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Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls…they are so light and fluffy and simple enough for any supper, but fancy enough for a holiday meal too!
I shared these rolls over on the Bob’s Red Mill website. But, I just had to share them here too because they are just too good not to share.
Homemade bread has been a part of my family’s holiday meals for the last 15-20 years. It started off with my father-in-law’s basic white bread in the bread machine. It was so good, but as I’ve learned more about cooking and the benefits of whole grains, I added this easy and feather light whole wheat dinner roll to our family’s meals. Everyone loves it around here, so now I make them all year long!
I’m sure you are thinking that these rolls will be really heavy and dense; however, they are just the opposite! Using whole grain flours correctly (and using a premium product) are a must. Cheap “whole wheat flour” is not true whole grain flour. Please don’t buy the cheap stuff at the grocery store. Splurge for a good brand or grind your own. I love grinding my own…I actually prefer it, but when I can’t, I honestly buy Bob’s Red Mill (or one other brand…email me and I will tell you if you are dying to know).
Have you ever baked from scratch? Do you use whole grains? How does it turn out…I’d love to hear from you.
Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls
These Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls are so light and fluffy! Simple enough for any supper, but fancy enough for a holiday meal too!
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (plus 2 cups more)
- 1/4 cup unbleached white flour (plus 1-2 cups more)
- 1/4 cup powdered milk
- 2 1/2 tbsp active dry yeast
- 2 cups warm water
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1/3 cup honey
- 3 eggs
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
Instructions
- In a Bosch* mixer, combine flours, powdered milk, and yeast. Turn on mixer for about 30 seconds to combine ingredients.
- Add water, oil, and honey to dry ingredients and mix for 1 minute. Let mixture sit for 10-15 minutes in the bowl to bloom.
- Add in the eggs and salt and mix until well combined. Dough will be very loose, so more flour needs to be added. Add in whole wheat flour by the 1/4 cup full (up to 2 cups). Dough should begin to pull away from sides of bowl, but not pick up from the bottom. At this point, if more flour is needed, add only unbleached white flour. (Usually after the bloom, it takes about 3 cups of additional flour). Continue to mix for 5 minutes or until gluten fully develops. (*If not using a Bosch, then the dough will need to rest until doubled in size.)
- Lightly flour the counter and using oiled hands, dump the dough onto the counter. Gently knead the dough for about 1 minute. Cut dough into quarters. Each quarter will make approximately 10 dinner rolls.
- Line an 11x15 sheet pan with parchment paper. Form dough into golf ball sized rolls and place on the sheet pan. One sheet will hold 20 rolls. Allow the rolls to rise until they at least doubled in size or they touch each other and fill the pan. About 30 minutes.
- Heat oven to 350F and bake for 15-20 minutes. Allow to cool and brush top of rolls with melted butter.
Notes
If you aren't using a Bosch mixer, in step #3 of the recipe instructions, you need to allow the dough to rise until doubled in size.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 40 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 91Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 192mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 1gSugar: 3gProtein: 2g
Disclaimer: Bob’s Red Mill sent me a box of goodies to use in my recipe development. All opinions are my own.
I would have hot buttered rolls with every meal if I could. These look so good!
These biscuits look absolutely delicious!
Bob’s Red Mill has some wonderful gluten free flours as well.
I love trying new recpes that use whole grains instead of white flour.
Those look delicious!! I love Bob’s Red Mill products – I have many different bags of their products in my pantry. Thanks for the recipe and tips!
These look so amazing but my daughter is a white bread person 🙁 Wonder if these would change her mind? I may have to try!
Love Bob’s products!
The Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls would be the perfect addition to our next family meal.
The rolls look great! I don’t have much success with bread making. I’d like to try this recipe. I love that you only have 3 photos. Food blogs always have way too many photos in their posts. I usually leave before I get to the recipe. 2 or 3 is just right.
Everybody loves rolls fresh from the oven! And I would love to serve these over some store-bought varieties that contain high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, etc! They look delicious.
I already enjoy the Bob’s Red mill line of products…these rolls look and sound so mouthwatering, can’t waith to try.
I have always wanted to try making bread this would give me a reason.
I love Bob’s Red Mill products! I am fortunate to be within driving distance of the store/restaurant. Surprisingly, I have not checked out their website. Thanks for sharing this whole wheat roll recipe. It sounds delicious!
We make a lot of our own bread products, but I have generally only used grocery-store whole wheat flour. I have used Bob’s Red Mill spelt flour for waffles. They are dense, but we feel so much better than when I make white or whole wheat flour waffles.
These whole wheat rolls look delicious. I have never tried to make rolls before but would love to try your recipe.
