The idea for these rolls came from a bread machine cookbook but since I don’t own one I had to adapt it to my stand mixer. Instead of separating the wet ingredients from the dry ones making sure the yeast doesn’t touch the water i started by mixing some water with the dry yeast and adding one by one the rest of the ingredients until the dough becomes elastic, soft and cleaned itself from the sides of the bowl.
I also kept the recipe vegan using water instead of milk and did not brush the rolls with egg wash before baking.
The sauteed onions make these rolls a little sweet and full of flavor.
If i change something about this recipe it would be using 3 onions instead of 2 and probably divide the dough in more than 12 balls, maybe 16 or even 20 small ones.
Let’s turn the oven on and start baking
Yellow onion dinner rolls
Start by finely chop 2 onions
In 1/4 cup olive oil saute the onions until they become soft and slightly golden.
In your mixer bowl mix 1/2 cup lukewarm water and 1 package dry yeast. Leave to room temperature until bubbles appear.
Add the cooked onions (oil too) to the yeast mixture
Add another cup of lukewarm water, salt and pepper
start mixing slowly adding 4 cups all purpose flour.
and keep mixing until the dough cleans itself from the sides of the bowl. If needed add more flour or water.
Place the dough into a greased bowl and leave to rest at room temperature until double in size.
When risen, divide the dough into 12 balls, put them on a baking sheet and leave them to rest again until almost double.
Slash the top before baking and bake them in preheated oven, at 375, for about 20 minutes. Since they have not been brushed with egg, don’t wait until the top browns or they get burned.
Ingredients
- 2 finely chopped onions
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 1/2 cup lukewarm water
- 1 package dry yeast
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and saute the onions until soft and light golden
- In a bowl mix 1/2 cup lukewarm water with the yeast
- When the yeast starts bubbling add the onions along with oil
- Add the rest of the water, salt and pepper and slowly mix in the flour
- If needed add more flour or water. Mix until the dough is smooth and elastic
- Leave the dough in a grease bowl to double in volume
- When risen divide the dough in 12 small balls and let them rise until almost double
- Heat the oven at 375F.
- Bake the rolls for about 20 minutes
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It was about time you wrote the recipe!
) They look very good and I'm sure taste wonderfully. Thank you!
Delicious and stunning photos as always!
I love a good savory scone or roll! How did you get your buns so perfectly round?! Now that's what I call talent!
You and I are roll baking queens! Aren't they just fabulous. I could make a different variety every day. Thank you for sharing your tasty onion treats with me. I'm inspired! I hope you are having a happy and warm Wednesday night.
lovely lovely bread rolls…. looks super…
Reva
Wow so tasty looking dinner rolls… love the onions..great!!!
Oh I think I could eat a whole batch! They look so perfect, like from a good bakery!
I stopped by to check out the new site. Love it, great job! As usual your bread looks like something out of a magazine. Your posts always make me hungry.
trebuie neaparat sa le incerc!
Mmm… Do you know how much I love bread? If it weren't for the nutrition factor I would live off of bread alone. These rolls look great – flavorful and chewy.
Your picture is so beautiful – I'm drooling. I really like the addition of onion in these rolls! Perfect!
Thank you so much for that, Green Girl. I'm glad you made the recipe vegan. I no longer have a bread machine so I got rid of my breadmachine cookbook. I never thought to adapt the recipes. duh! Thanks again.
Culinary McCook
These rolls have me drooling all over my keyboard!!!
I love onion in breads! One of my favorite foods is onion bagels and everything bagels that have onion in them. I have no idea how to make those at home but I feel like this is one recipe I could do. Thank you for sharing it
How I would love to have some right now! Serving them with soup sound perfect! Especially with a thicker soup to accent the flavor of the onion rolls. Mmm.
Perfect combo for dinner, sounds delicious..
Excellent roll…..I love the onion flavor.
Roxana, there u go tempting with ur rolls again…the addition of onion sounds perfect…I will add them next time in my rolls….pics are awesome too. Have a great weekend!!
These look so good, I love onion rolls
Your rolls are beautiful! I love that you adjusted to vegan recipe. I made rolls once and this one is interesting flavor of the onions. I will have to get my hands on!
I love those… so adobrable and lovely! Yum!
hi Roxana
your onion rolls sound wonderful, I am sure those onions were a perfect addition, now lets get to that soup you made…oh my it looks good!
what a perfect lunch to come home to
Cheers
Dennis
These must have smelled so great as they baked. And, they look delicious!
I love onion rolls, they taste and smell so scrumptious. I always buy my but next time I will try this recipes, and divide them into 16 like you said. Happy Valentine's Day:)
Roxana-Love Your onion rolls, so nice of you to share the step-by-step photo directions. Now we should all learn how to make this, and other delicious rolls. You make them look so easy, I'm really looking forward to making these.
HAPPY VALENTIENE'S DAY!
Wow these look so good! Thanks for sharing the recipe! Your photos are always so good and your blog is always a joy to read. I have hit a milestone on mine and wanted to say Thank You for helping me get there, you have been sweet to leave such nice comments on my blog. Thanks Again!
Wow! the dinner rolls looks perfect, crusty outside and the softer inside, I love it.
Your bread-making skills are awesome! I love yeast breads with extra goodies added in! These look delicious and perfect for dinner!
We make something similar with lotts of onion n spices and call it "khara buns"..ie- spicy-savory buns..yours look delicious..love the color n the crust both
US Masala
Scrumptious rolls! They sound so delicious and flavorful with the yellow onions, yum!
I recently made dinner rolls that surprisingly turned out perfect. Now that i am over my fear of making bread at home, i will try yours too coz i do like onions
They look so yummy
Not only do I love how those dinner breads look…I really appreciate the tutorial. I'm generally nul where yeast is concerned and you made it easy enough for me to try ;O)
Ciao for now,
Claudia
I've been wanting to make onion rolls and these look and sound amazing!
Foarte bune!!! Nu ma mai opream din mancat, au fost pe gustul meu.
Multumesc de reteta. Sa stii ca te am in vizor, mai am retete care mi-au facut cu ochiul. Iti voi da de stire cand le voi incerca.
Pupici!!
Roxana, these are amazing! Never heard of adding onions into dough mixture. Love the idea of it! Will absolutely try it!
I just got around to making these rolls and they are as good as I thought they would be.
I did follow your suggestion and used 3 onions instead of 2 onions. The rolls were so nice and moist and full of onion flavor but not over powered by onion flavor.
My baking sheets are a bit longer than standard so I divided my dough into 15 pieces and that worked our perfectly for my baking sheets.
I think this would be a great recipe to use for barbecued hamburgers. If I make them for that purpose, I think I will let the recipe as you gave it stand and make 12 rolls.
Thx again for a great recipe that gave great results and that was simple to follow and make.
Oh YUM!!! I just finished eating but I could definitely find room for one of these!!