Fluffy Vegan Dinner Rolls with Maple Butter
by Olivia Biermann
on Nov 27, 2020 (updated Aug 13, 2025)
These Fluffy Vegan Dinner Rolls taste exactly like the incredible, fluffy, sweet pan rolls I grew up with, but are entirely vegan! People with dairy and egg allergies will LOVE you for bringing these fluffy rolls to any holiday meal. Just make sure you do not skip the maple butter!
Parker House Rolls Gone Vegan!
Your expectations will absolutely be succeeded with these fluffy vegan dinner rolls! This recipe was inspired by the Parker House Roll recipes I was seeing all over Pinterest. In order to veganize this recipe idea, I subbed the butter, milk AND eggs to make a vegan version of Parker House Rolls that is SO. GOOD! You won’t miss the dairy or eggs, promise. If you want to make them “honey” rolls instead of maple, simply do a 1:1 substitution for my vegan honey.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Perfect side dish! These easy vegan dinner rolls can pair well with virtually any main dish. Make them for dinner parties, holidays, weeknight meals, and more.
- No second rise. Many vegan dinner roll recipes require a first and second rise time. This easy recipe requires just 1 simple rise, which significantly cuts down the bake time.
- Just 6 simple ingredients. Making homemade rolls doesn’t have to mean hunting down a ton of complicated ingredients. This recipe is made with just 6 quick and simple ingredients, including the homemade maple butter!
Choosing your yeast:
Please make sure to use instant yeast or rapid rise yeast, not active dry yeast. You will need 1 packet, or 2 1/4 teaspoons!
Ideas for Serving
These vegan dinner rolls are perfect for holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, but also for regular weeknight dinners that could use a cozy, fluffy dinner roll side. Pair them with a few of our favourite holiday recipes, such as Holiday Lentil Mushroom Loaf, Garlic Parmesan Fluffy Mashed Potatoes, and Vegan Mini Pot Pie Pastries.
Or, try them with some of our classic weeknight dinner recipes like this Creamy Lemon Garlic Pasta, this Smoky Pumpkin and Sage Stovetop Chili, or this Potato Leek Soup with Smoky Chili Oil!
How to avoid dense, non-fluffy rolls
This can happen for a number of reasons, including over-kneading the dough, not using enough liquid, using old yeast, or not allowing the dough to rise and double in size. Additionally, baking the rolls for too long can make them tough.
Flat yeast rolls is usually caused by an issue with the yeast. This can be using old yeast that did not rise properly or using too hot of a milk mixture that kills the yeast and prevents it from rising the dough.
Fluffy Vegan Dinner Rolls Recipe with Maple Butter
- Prep Time: 1 hour 20 mins
- Cook Time: 26 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Yield: 12 rolls
Description
These Fluffy Vegan Dinner Rolls taste exactly like the incredible, fluffy, sweet pan rolls I grew up with, but are entirely vegan!
Ingredients
- 1 cup nondairy milk like oat, soy or almond
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 “egg” of powdered egg replacer like Bob’s Red Mill (see note)
- 4 tbsp vegan butter, room temp or softened
- 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour (measure carefully and don’t pack it down or they will be dense instead of light and fluffy!)
- 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast (make sure its instant)
- 1/4 tsp salt
Maple Butter:
- 6 tbsp vegan butter, room temperature or softened
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Instructions
- Prepare your “egg” and let sit 5 mins.
- In a small pot on the stove, combine the nondairy milk and maple syrup. Heat, stirring to combine, until warm but not hot.
- In a large mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer, add the flour, instant yeast and salt and whisk to combine. Add the warmed milk mixture, the softened vegan butter and the “egg” and mix until it forms a soft dough ball, about 3-4 minutes. If using a stand mixer, make sure you use the dough hook.
- Cover with a tea towel or plastic wrap and place in a warm draft-free area for 1 hour to rise.
- In the meantime, make the maple butter: to a small mixing bowl, add the softened vegan butter and maple syrup and stir until combined. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Turn out the dough onto a clean, lightly floured surface. With a rolling pin, roll dough into a long rectangle about 24 inches by 12 inches, and about 1/4 inch thick. Doesn’t have to be perfect.
- Spread a thin layer of maple butter over the dough. Cut the dough into 12 strips (see video for how I do it evenly). Roll each strip from top to bottom.
- Place in a parchment-lined square (approx 8×8 inch) baking pan. Brush the tops with a thin layer of the maple butter.
- Bake in preheated oven for 24-26 minutes. If you want them to be more golden on top, broil for 2 minutes at the end.
- Let cool slightly before serving with extra maple butter. Enjoy!
Notes
Powdered egg replacer normally has the instructions for 1 egg on the package. Typically it is 1 tsp to 1 tbsp powder, plus water. Then you let it sit for 5 mins. You could also try a flax egg by mixing 1 tbsp ground flax with 3 tbsp water but I have not tried this myself!
How to Store
Leftover rolls will keep at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 4 days, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Reheat rolls in the oven or air fryer until lightly warmed.
Hi Liv! Love your twist on this recipe! ♡ Salted honey butter rolls are some of my faaavorites and these look delicious!
tried this recipe over the weekend! it was super easy and very tasty. they were gone pretty quickly
Hi Liv! Thanks for recipe. Want to clarify egg replacer. Red mill package says 1Tbsp ER to 2Tbsp water = 1 egg. But recipe calls for 1 tsp ER to 2 Tbsp water. How much ER? Tbsp? Or tsp?
each brand is different in amount so you want to use whatever the amount is for an “egg” on the package!