From scratch · Yeast breads

Sub rolls

Long, soft-crusted rolls for subs, hoagies and meatball sandwiches.

✋ 35 min hands-on ⏱ 3 hr 9 min start to finish 🍽 Eight 8-inch rolls.

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Ingredients

  • 500 g bread flour
  • 7 g active dry yeast
  • 9 g table salt
  • 12½ g granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil (soybean)
  • 1¼ cup water, about 110°F

Time

Hands-on time is when you’re busy; the rest is rising, simmering, chilling or cooling, when you can do something else.

StepHands-onWaiting
Mix and knead the dough20 min1 hr
Shape the rolls15 min45 min
Bake at 400°F–19 min
Cool–30 min
In all35 min2 hr 34 min

How long it keeps

  • Counter: in a bag, about 3 days (NDSU’s figure for bread and rolls).
  • Freezer: bag them once cool, up to 3 months (University of Missouri).

Nutrition

Estimated from the ingredients’ USDA FoodData Central numbers.

Steps

You’ll need: large bowl, 2 baking sheets, cooling rack.

  1. Stir the yeast and sugar into the warm water and let it stand 5 minutes. Add the oil, salt and flour and mix.
  2. Knead 8 to 10 minutes until smooth. Cover and let it rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
  3. Divide into 8 pieces (about 100 g each). Pat each into a rectangle, roll it up tightly into an 8-inch log, and set them 2 inches apart on the sheets.
  4. Cover and let rise until puffy, 40 to 50 minutes. Heat the oven to 400°F.
  5. Brush with water and slash each down the middle if you like. Bake 18 to 20 minutes, until golden. Cool on a rack.
⚖️ ScalingEach roll is an eighth of the dough; the planner counts rolls.
🛡 SafetyDon’t taste raw dough or batter, and wash your hands and the counter after handling flour: raw flour can carry germs that only baking kills (FDA).

Sources

  1. Food Storage Guide (FN579), NDSU Extension, reviewed January 2023. Accessed 2026-10-25.
  2. Tips for Storing Bread, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Herkimer County, 2020. Accessed 2026-10-25.
  3. How to Freeze Home-Prepared Foods (GH1505), University of Missouri Extension. Accessed 2026-10-25.
  4. Handling Flour Safely: What You Need to Know, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Accessed 2026-10-25.

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