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This sourdough rye rolls recipe makes perfect fresh rye bread rolls. You can use them as rye slider buns or as rye dinner rolls.

Sourdough Rye Rolls

Making sourdough rye rolls starts with quality rye flour and a healthy sourdough starter. My biggest tip before you get started is to start the dough by 9 am if you want the rolls done in time for dinner.

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Rye Slider Buns

If you want to use these rolls to make some Reuben sliders, I suggest adding some caraway seeds into the dough.

Caraway gives the rolls a classic rye bread flavor. I love adding caraway seeds because the bread develops spicy and sweet undertones. You can leave them out, though; it’s optional.

If you incorporate the caraway seeds, I suggest lightly crushing them or pulsing them once or twice in a spice grinder. I have a marble mortar and pestle that works perfectly for lightly crushing whole spices. When you crush the seeds, the flavor in the dough develops better.

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Rye Dinner Rolls

These rolls are perfect for dinner. I love making these to pair with roasted chicken or to serve on the side of sauerkraut soup.

For these rolls, you need bread flour and rye flour. I do not recommend using 100% rye flour because that will make the rolls too dense.

Rye flour also has a lower gluten content, so rolls made with only rye flour can be hard to shape. Mixing in bread flour and cooked potato helps keep the texture just right.

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Rye Rolls Recipe Ingredients

Here are all the ingredients you need to make these delicious rye bread rolls:

  • gold potatoes
  • butter
  • 3 eggs
  • raw honey
  • milk
  • sourdough starter, active bubbly
  • sea salt
  • caraway seeds, lightly crushed (crush with a mortar and pestle or pulse lightly in a spice grinder)
  • bread flour
  • rye flour
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This sourdough rye rolls recipe makes perfect fresh rye bread rolls. You can use them as rye slider buns or as rye dinner rolls.

  • Author: Kaitlynn Fenley
  • Prep Time: 45 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Yield: 15
  • Category: Sourdough
  • Method: Baking

Ingredients

  • 350 grams gold potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • 4 tablespoons butter, room temp
  • 2 egg, room temp
  • 20 grams raw honey
  • 250 grams warm milk
  • 100 grams sourdough starter, active bubbly
  • 12 grams sea salt
  • 300 grams bread flour
  • 300 grams rye flour
  • 1 egg, for the egg wash
  • 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash

Instructions

  1. Boil the potatoes until completely soft and easily mashed with a fork. Drain and allow to cool to room temperature.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, potato, and honey. Then add in the eggs milk and sourdough starter and whisk until combined
  3. In a separate bowl sift together the rye flour, bread flour, and salt.
  4. Slowly fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and knead until a smooth dough ball forms. The dough will be very sticky.
  5. Cover the bowl with a plate or reusable beeswax wrap and rest the dough for 30 minutes.
  6. Wet your hands and stretch and fold the dough in the bowl. Stretch the top of the dough over the bottom, side over side, and bottom over the top. The dough should still be quite sticky, but it should smooth out a little. Place the dough back in the bowl with the seam side down, cover, and let the dough rise for 2 hours.
  7. Next, generously sprinkle some flour on the surface of your counter and over the dough. Remove the dough from the bowl and place it on the floured surface.
  8. Stretch the dough into a rectangle that’s a little bigger than a sheet of paper. Sprinkle some more flour if needed and be gentle with the dough!! You don’t want to flatten it. Just lightly pull the sides until it’s a rectangle about the size of a sheet of paper.
  9. Using a knife or a pizza cutter, cut the dough into even squares. The pieces should weigh about 98 grams each.
  10. Line a 9×11 baking pan with parchment paper and sprinkle flour on top of the parchment paper.
  11. Grab a single square, and using your hands fold in the corners and shape it into a ball. Place it on the parchment paper. You should be able to evenly space 3 balls across and 5 down for 15 rolls total.
  12. Cover the pan with a cookie sheet or cutting board so the dough doesn’t dry out and let them rise for about 3 hours at room temperature until they double in size.
  13. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
  14. Brush the tops of the rolls with egg wash.
  15. Bake for 15 minutes. Rotate the pan and bake for another 15 minutes until they are golden brown.
  16. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before pulling them apart.

Notes

Caraway seeds are optional. You can add 5 to 10 grams of crushed caraway seeds in step 3, depending on your taste.

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ShelLee March 22, 2023 - 8:43 am

Hello! I’m making these for Rueben sandwiches and I want to add carraway seeds, but never noticed an amount listed. How much would you recommend adding?

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Kaitlynn Fenley March 22, 2023 - 8:49 am

The caraway seeds are optional. You can add 5 to 10 grams depending on your taste. Add the seeds in step 3 or knead them into the dough! 🙂

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JOYCE November 19, 2023 - 9:43 pm

Can you mix this in a kitchenaid? If so, how long to knead, if not, how long do I knead it after mixing wet and dry ingredients? Thank you so much, this recipe looks delicious

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Kaitlynn Fenley November 20, 2023 - 7:17 am

I’m sure a kitchen aid will work, but I do not have one, so I don’t know for sure. Just follow the recipe as closely as possible while using your mixer.

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Susan November 20, 2023 - 7:57 pm

3 days from Thanksgiving & I nearly bought ready baked rolls for our celebration. Then I remembered the Rye Flour I should use up…. Stumbled on this wonderful recipe with such detailed instructions. The rolls are cooling on counter as I write….. I was thrilled with puffiness without a long ferment or tons of folding 😉. I’ve never added cooked potatoes in a bread recipe but it smells and tastes amazing!

