These delicious rolls are super fluffy and amazing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! After all, is there any time of day when a nice hot bread roll is unwelcomed?

Use them to accompany a warming holiday meal, a nice brunch bread for dunking in spreads or marinara sauce, or cut them in half and use them for slider style mini sandwiches. No matter how you use them, these vegan rolls are sure to be a hit.

Vegan Bread Rolls Ingredients

These vegan dinner rolls need minimal ingredients and still manage to turn out incredible. What you’ll need to make the dairy free rolls are:

• All Purpose Unbleached Flour
• Vegan Butter or Margarine
• Instant Dry Yeast
• Salt
• Plant Based Milk

To make the rolls nice and golden when they bake, I like to use one of two washes for the top of the bread. You don’t have to use a wash for the bread at all, but it’s reccomended.

The first one is just a mix of plant based milk and agave.

This one is the most basic option – it barely adds any sweetness but is an easy way to make sure your bread gets that nice sheen on top.

The other option, if you want to pack some extra flavor into the bread is to brush it with a mix of fresh chopped garlic, rosemary, olive oil and plant based milk. It gives it a bit more of a savory, festive, garlic bread finish.

How to Make Vegan Dinner Rolls

The first thing you need to do is rub the vegan butter into the flour.

You might have to use your hands to really incorporate the butter into the flour. Alternatively you could use a food processor to combine the butter with the flour.

Next, you’ll need to mix the salt and the yeast into the flour mixture. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk.

Combine with a wooden spoon or spatula until a loose dough forms. Get in there with your hands and knead. It will take around ten minutes of kneading before the dough is ready.

Of course if you have a mixer with a dough hook, this whole process can be done by the machine. Once the dough has formed a smooth, elastic ball, it’s ready.

Cover the bowl with a moist towel and leave in a warm place for an hour and a half until doubled in size.

Once the dough has finished rising, knead the dough again for two to three minutes and then start forming balls. It will make around fifteen vegan rolls. To form smooth rolls, pull the edges of the dough ball to the bottom so that the tops of each roll are smooth and any uneven parts are at the bottom.

If you want to make a wreath like shape for your rolls, like in the pictures, use a large cake pan with an oven safe ramkin in the middle to keep it’s shape. If you just want individual vegan rolls, just use some lined baking sheets.

Either way, make sure the baking sheet/cake pan is properly greased so the dough doesn’t stick to it.

Lay out the dough balls with enough room for them to double without touching if you are using the baking sheet.

If you are making the wreath the dough balls will be closer together but still have as much room as possible around each one.

Cover prepared rolls with the moist towel again. Allow it to rise for another 20 minutes until it has puffed up again. When the bread has finished rising again, brush with your choice of bread wash. Then bake the rolls in a preheated oven at 450 for around 20 min, until they are well risen and golden.

Vegan Rolls Variations

These rolls are super fluffy which is how I love my bread. If you prefer it a little firmer, with a crustier top, just use a tbsp less of the vegan margarine.

You can also add some fun flavors to this bread. Just add a couple of pinches of your favorite herbs to the flour mixture before the milk goes in.

Storage and Make Ahead Vegan Rolls

You can freeze bread before or after baking. If you want to freeze it before baking, follow the instructions until all the rolls are formed after the first rise and wrap well before freezing.

When you are ready to bake, unwrap the rolls and allow to thaw until the dough has risen again, around doubled in size. Continue to follow the instructions, baking may take an extra ten minutes or so.

If you want to freeze the bread after it’s done baking, allow it to cool completely before freezing, wrapped completely in tin foil. When you are ready to enjoy, warm it in the oven at 325 until warmed through. It will take around 20-30 minutes.

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