These look great! Always looking for ways to add more whole grains into our meals!
I use this brand for my healthier recipes !! Loveit!
I love that I’m seeing more of Bob’s products in more stores.
I LOVE Bob’s Red Mill – it’s one of my favorite brands, especially since we’ve gone gluten free!
Plus these dinner rolls look and sound amazing!
I love their grains and whole wheat…they have great stuff. Thanks for the chance.
These look really good. I need to try this
I love homemade rolls and breads and these look amazing!
These look delicious and the instructions to make them are very clear. Thank you.
These rolls look so delicious! I love Bob’s Red Mill and there products are awesome!
Those rolls look like you painted them with egg white or milk but you don’t say which one it is!
Margot, I just brushed with a little melted butter after they were baked. 🙂
Oh yes, always a good way to do it (I’m usually in favor of more butter)
The hubs, and I are trying to eat healthier, I was looking for a roll recipe, and here it was! Thanks so very much =)
I would love to try this recipe for the holiday meals. I have always thought that it would be just too hard to make my own but after reading your recipe I think that I could actually make them! I never thought about adding honey to rolls but I can see where the sweetness would really enhance the flavor.
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i am ready to try this recipe this upcoming Thanksgiving!
I left a comment on the recipe at Bob’s Red Mill. I love rolls that use honey as an ingredient. I think I’ll make these for Thanksgiving. Thanks!
So glad that you appreciate the honey! I love the subtle flavor it gives (and the health benefits)!
I’ve never made my own rolls before. Is it really worth the extra work?
Yes! Oh my goodness yes! Homemade rolls are the best!!!
I have long loved Bob’s Red Mill for their Gluten Free stuff since I have relatives with celiac – but I didn’t know they made gluten-full stuff, too! 🙂
I would love to make the Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls for Thanksgiving!
Whole wheat dinner rolls are my favorite thing! And I love that you put honey in it! Sounds delish!
this seems simple to make. I never made bread before because I am just too busy with family and life..I may try this receipe for thanksgiving..thanks!
Those look mouthwatering!
This recipe sounds SUPER rich, definitely for holidays only!
I need to try this. We only use whole wheat flour and it’s challenging to get bread to turn out nicely, at least for me! 🙂
I like homemade baked goods and I like that glazed look from the butter
I would love to have these homemade rolls for my holiday meal–they look delicious!
Can I use olive oil instead of canola oil?
My family love hot buttery rolls for any meal! 🙂
I love to make homemade rolls for my family. We love any and all types. Definately going to give these a try!
Really want to try these & adding sea salt sounds awesome!! grammypenny@frontier.com
Making homemade bread is such a nice endeavor!
These rolls look light and beautiful! My husband will appreciate that they are whole wheat. Pinned for future baking project 🙂
like to try this recipe
I love whole wheat rolls. I am going to try this recipe!!
always looking for yummy wheat roll recipes. Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to try
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You made the recipe sound like a “do-able” thing and tasty, too.
Those belong at any dinner table!
I have really been trying to use as much whole grain as possible for my family. I love the look of these rolls and need to try them. Thanks for sharing!
love to make rolls for my family debbie jackson
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This looks like it’d be wonderful to soak up some soup or gravy.Yumm
Looks delish! I’ve tried making whole wheat waffles, but just tasted too heavy. Should try this recipe as rolls might not be so heavy 🙂
Thank you for posting this. I was looking for a recipe for rolls for Thanksgiving, and these sound really good.
These rolls look awesome. I think I will try these for dinner tomorrow! I stumbled this recipe (familyfocusblog) and I think I will go pin it too (ScarletP)!
Thanks you the recipe. When I have wheat flour , I’ll try this recipe.
Would definitely like to try this recipe! Love fresh baked bread 🙂
I make whole wheat bread but have never tried dinner rolls. This recipe sounds yummy and also fairly easy so I am going to give it a try!
Thanks for the recipe. I need dinner rolls for all holiday parties, this is a great recipe to make.
I love hot roll s and have tried whole wheat, but they always turn out heavy and terrble tasting. Hate to waste ingredients, so I go back to white rolls. Well, I am definitely trying these. I have a passion for bread, as does my whole family. Thank you so much for this recipe.
Sounds amazing. I would love to play up the recipe and fill it with cheese or maybe make cinnamon rolls with this!
Cinnamon roll recipe is coming later this month! 🙂 I make a huge batch and only use half for rolls…the other half turns into cinnamon rolls.
I love rolls and my family always request them, especially on Sundays. I will definitely have to try this recipe!
These would be perfect for Thanksgiving!
I have some whole wheat flour that I’ve been wanting to use, and these look like just the thing to make!