These easy Pull-Apart Potato Rolls are deliciously soft, fluffy, buttery, and perfect for sharing at Thanksgiving or Sunday night dinner. Made with a basic dough that uses a mix of all-purpose flour and bread flour, mashed potatoes, butter, whole milk, and eggs, these potato rolls will impress your family and all your friends. You can’t go wrong with these homemade potato rolls!
The type of potato you choose is crucial to success here. I’ve tried various types of potatoes for this recipe, and by far, creamy and starchy Yukon Gold potatoes work the best here. I also highly recommend using a potato ricer for this recipe if you have one. It helps to make the texture lighter and fluffier. Serve these potato rolls warm with a smear of butter or turn them into sandwich sliders with leftover turkey for lunch the next day.
To make the Pull-Apart Potato Rolls, you will need the following ingredients:
In a small saucepan of boiling water (don’t add salt), boil a potato until a knife passes through the flesh with no resistance, 30–40 minutes. Once boiled, drain and let cool enough to handle.
Peel the potato and pass through a potato ricer into a small bowl.
In a bowl of a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, mix ¾ cup riced potato and 1 cup whole milk until smooth and no lumps remain.
Add ½ cup melted butter and mix until combined.
Switch to a dough hook and add 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 4 ½ teaspoons yeast, and 3 heaping tablespoons sugar and mix on medium speed. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl as needed, for about 2 minutes until a wet and sticky dough forms.
Leave the dough to rise, uncovered, in a warm spot for 30 minutes or until slightly puffed.
Add 2 large beaten eggs, 1 large beaten egg yolk, 2⅔ cups bread flour, and 1 tablespoon salt and mix on medium-high for about 5 minutes. Add more bread flour if needed, until the dough is smooth and elastic.
Brush the surface of the dough with some butter, cover, and leave to rise in a warm spot for 30 minutes or until the dough is 1 ½ times as thick.
Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with butter.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly oiled surface and divide it into 18 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a ball using your palm and place side by side in the prepared baking dish.
Brush the tops with more butter and set aside to rise, uncovered, in a warm place for about 1 hour until doubled in size.
Preheat the oven to 400 °F.
Brush the dough again with butter and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon flaky sea salt. Bake the rolls for 15–20 minutes or until deep golden brown.
Place the rolls in the baking dish on a wire rack and leave to cool for about 10 minutes. Then turn out rolls onto a rack and leave to cool for 30 minutes more before serving.
Serve alongside your favorite main dish. Share and enjoy!
Love baking for your family? These super soft and fluffy Pull-Apart Potato Rolls are a delicious accompaniment to just about any meal. Give this recipe a go, and please don’t forget to come back and leave a comment if you try making these.
Hice estos panecillos de papa para la cena familiar y fueron un exito total. Suaves y esponjosos, todo el mundo se los comió. Perfectos para acompañar. Los voy a hacer siempre.
Yum! These rolls brought back memories of my grandma's kitchen. So fluffy and buttery! Perfectly paired with Thanksgiving dinner. Totally a game changer!
These rolls are bomb! Made 'em for dinner & fam loved.
Yo, these Pull-Apart Potato Rolls are lit! Made 'em for my fam dinner and they were gone in minutes! Fluffy and buttery, just like my grandma's. Def gonna make these for Thanksgiving. Trust me, you gotta try 'em!
OMG! These rolls are lit! Made 'em for Thanksgiving, and they disappeared faster than my kids' interest in veggies! Super fluffy and buttery—total crowd pleaser. Seriously, don't skip the Yukon Golds, they make it epic!
Delicious!
Superb. I made these rolls for my family’s Thanksgiving dinner and they were a hit. Everyone loved the soft, fluffy texture and buttery flavor. I used Yukon Gold potatoes and they turned out perfect. I might never buy store-bought rolls again. A simple recipe that made me proud to cook for my family.
These rolls were a hit! Super soft.
Hice estos Panecillos de Papas para la cena de domingo y fueron un éxito! Mis amigos comentaron sobre lo suaves y esponjosos que estaban. Aunque no soy experta, usar Yukon Gold de verdad marca la diferencia. ¡Definitivamente los haré de nuevo!
Absolutely superb rolls!
Superb! I made these rolls last Sunday, and my husband could not stop raving about them. They are perfectly soft and buttery. We even made sliders with leftover turkey, and everyone gobbled them up. This recipe is now a family favorite for sure.
These rolls were a hit at Sunday dinner! Super fluffy, my kids couldn’t get enough. Will defo make again!
Amazing!
Fabulus. I made these rolls for dinner and everyone was raving! They were so soft and buttery, just like my grandma used to make.
Wow!
