Light and fluffy dinner rolls made with mashed sweet potatoes.
Are you looking for a perfect dinner roll? These sweet potato dinner rolls are so light and fluffy and have just a touch of sweetness from the sweet potatoes. Your friends and family will be asking for them again and again.
The secret to making these great rolls? Sweet Potatoes! Okay, so I guess that’s really not a secret since sweet potatoes is right in the name, but seriously the sweet potatoes really add a little extra something to an ordinary dinner roll.
I used one whole sweet potato and boiled it, skin on until it was soft. Just test with a fork. If the fork goes through easily, the potato is done.
Once the potato is cool enough to handle, use a pairing knife to remove the skin and then mash the potato with a fork. You want it as smooth as possible, but a few small bits are okay.
I make a lot of different rolls including oatmeal rolls and dinner rolls.
Light and Fluffy Dinner Roll
- 1 cup milk warmed
- 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
- 3 Tablespoons honey
- 1 cup sweet potato mashed
- 3 whole eggs
- 3 Tablespoons butter softened
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 1/2 - 6 cups flour
- 3 Tablespoons butter melted
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In a large bowl of a stand mixer, add milk, yeast and honey. Let sit for 5 minutes until bubbly.
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Add sweet potato, eggs, butter and salt. Mix
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With mixer running slowly add the flour. Continue adding flour until dough comes together and begins to form a ball. You might not use all the flour.
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Knead in mixer for 5 minutes.
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Remove from mixing bowl and place into a large greased bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled; 1 - 1 1/2 hours.
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Remove cover and punch dough down.
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Divide dough into fourths. Working with one fourth at a time, divide each fourth into six equal parts. Shape into rolls.
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To make the cloverleaf shape, continue dividing each part into thirds. Roll each third into small balls. Drop three balls into a greased muffin tin.
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Cover lightly and let rise for 30 minutes.
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Brush top of rolls lightly with melted butter.
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Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 15-18 minutes.
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Remove from oven and let cool slightly for a few minutes on a baking rack. Remove from tins or baking sheet and continue cooling.
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35 Comments
Fred G
November 27, 2018 at 9:59 amGreat use for sweet pots
Sasha @ Eat Love Eat
February 1, 2017 at 5:50 amThese look great! So light and fluffy!
Kathy
February 4, 2017 at 8:12 amThey are light, fluffy and delicious!
Katie Crenshaw
January 28, 2017 at 6:17 amThese are such beautiful little dinner rolls. I am hosting a dinner party soon. I will be making these!!
Kathy
January 28, 2017 at 7:29 amYour guests will be very impressed!
Rachelle @ Beer Girl Cooks
January 26, 2017 at 4:47 pmI would ask for these over and over again too, Kathy! They look like fluffy little clouds!
Kathy
January 28, 2017 at 5:43 pmIt’s hard to eat just one!
Tina
January 26, 2017 at 7:39 amThis looks like a great weeknight meal option! My husband likes some sort of bread with every dinner, this is perfect! Thanks for sharing.
Kathy
January 27, 2017 at 5:46 amI hope you give these a try!
CakePants
January 18, 2017 at 1:35 pmThese look wonderful! I’ve made sweet potato bread before (more similar to banana bread than sandwich bread), but never anything like this. It also looks like a great way to use up a lone, left over sweet potato…which is a situation in which I find myself often!
Kathy
January 18, 2017 at 3:47 pmThanks! Now you will know what to make the next time you have some left over sweet potatoes!
Kathy
January 18, 2017 at 9:01 amHi Kathy, Thanks for the great recipe! I posted a photo of mine on my blog with a link back to your recipe. (I used half whole wheat flour with mine). Thanks again!
Kathy
January 18, 2017 at 9:07 amI checked out your pic! They turned out lovely. I’ll have to try a blend of whole wheat flour next time.
Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen
January 17, 2017 at 10:14 amLove sweet potato dishes. And how light, fluffy, and soft these dinner rolls are — so delicious perfectly baked.
Kathy
January 18, 2017 at 7:58 amVery light and fluffy!
karrie @ Tasty Ever After
January 17, 2017 at 9:57 amAny kind of potato rolls are amazing but especially sweet potato rolls! These look perfect and I’ll be saving this recipe for the next time I need some fluffy dinner rolls 🙂
Kathy
January 18, 2017 at 7:58 amPotatoes add such a great texture to bread…sweet potatoes do the same!
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen
January 16, 2017 at 9:11 amHow gorgeous are these Kathy?! They look totally light and fluffy. Love the sweet potatoes!
Kathy
January 17, 2017 at 5:51 amThanks, Mary Ann! The sweet potatoes added a bit of flavor and a bit of color!
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary
January 16, 2017 at 8:25 amIt’s probably not the healthiest thing in the world, but I could totally make a meal out of dinner rolls, so these are definitely screaming my name! They look fabulously fluffy and I’m digging that you used sweet potatoes!! I could use a dozen of these right about now! Cheers!
Kathy
January 17, 2017 at 5:50 amYou’d better make a double batch so you have enough! 🙂
Kate @ Framed Cooks
January 16, 2017 at 7:54 amSweet potatoes! How fun! And it would be so much fun to have the lucky folks who got to eat them guess what the secret ingredient is. 🙂
Kathy
January 17, 2017 at 5:49 amIt would be fun to see if anyone could identify the sweet potatoes!
David @ Spiced
January 16, 2017 at 6:52 amI love a good dinner roll, and it’s been quite a while since I made sweet potato bread. I could get on board with this one! Plus, Robbie loves sweet potatoes…so we always have them in stock. One of those is going to turn into bread soon!
Kathy
January 17, 2017 at 5:49 amI’ll bet he will grow up loving sweet potato rolls! 🙂
Adina
January 16, 2017 at 2:42 amOh my, these look so perfect, I would love to start baking right now. And those hamburger buns above are exactly what I was looking for, my son wanted me to make burgers and I just hate those bought burger buns, they are disgusting. I would love to make yours.
Kathy
January 17, 2017 at 5:48 amI love making my own bread. So much better than anything you can buy.
Jess @ Sweetest Menu
January 16, 2017 at 12:56 amWow these look amazing! I just love their smooth shiny tops! Yum!
Kathy
January 17, 2017 at 5:48 amThanks, Jess!
Geraldine | Green Valley Kitchen
January 15, 2017 at 4:29 pmI don’t make dinner rolls very often, Kathy – but this recipe is calling my name. Love the sweet potatoes in there!
Kathy
January 17, 2017 at 5:47 amI’m sure the sweet potatoes make it healthy….right???
Nicoletta @sugarlovespices
January 15, 2017 at 9:50 amOh my, Kathy, these dinner rolls look beautiful! I’ve never used sweet potato g bread (or rolls), but now that I see these, I am excited to try! And their shape is so pretty! Pinned!
Kathy
January 17, 2017 at 5:47 amThe shape is so fun to eat too…you just pull off one part at a time!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
January 15, 2017 at 8:48 amThese look so delicious fluffy!! I really enjoy the flavour of sweet potato and this is a brilliant idea incorporating them in a roll….perfect! Would love to cut open one (or three) of these straight out of the oven smeared with butter 🙂 Pinned! Hope you’re having a lovely weekend!
Kathy
January 17, 2017 at 5:47 amThey are hard to resist coming straight out of the oven!