
The Italian Dinner Rolls aka Soft Buns are very soft with garlic and cheese flavor with a beautiful golden top crust. I made this recipe twice before posting here. First time I experimented with half of the same recipe and turned out well then immediately I drafted it. The second time I doubled this same recipe for
a party and it was too good. If you love garlic flavor then go for this recipe and you can increase another 1/4tsp of garlic powder for strong flavor. While serving you can apply some butter or have it with soup or just plain buns works tooβ¦The process is something similar to Paav Buns I posted earlier so you can refer that recipe for step wise tutorial….

Yield – 8-10 Medium Rolls
I use 13*9 inch rectangle pan
Italian Dinner Rolls Ingredients
*Bread Flour – 2 and 1/4- 2 and 1/2 Cups
Dry Parmesan Cheese Powder – 2 Tbsp (If cheese powder is not available you can go for 2 Tbsp soft butter)
Milk – 1/2 Cup
Instant Yeast – 1and1/8tsp
Garlic Powder – 1/2tsp
Kosher Salt – 1tsp (or regular salt)
Sugar – 1 Tbsp
Egg – 1 Number (Optional)
Olive Oil – 1 Tbsp
Lukewarm Water – 2 Tbsp
*To substitute for Bread flour add 1 tbsp of vital wheat gluten to 2 to 3 cups of all-purpose flour.
For Greasing the Buns
For greasing on top mix 1tsp cheese powder, 1 Tbsp melted butter and 1 egg white.

Italian Dinner Rolls Preparation
- In lukewarm water add dry yeast, salt and sugar, let it rest for 5 minutes.
- In a wide mixing bowl add flour, Garlic Powder, Cheese powder give a mix then add 1 egg.
- It looks crumbly, Now add yeast mixture half of the milk and mix well.
- Sprinkle the remaining milk in batches and keep kneading.
- If not using cheese powder then add soft butter right now.
- At one stage the dough will be sticky stop adding milk, add the olive oil and keep kneading with hands or use stand mixer to knead for another 5-8 minutes.
- If you feel the dough is hard add tsp of milk at a time and knead well.
- The final dough should be soft and little sticky.
- Rest the dough for 1 hour or till it doubles in size by covering the top loosely with kitchen towel.
- After first proofing punch down gently and make even size balls out of it.
- Place them over greased and parchment paper layered baking sheet.
- I got 8-10 rolls medium rolls from the punched dough.
- Rest them for another 30 minutes on the baking sheet for second proofing.
- For greasing mix melted butter with cheese powder, optional dry herbs like basil or parsley and 1 egg white.
- Mix all together and after 30 minutes apply egg wash all over the buns.
- Bake in preheated oven at 375Β°F for 10-12 minutes are till top of the buns turn golden brown.
Notes
- Instead of Bread Flour you can use unbleached all purpose flour.

Perfect dinner rolls…. I'm taking one!
wow! love the perfection.. looks yum!