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Kaitlynn Fenley November 21, 2023 - 8:30 am

I’m so happy that you love the rolls! Thank you for leaving a review!

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Dendy December 18, 2023 - 12:32 pm

I’m
Wanting to make these for Christmas dinner. Can I use white whole wheat flour in place of the bread flour?

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Kaitlynn Fenley December 18, 2023 - 1:27 pm

Whole wheat flour might work, but I’m not sure because I haven’t tested it. Whole wheat absorbs more water, so it may make them more dense.

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FAQs

What is the difference between rye and rye sourdough bread? ›

So, the main difference between rye bread and sourdough bread is that rye bread is made from rye flour and can be a kind of bread made with commercial yeast or sourdough. A sourdough bread is made using a sourdough starter and can be made from any kind of flour or a mix of different types of flour.

How does rye flour affect sourdough? ›

Whole wheat and rye flours provide more nutrients for your starter and ferment more actively, but working with rye flour makes starter maintenance easier than whole wheat. Rye provides increased fiber and nutrients similar to whole wheat flour, but because of its lower gluten amount it's much easier to stir.

Why is my rye bread dough too sticky? ›

This dough is indeed very sticky because of the large amount of rye flour, the sticky molasses, and the water. The best ingredient to reduce if you'd like the dough to be more manageable is probably the water. Start by holding back 60g water or 1/4 cup. Sometimes stickiness comes from the dough being overproofed.

Why is my rye sourdough dense? ›

Bread too dense? It might be cold dough. One of the most common mistakes is having a dough temperature that's too low for the starter to feed on all the flour in the dough, resulting in a crumb that's dense, with fewer openings. "Starter is happiest and most active at around 75 degrees.

Which is healthier rye bread or sourdough? ›

As long as they're made with whole grains and have limited or no added sugar, both rye bread and sourdough bread are healthy bread options. Sourdough bread may be even healthier than regular bread because the fermentation makes certain vitamins and minerals easier for our bodies to absorb.

Is rye sourdough anti inflammatory? ›

Rye bread has been linked to many potential health benefits, including weight loss, reduced inflammation, better blood sugar control, and improved heart and digestive health.

What ingredients should not be in sourdough bread? ›

The inside of the bread should be bubbly and chewy and the bread should have a slightly tangy taste. Real sourdough bread does not contain additives like oil, milk, corn, and dough conditioners. It is made with whole grains and is generally more expensive than regular bread.

What is the healthiest flour for sourdough bread? ›

Compared to whole wheat flour, rye flour is said to be the most nutrient- and amylase-dense option for a sourdough starter. Overall, it has a lower gluten protein content than wheat flour, which means it produces slack, sticky, and dense doughs.

How does sourdough bread affect the gut? ›

Sourdough bread also takes longer to digest; studies have shown that rye flour added to sourdough can help regulate blood sugar levels which helps ward off diabetes. Sourdough is also a prebiotic, which helps to support the gut microbiome.

What is Overproofed sourdough? ›

Overproofed is when the dough has rested too long and the yeast has continued making carbon dioxide while the strength of the dough (gluten bonds) have begun to wear out. The dough will look very puffy, but when you touch it or move it you may notice it deflate or sag.

What does over fermented sourdough mean? ›

If you over-ferment the dough you run the risk of the gluten structure degrading and the loaf turning into a puddle of goo before your eyes, never to be retrieved and destined for the bin.

How do you make sourdough bread lighter and fluffier? ›

There are several ways to make sourdough bread lighter and less dense, such as:
  1. Increasing the hydration level of your dough, which means adding more water or using less flour. ...
  2. Switching up the type of flour you use, or using a mixture of different flours.
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What are some of the challenges when baking with rye flour? ›

Rye flour is much more absorbent than wheat flour: it needs more water than wheat flour to make a great loaf of bread. 3. The more rye in the dough, the flatter the bread will be. Rye flour cannot “dome” the way wheat flour can.

Why is my sourdough rye gummy? ›

Try less water with your flour. Uneven heat in your oven can be the culprit – if you loaf is nicely golden on the outside but gummy or moist in the inside, it's baking too quickly on the outside. Trying reducing the temperature you're baking at and bake for a bit longer.

Is rye bread and sourdough bread the same? ›

The recipe generally uses dry or cake yeast. Sourdough bread is a leavened bread but the leavening is fresh yeast starter—a wet mixture of flour and water with naturally occurring yeasts developed into it. Rye and sourdough are completely different breads, though you can make rye bead using a fresh yeast starter.

Is rye bread always sourdough? ›

There are three different types of rye crispbread: yeast-fermented, sourdough-fermented, and crispbread. Most of the crispbread produced in Scandinavia is baked after three to four hours of fermentation.

What is the difference between rye sourdough and regular sourdough? ›

Sourdough and rye sourdough are both essentially sourdough bread, made using a sourdough starter. Conventional sourdough bread is made with high protein bread flour, whereas rye sourdough contains a percentage of rye flour, if not all rye flour for increased flavor and texture.

What type of rye bread is the best? ›

The healthiest rye breads are made from 100% whole-grain sprouted rye flour, in addition to other sprouted grain flours. Since sprouting increases grains' fiber content, sprouted rye is higher in fiber and healthier than non-sprouted rye. One slice (28 grams) of sprouted rye bread provides : Calories: 60.

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