- 1½ cups warm water
- 2¼ teaspoons yeast (one packet)
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- ¼ to ½ cup minced fresh herbs (optional but fabulous)
- 3-3½ cups flour
- parchment paper
- cornmeal
- melted butter (for the tops)
Note that I used a 6-quart oval slow cooker. If you’ve got a smaller round one, cut this recipe in half, and make just 6 no-knead slow cooker dinner rolls.
In a mixing bowl stir together water and yeast. Add herbs, salt, and flour; mix to combine. Don’t bother to knead it, just make sure there aren’t any streaks of dry flour. The dough will be sticky.
Cover dough with a tea towel, and let it rise until doubled in size, an hour or more.
Line a large slow cooker with parchment paper, and sprinkle it liberally with cornmeal. Punch dough down, and divide it into 9 equal sections. Form each into a ball and distribute evenly on the parchment in the base of the slow cooker.
Cover the slow cooker and bake on high for 1 to 1½ hours. Your time for baking may vary, of course. Check the rolls by gently poking the top: they should not feel like wet dough, but they won’t be crusty – they’ll be set, and not sticky on the tops.
Remove from the slow cooker by lifting the parchment paper.
If you’d like the rolls to have a more normal browned-top appearance, place the rolls on a cookie sheet, brush the tops of the rolls with melted butter, and broil just until crust is browned — or, keeping to the no oven use, turn them upside down and use your grill!
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I love this recipe. I use fresh rosemary and everyone I’ve baked them for absolutely love them!
I’m so glad! My family likes them with fresh dill, also.
Love the slow cooker rolls recipe. I will try it soon.
I hope you find that the slow cooker rolls work well for you! We love them.