The BEST Poppyseed Rolls

5 from 3 votes

My Aunt Carol’s “homemade” Poppyseed Rolls are a family tradition at the holidays. These soft and fluffy dinner rolls, topped with poppyseeds disappear from the breadbasket in a flash! But don’t be intimidated, they are easier to make than you might think!

Prep Time15

Cook Time18

Additional Time3

Total Time3 33

Course: Rolls-Biscuits-Muffins

Cuisine: American

Keyword: frozen dinner rolls, how to make dinner rolls from frozen bread dough, poppyseed bread rolls, poppyseed buns, poppyseed diner rolls, poppyseed rolls, soft rolls

Servings: rolls

Calories: 22kcal

Author: Michaela Kenkel

Ingredients

1 package 36 count Rhodes Frozen Dinner Rolls
Vegetable Oil
1 egg
poppy seeds

Instructions

Spray a large cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
Take one roll and flatten it into an oval with a rolling pin. Leave the rolling pin on the edge furthest away from you.
Begin rolling the dough away from you, tugging outward and towards you as you go to stretch it a bit.
Lay them, seam side down, facing the same way, with "room to grow" on the cookie sheet. We fit 18 to each cookie sheet.
Brush each roll gently with vegetable oil. Cover the cookie sheets loosely with plastic wrap.
Let rise for 2-3 hours, or until rolls are about one and one half to two times their size.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix an egg white with 1-2 teaspoons of water to make an egg wash. Brush the tops of the risen rolls with egg wash, and sprinkle them with poppy seeds.
Bake for 10 minutes and turn the pan 180 degrees. Bake for about 8 minutes more, watch them closely so they don't get too brown.
Remove them from the oven, and brush the tops with vegetable oil.
Transfer them to cooling racks to cool completely.
Store in large (2.5 gallon) zippered bags.

Notes

HOW TO FREEZE POPPYSEED DINNER ROLLS - Once the rolls have cooled completely, transfer them to the 2.5 gallon ziplock bags. Not all 18 will fit in one layer, without crowding them into the bag. 24 to a bag is what I did, by carefully stacking 2 layers of 12.

The rolls are really soft, so be careful not to smash them. Place them in the freezer, without stacking them, until they freeze. Then you can safely stack them if need be. They will keep nicely in the freezer for 3-4 months.

DEFROSTING ROLLS - You don’t have to use all 24 rolls when you want some, simply remove what you want from the bag, take a paper towel and wipe out any condensation from the inside of the bag, re-seal and place back in the freezer. If you defrost the whole bag, wipe out that condensation from the bag after they defrost, to keep that extra moisture out.

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