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These fluffy and delicious Gluten-Free Sourdough Rolls are made with roasted garlic and rosemary! They’re so flavorful and perfect for serving alongside your favorite soup, used as the bread for a sandwich or burger, or just eaten slathered with butter.
I’ve been deep in gluten-free sourdough land for over a year now, and we’re officially addicted to all things gluten-free sourdough in this house. If you don’t have a gluten-free sourdough starter yet…what are you waiting for?! It’s not too hard to make and the bounties that will come from it are infinite.
It’s so easy to get obsessed with baking gluten-free sourdough bread loaves once you get started, tinkering with time and temperature to get your perfect fluffy, sour loaf. And then you’ve got your discard…ready to be turned into sourdough focaccia, the BEST gluten-free sourdough pizza crust, sourdough chocolate chip cookies, sourdough crackers, and so many other goodies.
These Gluten-Free Sourdough Rolls are the newest sourdough obsession that I know you’ll adore as much as all of the others. They’re soft, fluffy, super flavorful, and so delicious.
I flavored mine with roasted garlic and rosemary. I’ve included the measurements to make that variation in the recipe below, or you can just leave those out and have classic dinner rolls. These sourdough rolls aren’t quite as soft as a regular dinner roll, as they have a chewier, crispier crust, but I certainly don’t think that’s a bad thing. One day, I’ll create a recipe with a super soft crust, but these aren’t quite that. Doesn’t make them less delicious though :D
Here’s what you need for gluten-free sourdough rolls:
- Gluten-Free Sourdough Starter: make sure it’s nice and active for the fluffiest rolls!
- Psyllium Husk: this acts as our gluten and is a great binder, it makes the dough easy to work with and provides chewiness.
- Maple Syrup: this helps feed the yeast in our starter, it doesn’t add sweetness.
- Water: for the dough’s hydration :)
- Starches: you can use tapioca starch, arrowroot starch, and/or potato starch. I typically use a combination of potato and tapioca.
- Whole Grain Flours: I use some combination of quinoa flour, brown & white rice flours, and sorghum flour for this recipe. You can choose your favorite combination!
- Salt: for flavor, of course.
- Flavorings: I use roasted garlic and rosemary for this batch, but you can be creative here, or leave them plain.
How to make the rolls:
The dough for these rolls is made very similarly to my gluten-free sourdough bread, but once you get to shaping the dough, things veer off a little bit! Let’s get into it.
- Make your preferment by combining the sourdough starter with some water and flour. Let it rest and rise for at least four hours, or up to 10.
- Mix up your dough, adding in your desired flavors to the dough.
- Divide into rolls, I like to do 6 rolls, which results in a good size roll that isn’t too large or too small, however you can make them bigger or smaller.
- Let rise until fluffy. This will depend on the ambient temperature, but they should have a nice spring and puffiness when you press lightly with a fingertip.
- Bake until golden brown! Then enjoy, these are SO good warm!
Other flavor ideas…
If you’re not into roasted garlic and rosemary, here are some other add-in ideas:
- Sun-dried tomatoes
- Shredded cheese, vegan if needed
- Herbs of your choice
I hope you love these gluten-free sourdough rolls, and that they make a star appearance on your dinner table soon! Enjoy :D and let me know what you think in the comments below!
Want more gluten-free sourdough?
- Gluten-Free Sourdough Focaccia
- Gluten-Free Sourdough Discard Crackers
- Easy Gluten-Free Sourdough Pizza
- Vegan Gluten-Free Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gluten-Free Sourdough Rolls
Ingredients
Preferment
- 150 g active gluten-free sourdough starter, it should be at peak rise and super bubbly
- 100 g filtered water
- 80 g superfine brown rice flour
Liquids
- 22 g psyllium husk, the whole husks, not psyllium husk powder
- 20 g maple syrup or honey
- 300 g filtered water
- 8 to 15 g olive oil, optional, helps soften the crust slightly, skip if your roasted garlic is packed in oil
Flour Mix (see Notes for options)
- 80 g potato starch, not potato flour!
