Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls

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Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls are the pillowy, fluffy dinner rolls perfect for sandwiches, as a side dish to soup or stew, or on your Thanksgiving dinner table.

Prep Time15

Cook Time35

Resting Time1 30

Total Time2 5

Course: Bread, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, thanksgiving

Keyword: sweet potato dinner rolls, thanksgiving dinner rolls, yeasted dinner rolls

Servings: rolls

Calories: 211kcal

Author: NicholeL

Ingredients

.25 oz active dry yeast
¼ cup sugar
½ cup milk
1 medium sweet potato
1 tablespoon milk
4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
9 tablespoon unsalted butter divided

Instructions

For the Sweet Potato

Peel and chop into cubes. Place in a saucepan, covered with water, over medium high heat. Bring to a boil and boil until fork tender, about 15 minutes. Drain water and mash with 1 milk.

For the Dinner Rolls

Add butter to a microwave safe dish and cover. Microwave for 30-60 seconds or until mostly melted. Set aside.
Heat milk to 110-115 degrees F. Dissolve yeast and 1 tablespoon of sugar into the milk. Let rest until foamy on top, about 5 minutes.
Add flour, remaining sugar and salt to the bowl of a stand mixer with the dough hook attached.
Turn the mixer on low and add in the eggs, one at a time, followed by the mashed sweet potato, then the yeast, then the melted butter.
Mix on low speed until the dough pulls away from the bowl and is tacky but not sticky. You may need to add an additional cup of flour depending on the humidity in the air while you are making the rolls.
Grease a large bowl. Turn out the dough into the bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until it has doubled in size.
Grease a 9x13 baking dish.
Divide dough into 16 equal sized balls and place into the prepared baking dish. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake rolls after their second rise for 20 minutes, or until lightly golden.
Melt the remaining 3 tablespoons of butter and brush over the rolls while they are still warm.

Notes

Make Ahead Option 1: fully cook the rolls, let cool and then tightly wrap in plastic wrap and freeze until ready to use. Thaw to room temperature and then reheat in a 350 degree oven, about 8-10 minutes, until warmed through.

Make Ahead Option 2: after the dough has been formed into balls, spray a sheet of plastic wrap with non-stick and place on top of the rolls in the 9x13 baking dish. Refrigerate overnight. Allow to come to room temperature (about an hour) then bake as stated above.

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