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Sourdough Dinner Rolls Recipe

natashaskitchen.com · 2025 · 12 rolls

Against 249 dinner roll recipes

No yeast, unlike 97% of recipes and less butter than 88%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 249 dinner roll recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • No yeast at all, where 97% of recipes use some (most of those 1.3 to 2.2% of the flour weight).
  • Less butter than 88% of recipes: 7.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 14%, about half as much.
  • No egg at all, where 75% of recipes use some (most of those 10 to 19% of the flour weight).
  • Less sugar than 76% of recipes: 6.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%.
Liquid: 64%, 62nd percentileButter: 7.5%, 11th percentileSugar: 6.6%, 23rd percentileEgg: 0%, 12th percentileYeast: 0%, 1st percentileSalt: 1.6%, 62nd percentileLiquidButterSugarEggYeastSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 2 Tbsp unsalted butter (melted, plus more to brush the pan)≈ 28 g
  • 1 cup whole milk (room temperature)≈ 244 g
  • 2 Tbsp granulated sugar≈ 25 g
  • 1 tsp fine sea salt≈ 6 g
  • 3 cups bread flour (or all-purpose flour)≈ 381 g
  • ½ cup Active sourdough starter≈ 120 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 tsp salted butter (to brush over rolls)≈ 4.7 g

flour 381 gbatter 804 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 249 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Liquid64% · 62nd percentile
  • Butter7.5% · 11th percentile
  • Sugar6.6% · 23rd percentile
  • Egg0% · 12th percentile
  • Yeast0% · 1st percentile
  • Salt1.6% · 62nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
375°F / 190°C
median 375°F
Time
120 minutes
median 19 minutes

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