salt. Use a whisk to combine.
- In a separate small bowl, combine the eggs, melted butter, and apple cider vinegar.
- Pour the egg mixture into the bowl of the stand mixer.
- Once the yeast has proofed, pour the yeast into the bowl of the stand mixer.
- Use the dough hook attachment to mix everything together on medium for 2 minutes.
- Use a silicone spatula to scrap the sides of the bowl.
- Turn the mixer to medium speed and allow it to beat the dough for 8 minutes.
- While the dough is mixing, spray a square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray or grease it with butter.
- After 8 minutes of mixing, use a large spoon or ice cream scooper to scoop the dough out of the stand mixer bowl into the square pan making rows of three for 9 total rolls. It is okay if they are touching in the dish.
- Cover the pan with the rolls in it with plastic wrap and allow the rolls to rise for 1-2 hours or until they have rise enough that their tops are almost higher than the sides of the baking pan.
- While the rolls rise, preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Once the rolls have risen, remove the plastic wrap and place the pan in a preheated oven to bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees.
- After 15 minutes, briefly remove the pan from the oven to loosely cover it with tin foil. Do not seal the edges around the pan, simply loosely place the foil on the pan.
- Place the pan back in the oven and bake for 15 additional minutes.
- Remove the finished rolls from the oven and brush with butter.
- Serve the rolls warm or allow to cool and serve at room temperature.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 9 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 275Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 54mgSodium: 405mgCarbohydrates: 49gFiber: 2gSugar: 8gProtein: 6g
