Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls

Dinner rolls tend to be a staple at dinner parties year round, which means that they are pretty easy to get tired of, especially if you are making the same recipe over and over again. That’s why we love this super easy sweet potato dinner roll recipe. It’s a fun way to add some new flavor to an age-old classic.

Adding sweet potatoes to the dough doesn’t necessarily mean that your rolls will taste like sweet potatoes, but it will add a bit of the extra sweetness that sweet potatoes are known for without adding a ton of extra refined sugar. The addition of sweet potatoes also has the wonderful benefit of making a softer and moister roll.
If you love a super moist roll, another trick is to make sure the dough is still a little tacky when you’re done kneading it. This is accomplished by not adding too much flour, and kneading quickly. The sweet potatoes will make the rolls more moist on their own, but this little trick will make them even more so.

As far as bread making recipes go, this is one of the easiest you will come across. With only a few basic ingredients and a couple steps, it’s a great place for a beginning cook or as a project with kids. You could even make it a bit fancier with the addition of a few herbs. A teaspoon or two of a savory herb like rosemary added to the dough would be a great addition to these rolls.
The recipe only calls for about half a cup of mashed sweet potatoes, which given the size of most store-bought sweet potatoes is about half or less of one potato. We suggest trying out this recipe with some leftover sweet potatoes or saving half the potato for another dish.
Additionally, the use of bread flour creates a slightly denser and chewier bread, whereas all-purpose flour is a blend that can be used in everything from pastries and cakes to breads, so it produces a lighter, spongier bread. Either one will work in this recipe, so feel free to experiment and choose what works best for you.