Crusty Sourdough Dinner Rolls

5 from 293 votes

Crusty Sourdough Dinner Rolls

These fan favorite sourdough dinner rolls are perfectly crusty with a soft and fluffy crumb. They are made with a no-knead dough so they're super easy, and they need just four basic ingredients: flour, water, salt and sourdough starter.

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Rise time10

Total Time10 40

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: rolls

Calories: 146kcal

Author: Vaishali · Holy Cow Vegan

Equipment

Large bowl or stand mixer
Baking sheet

Ingredients

3 ½ cups bread flour
1 ¼ cups warm filtered or distilled water
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup active sourdough starter (made using my recipe linked here. If using sourdough with a different hydration, you will need to adjust the amount of water)*

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Make the sourdough dinner rolls dough

Place all the ingredients in a large bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix in the stand mixer or with your hand until a consistent dough forms. The dough can be slightly tacky but it shouldn't be wet.
Cover the bowl with cling wrap or a tight lid and let it stand on the countertop for 8 hours or overnight. If you are in a cooler climate, place the bowl in a warm spot, like a cold oven with the light turned on.

Shape the rolls

Punch down the risen dough and shape the dough into 12 equal-sized balls. Place the rolls 2 inches apart on a generously floured or parchment-lined baking sheet.
Dust the tops of the rolls with more flour, cover with a kitchen towel, and set aside to rise for 2 hours.

Score and bake the rolls

Fifteen minutes before the rise is done, preheat the oven to 425℉/220℃.
Just before putting the rolls in the oven, score the top of each roll using a sharp knife. Make the cut fast, to prevent the roll from deflating. Scoring gives the steam formed when the cold dough hits the hot oven an avenue to escape, helping the rolls expand and rise. It also improves the texture of the crumb.
Place the rolls in the hot oven and bake 25-28 minutes or until the rolls are a light golden-brown and sound hollow when tapped. Remove the rolls from the oven and continue cooling on a rack.

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