Thanksgiving is full of family traditions and dishes that we all love to enjoy with our loved ones. While we often make the same things each year, it’s fun to add something new to the mix. That’s why your family is going to love these sweet potato rolls instead of those regular dinner rolls.
Extra soft sweet potato rolls
Sweet potato rolls are made with a milk bread dough, resulting in extra fluffy and soft buns. They have a super light, slightly sweet flavor and fragrance. Plus, sweet potatoes themselves are incredibly nutritious. Topped off with mixed nuts and seeds, you’ll be sneaking in something healthy with all those rich Thanksgiving dishes. And they taste so good, no one will notice, though if you don’t want to add the nuts and seeds or if someone has an allergy to them, they’re an optional addition.
Ingredients
You only need a few simple ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry. Another great thing about these sweet potato rolls is that you can use whatever sweet potatoes you’ve got to make them. Canned sweet potatoes, leftover baked sweet potatoes, and even steamed sweet potatoes all work beautifully in this recipe.
How to make sweet potato rolls
Your stand mixer will help you get these delightful sweet potato rolls ready to go. NOTE: The dough is very wet and I highly recommend a stand mixer. It’s possible to knead the dough without one, but you might need a dough scraper to knead it and you might need to add extra flour. The sweet potato dinner rolls will still come out soft.
Serve and store sweet potato rolls
Brush them with some maple syrup and they taste like a treat in and of themselves, like a dessert to go with the meal. That sweet taste is a nice contrast to all those savory Thanksgiving dishes, too. Once the sweet potato rolls have cooled down completely, you can store them in a ziplock bag in the fridge for 2 to 3 days, or in the freezer for 2 to 3 months. To reheat, you can use a microwave or oven to reheat the refrigerated rolls. But I recommend using the oven to reheat the frozen rolls at a low temperature (350°F) so they heat up evenly.
Final thought
And if you don’t want to take the classic dinner rolls out of the Thanksgiving rotation, you can always use my milk bread rolls recipe to make extra soft and fluffy white rolls!
Other Thanksgiving recipes
Turkey dumplings (A Thanksgiving Leftover Recipe)Sticky Rice StuffingCurried Vegan Green Bean Casserole Chinese Brined Turkey (Extra Juicy and Crispy on All Sides)Duck de Marietta (The Best Slow Roast Duck)
Lilja Walter is a part of the Omnivore’s Cookbook team and worked closely with Maggie to develop and test this recipe.
