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Paleo Dinner Rolls

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I don’t care who you are, if you’ve ever eaten a piece of bread, a biscuit, a roll, anything bread-y, you will totally miss it once you decide you won’t/can’t eat it anymore. I spent 31 years eating bread and loving it. Yeah, I don’t care if you know how old I am. Anyway, bread, it’s delicious. But for a bunch of very good reasons, us paleo folk don’t eat it.

Some meals really could be made complete with a good biscuit or dinner roll. Crusty outside, doughy and chewy inside. I was totally sold. And then I made them and my life was complete. No joke.

I make them pretty small, so they’re like little poppers, just two bites and you’re done. I make these rolls small only because I’m lazy. The original recipe calls for rolling the balls of dough in your hands, but I really don’t like getting my hands messy (I know, what kind of cook/mom am I?) so I use my small Pampered Chef scoop and it works perfectly. Probably the medium scoop would be a little better, but I don’t have one and like I said, no messy hands here. So small rolls it is.

Also to note, I have made these with both tapioca starch and arrowroot starch, both with the same results. So if you’re out of one and not the other, go for it. And if you are a butter eating paleo person, slather it on, because butter makes everything better. Pretty sure I should trademark that or something…

Paleo Dinner Rolls | Our Paleo Life
Paleo Dinner Rolls | Our Paleo Life
Paleo Dinner Rolls | Our Paleo Life

Paleo Dinner Rolls

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Tapioca or Arrowroot Starch
  • 1/4 cup Coconut Flour, plus more as needed
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Warm Water
  • 1/2 cup Avocado Oil
  • 1 Large Egg, whisked

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, use a wooden spoon to evenly combine starch, coconut flour, and salt. Slowly pour in water and oil, mixing until blended.
  3. Add the egg and stir until combined. If the mixture is too wet, add more coconut flour as needed, 1 Tbsp at a time, waiting slightly between additions (this will give the coconut flour time to absorb the liquid and you can have a better gauge whether ore is needed or not).
  4. Using a small cookie scoop, place balls of dough on the baking sheet an inch or so apart (these rolls do not spread).
  5. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until slightly browned on the bottom. Remove from baking sheet and serve warm.
  6. Best eaten the same day.

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Hilda

Sunday 10th of December 2023

The nutritional information doesn’t include calories? What would the calorie content be in one?

Kendra Benson

Tuesday 9th of January 2024

We have not calculated the nutritional content for this particular recipe.

Nelda

Tuesday 8th of November 2022

Finally found a recipe for bread that tastes so good. I did use less avocado oil than called for and they were fine. My new go to.

Lindsey

Thursday 18th of March 2021

Amazing!! I added some Italian seasoning and used almond flour instead of coconut. Used between 1.75 and 2 cups almond flour.

Kendra Benson

Thursday 18th of March 2021

I love the idea of adding Italian seasoning, thanks! And good to hear that almond flour works as well.

Andrea L. Medina

Tuesday 2nd of February 2021

Lisa M Shaw, did you ever use the yeast etc in these rolls? Results please? I would like to try these, but miss the Yeasty flavor and smell of bread too.. Has anyone else added in yeast?

Natalie

Tuesday 12th of January 2021

Hi. I just found this recipe today and was so excited we tried it straight away. Thank you!! These could really help our whole families breakfast dilemma now we are trying to heal autoimmune issues. I have a question though, my oven never seems to work according to recipes and these cooked on outside quite quickly but took a long time to dry out inside. Do you think they needed more coconut flour or higher / lower and longer oven temp?

Kendra Benson

Tuesday 12th of January 2021

Did you use a small cookie scoop size? If they were larger than that, they could take much longer to bake. And they are chewy on the inside, not totally dried out. If you do want larger rolls, they should be flattened a bit to make sure they cook evenly inside and out. Best of luck!

Natalie

Tuesday 12th of January 2021

Correction: gut issues to prevent autoimmune issues?

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