- 60 g tapioca flour, or arrowroot flour
- 80 g quinoa flour
- 80 g superfine brown rice flour, or sorghum flour
- 12 g sea salt
Mix-ins
- 4 g (1 tablespoon) dried rosemary, crushed between your palms
- 35 g roasted garlic, if packed in oil, drain off as much oil as you can before adding
Instructions
To make the preferment
- In a bowl, mix together 150g active starter, water, and brown rice flour. Mix until smooth, and then cover and let rest for anywhere between 4 and 8 hours.150 g active gluten-free sourdough starter, 100 g filtered water, 80 g superfine brown rice flour
To make the dough
- Whisk together the psyllium husk, sweetener, and water. Whisk until combined and let gel while preparing the flour mixture.22 g psyllium husk, 20 g maple syrup or honey, 300 g filtered water
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine all of the flours + starches, plus salt and rosemary.80 g potato starch, 60 g tapioca flour, 80 g quinoa flour, 80 g superfine brown rice flour, 12 g sea salt, 4 g (1 tablespoon) dried rosemary
- Whisk the psyllium gel mixture into the preferment, along with the olive oil if using.8 to 15 g olive oil
- Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture. Use a spoon and then your hands to bring the dough together, or use your dough hook to mix all of the ingredients until a smooth dough forms. It will take a few minutes in a stand mixer. If you’re using your hands, you will likely want to knead the dough together for a few minutes to make sure all the flour is hydrated and the dough is smooth. When the dough is almost together, add in the roasted garlic and mix until it’s incorporated but not completely crushed into the dough.35 g roasted garlic
- Once your dough is soft and smooth, turn it out onto a clean, smooth work surface. Divide the dough in 6 equally sized pieces – I usually use my scale to ensure consistency. Lightly flour it if your dough seems sticky – mine usually doesn’t need any flour. Knead each piece into a smooth ball, and use your hands to shape the dough into a round.
- Place each shaped roll seam-side down onto a lined baking sheet. Cover, and let the dough proof for about three to five hours (it can be closer to five if it’s cold, sometimes even longer, or quicker if it’s warm) at room temperature.
When you’re ready to bake
- An hour before your dough is fully proofed, turn on the oven to 425°F.
- When your oven is preheated and your dough is well-proofed, brush each roll with olive oil or an egg wash, which will encourage browning. Then, score each roll as desired. I usually just do a simple X score for rolls.
- Place into the oven, and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, depending on how brown you’d like your rolls.
- Once the rolls are golden brown to your liking, remove them from the oven. Once they’re cool enough to handle, remove the rolls from the sheet pan and let cool on a wire rack so the bottoms don’t get soggy.
To store your sourdough rolls
- It will keep well at room temperature for a day or two. They’ll get stale quicker than a regular loaf since they’re smaller. You can store them in a linen bread bag to extend their life. If your rolls get a bit stale, put it in a 300°F for 10 minutes to refresh the crust. You can also freeze them.
Does psyllium husk need to be used? Would I be able to use flax instead? I have a relative that is allergic to what feels like everything and while not allergic to psyllium due to other issues is unable to have it.
Hi Jessica, psyllium is important for this recipe, it provides the structure and texture it needs. I haven’t tried with flax or without psyllium. I’ve heard that konjac root powder can be used at 1/5 of the amount but I haven’t tried it myself!
Thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly!
In total how much sourdough starter have to be in the recipe if I skip the first passage?
Hi Angela, I’m not sure what you mean – do you mean skip the preferment? In that case, you would just add all of the preferment ingredients when you mix up the bread dough in the same amounts.
Easy to follow. Still very new to sourdough, so did not turn out perfectly. The taste was a hit in our home! Can’t wait to try them again.
So glad you enjoyed them, Alicia! Everything with sourdough gets better as the starter matures and you get more practice, but glad they were enjoyable :)
Made this recipe as my first attempt at GF sourdough and it was awesome and super easy – thank you!! I kept it simple and didn’t add in the garlic and rosemary but want to try that on my next attempt. When you say to add in the roasted garlic, do you mean to just add the cloves whole and mix them in?
Hi Erika, I personally add them whole and the continued mixing breaks them up a bit into smaller pieces. If you want super small pieces, you can chop before adding. Thanks for your review of the recipe!
I have made these and they came out great! Can this recipe be used for sub/hoagie rolls? It’s my constant struggle to find good, clean sub rolls that I can eat and I’d love to be able to make them with my starter! I would omit the garlic & rosemary in this case, but not sure how the change in shape/size would impact the bake.
Hi Holly, yes that should be totally fine! You’ll likely bake about the same amount of time, just a little longer if you make them significantly thicker than the rolls.
How long do I need to kneed the dough?
Just until everything is hydrated and fully mixed. Kneading is generally to develop the gluten, but because this recipe is gluten-free, it’s not necessary the way it is with regular gluten bread.