Our easy slow cooker no yeast rolls are the perfect side dish with lasagna or any other pasta dish! There’s no need to wait for them to rise! They cook by themselves right in your Crockpot. Dripping with melted butter and garlic.
If you follow me at all you know I love easy recipes that my whole family will love. These no yeast rolls baked in a slow cooker are one of our favorite crockpot recipes and perfectly paired with lasagna.
With three kids, a husband, a household to maintain and working full time I really don’t have a lot of time to cook homemade meals. There are ways though! Yes you can make sourdough starter from scratch and bake that way, but that takes a week to get ready. This is way easier.
If you too have more than one of these low and slow cookers you can make your main dish in one and these Mayonnaise Biscuits in the other. OR if you have your pressure cooker going, this can be made alongside. Sometimes it is too hot to bake in your oven so this is a great alternative!
How Long to Bake Rolls in Slow Cooker
This is a bit like our pull apart bread but no oven is required. You need 1.5-2 hours (depending on size and thickness) to “bake” them to fluffy. They will stick together but you will see a line of separation between each one when done. When done you just pull them apart so everyone gets one with their meal. You could even sprinkle some shredded cheese on the top and let that melt at the end!
Kind of amazing right?? Using just a few ingredients you can make fluffy rolls in your slow cooker that when drenched with melted butter, garlic, and herbs are the perfect side dish for any Italian meal.
After a few batches we decided on the perfect timing and that it needed some more melted butter and parmesan over the top when done. I mean you can omit that but……it’s a must for us. Using parchment paper on the bottom means when they are done you just lift the whole thing right out, break apart and go.
Frozen Rolls in Slow Cooker
If you came here looking for a frozen bread dough recipe you can use those too. You will first want to follow the directions on the package as far as thawing goes. Then transfer balls on to your paper with a little space in between and use our temperature and timing below.
Tips for Success
Hand held is our preference but if you’d rather it come out in one long loaf that works too. In that case you would just dump the dough on the paper and spread out. Make sure that it is the same thickness all the way across. You want the middle to get as done as the outside edges.
When measuring ingredients remember to measure flour properly into your measuring cup, not scoop it out or they will come out dense. This is unlike our baking bread at home that needs a dough hook to make. It’s similar to our easy roll recipe that needs NO yeast!
Mix together in a bowl your flour, baking powder and oregano in a bowl. Then fold in your half and half, then your mayonnaise. Scrape sides of the bowl to get everything combined well. Dough will be lumpy, do not over-mix or it will become dense.
If you want them golden brown you can place into a toaster oven for 5-10 minutes. OR break apart and throw into your air fryer or Ninja Foodi. If you love garlic bread this is something you must try!
This is how to make this no yeast bread recipe in slow cooker easily. No need to warm the milk, use a bread hook, rise for hours…it’s a game changer.
Slow Cooker Rolls Recipe
Equipment
- 1 slow cooker
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- 2 cup all purpose flour, spoon into measuring cup, don’t scoop
- 1 cup half and half, or whole milk, half and half is better
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 tsp oregano
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp butter, melted
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 3 tbsp parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
- Add flour, salt, basil, baking powder, and oregano into a bowl, mix.
- Fold in half and half and mayonnaise so it is well combined but still lumpy.
- Put parchment paper into your slow cooker.
- Scoop 6 equal parts of dough on to your parchment paper in your slow cooker. (they will meld together but that is okay)
- Put lid on crockpot and set to high for 1 hr 40 minutes.
- Quickly lift lid and move away from crockpot so the condensation doesn’t drip on to your rolls.
- Lift out parchment paper and put bread/rolls on to a cutting board/serving board.
- Melt butter, minced garlic in microwave and pour on top of your no yeast rolls loaf. Then sprinkle parmesan cheese on top of that.
- Pull 6 rolls apart or slice loaf and serve with pasta!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Other easy baked goods you’ll love
Try our homemade air fryer biscuits and slow cooker or baked cinnamon rolls no yeast next. Talk about an easy dinner idea that I guarantee everyone in your family will love, and if you’ve never made bread in your slow cooker you’ll be amazed at how well it turns out and how easy it is to make homemade rolls in there.
Melt butter with garlic and pour on top before serving! Then try Crockpot bread to see how easy baking in a Crockpot really is.
I made them! I used miracle whip as I did not have any mayo. I did not have basil or oregano and used rubbed savoury and another product “Cool Runnings” natural seasoning. When done took them out individually to cool on a rack. When cooled, sliced in half, smothered with butter and a slice of swiss cheese. OH MY GOODNESS, I HAVE BECOME A BAKER! Will bake these again and try with cinnamon and molasses and see if they turn out. Will let you know!
@Mary C,
I did use ROBIN HOOD gluten free flour as per my question dated March 26, 2020. PERFECT SUBSTITUTION!
Please do!
Would it be ok to use white whole wheat flour to make these?
I haven’t tried that
Can I substitute baking powder for baking soda?
While both products appear similar, they’re certainly not the same. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, which requires an acid and a liquid to become activated and help baked goods rise. Conversely, baking powder includes sodium bicarbonate, as well as an acid. It only needs a liquid to become activated.
Do you think that this would work with any type of gluten free or bean flour? Thanks
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Can I use miracle whip instead of mayonnaise?
Can you put it in oven a few min.to brown top?
Yes of course, under the broiler would work.
Would this work with freshly ground whole wheat flour?
I also would like to know if the mayonnaise can be omitted, or substituted with oil, butter, margarine etc. Thanks. Hilary
I haven’t tried it any other way.
I also would like to know if mayonnaise can be left out or substituted with something else. Ie., oil, butter, margarine etc. Thank you. Hilary
When do you add the 4 T of mayonnaise?
Sorry about that, with the half and half. Added to recipe…was going too fast. 😉
Can I omit the mayonnaise or substitute with anything else.