The recipe for cheddar dinner rolls, made with beer, is so delicious. They're soft, tender, cheesy, and the perfect side for any meal. Yielding 12 rolls, this dinner roll recipe is so easy and perfect for your autumn baking. If you're looking for a recipe for homemade dinner rolls that is easy and has not a lot of rising time, this recipe for rolls made with cheddar and beer will really hit the spot.
I'm loving experimenting with new types of bread and doughs in the kitchen. One thing I notice when I'm baking at home is that sometimes bread can taste unripe, like the flour is still raw, and a well-rounded flavor profile of home-baked bread can sometimes be hard to achieve.
Using beer as the liquid in bread, though, really rounds out a bread's flavor profile. I love the cheesy top, too. If you're looking for a recipe for homebaked dinner rolls for Thanksgiving -- or any time! - that is easy and doesn't entail a lot of rising time, this recipe for rolls made with cheddar and beer will really hit the spot.
how to make cheddar & beer dinner rolls
- Whisk together dry ingredients - your bread flour, salt, and instant yeast - in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough attachment.
- With the engine running, pour in your wet ingredients - melted butter, honey and 2 cups of room temperature beer. Hoppy beer is great here!
- Let it mix for a minute until the dough is all coming together, then add in the grated cheddar cheese. Mix for a few seconds more so it all combines.
- Remove the mixing bowl from the stand mixer and cover with a kitchen towel; let it rise for 1 hour. (If your dough isn't rising, see the pro tips section for help.)
- Butter a large skillet. Turn the dough onto a floured surface and divide into 12 even portions, and form each portion into a ball. Place each dough ball into the skillet as uniformly as possible.
- Let the dough rise again for another 30 minutes, and while it's rising, preheat the oven to 400F.
- Brush egg wash over the puffy dough balls and sprinkle more cheddar cheese on top.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes, until cheese is melted and dough is brown on top.
- Let them cool down for 10 minutes and then serve!!!
Pro tips for making these cheddar & beer pull-apart dinner rolls
- If the beer you are using is straight out of the fridge, it is too cold to activate the yeast. Let it come to room temperature.
- If the bread isn't rising, and your liquid wasn't cold, it might be that your kitchen is too cold. To fix this, put a cup of water in the microwave and microwave it for 5 minutes; then, place the covered dough in its bowl in the microwave and close the door. Do not microwave the dough! Just let it rise in a steamy/warm environment.
📖 Recipe
Cheesy Cheddar Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls
Ingredients
- Dough
- 6 cups of bread flour
- 2 cups of beer any works great! pale ale, lager, whatever
- 1 tablespoon of instant yeast
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 2 tablespoons of melted butter
- ¼ cup of honey
- 1 cups of shredded cheese
- Topping
- 1 egg
- ½ cup of shredded cheese
Instructions
- Whisk together dry ingredients - your bread flour, salt, instant yeast - in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough attachment.
- With the engine running, pour in your wet ingredients - melted butter, honey, and 2 cups of room temperature beer. A hoppy beer is great here!
- Let it mix for a minute until the dough is all coming together, then add in the grated cheddar cheese. Mix for a few seconds more so it all combines.
- Remove the mixing bowl from the stand mixer and cover with a kitchen towel; let it rise for 1 hour. (If your dough isn't rising, see the pro tips section for help.)
- Butter a large skillet. Turn the dough onto a floured surface and divide into 12 even portions, and form each portion into a ball. Place each dough ball into the skillet as uniformly as possible.
- Let the dough rise again for another 30 minutes, and while it's rising, preheat the oven to 400F.
- Brush egg wash over the puffy dough balls and sprinkle more cheddar cheese on top.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes, until cheese is melted and dough is brown on top.
- Let them cool down for 10 minutes and then serve!!!