Sometimes you need bread, but you don’t have time to make real dinner rolls. Skip the brown and serves and make a batch of these quick bread style no yeast dinner rolls. 

I’m not totally sure it’s even fair to call these little baked beauties “rolls”. Bakers of the world might revolt–but I’m willing to take the risk. I’m a baker. I’m buddies with yeast. I’m down with kneading.

But sometimes you start dinner 30 minutes behind schedule. Sometimes, your husband is standing on your heels looking in all the pots and won’t go away and all you want to do is smack him.

You need dinner done before you lose your sanity, and you need it done now. These little rolls will help. They follow more of a quick bread style, and use so few ingredients, you’re bound to have most if not all of them on hand right now. There’s no yeast to kill, no kneading to do–just mix and drop spoonfuls into greased muffin tins (I like this one to get just the right size). Bake ’em up, spread them with butter or jam and you’ve got a fast, easy option.

Not to mention that you could add so much to these: jalapeños and cheddar for tex-mex night, cheddar/garlic/Italian seasoning, you could even stuff them with cubes of mozzarella and some pepperoni for a fun after school snack.

How to ensure your rolls rise

Please make sure your baking powder is fresh (or that the flour you are using is fresh). Even if your flour was just purchased, it  may have sat on a store shelf for a while making the leavening agents weak.

I have way too  many people fussing that their rolls were flat and that it is somehow my fault, which it is not. If you are in doubt about the freshness of your flour and baking powder, add an extra half teaspoon of baking powder to the recipe.

No Yeast Dinner Rolls

A no knead, no yeast dinner roll is a fast quick-bread answer to your busy night! Just four ingredients and so versatile.

4.5 from 46 votes

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Course: easy, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 6

Calories: 122kcal

Author: Rachel Ballard

Ingredients

• 1 cup self rising flour SEE VERY IMPORTANT NOTE BELOW
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise

Instructions

• Mix the flour and sugar together in a medium bowl.
• Add the mayonnaise and milk and stir to combine.
• Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray. Spoon batter into the tin, filling 3/4 full.
• Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown on top--about 12 to 15 minutes.
• Makes 6 rolls depending on how big you make them.

Notes

NOTE: If your self rising flour is old, the baking powder in it will be as well and your rolls will not rise. This is not my fault, and I'd love it if people would stop yelling at me about it. Leavening agents are good for about 6 months and even if you just bought that bag of flour, you don't know how long it sat there. If you are in doubt, add a 1/2 teaspoon of extra baking powder to the recipe. I will no longer be responding to comments about how hard, flat or miserable your rolls are. 

Nutrition

Calories: 122kcal

Give them a try and let me know what combinations you come up with. I love to hear about your successes and I love to know when a recipe works well for your family!