Questi con 2 ingredienti Sweet Potato Rolls are the simplest dinner rolls I’ve ever made. They are perfect to serve as a side to a soup or salad or to make a small sandwich or slider. They have the same texture as classic bread and taste the same, with a hint of sweet potatoes (obviously).
There are times when I want to put together a very quick yet healthy, bready something to feed my kids. While I always have my Tortillas di spinaci o il mio Pane con 2 ingredienti but they are slightly larger servings. So I knew I had to come up with something small, simple, and I really wanted to use some of my sweet potatoes!
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Panini di patate dolci
Ingredienti
- 1 tazza Farina a lievitazione spontanea - (nota 1)
- 1 bicchiere Mashed Sweet Potato Puree - (nota 2)
Opzionale
- ¼ bicchiere Acqua
- ½ cucchiaino da tè Sale
Istruzioni
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a 9-inch cake pan with parchment paper. Grease it with a cooking oil spray. Set it aside.
- Peel and dice the sweet potatoes and place them in a large saucepan with cold water covered with a lid.
- Place the saucepan over medium-high heat until the water reaches a high boil. Reduce to a light boil and cook the sweet potato for 8-10 minutes until the cubes are fork-tender.
- Drain over a sieve and wait until the cubes stop steaming and have reached room temperature.
- Mash the steamed sweet potato cubes with a fork and pack them in a measuring cup to measure the amount needed. Pour it in a large mixing bowl.
- Stir in the self-rising flour with a rubber spatula until it starts to look crumbly. Oil your hands and knead, adding the water to bring the dough together into a ball. I typically use 1/4 cup of water to do so. If the dough sticks to your fingers as you knead, that's normal. Keep working the dough until a smooth ball forms.
- Wash your hands, oil them again, and rub a teaspoon around the dough ball to smoothen the sides and make the dough softer.
- Divide the dough into 8 balls and roll them in your oiled hands to form nice, smooth bread rolls. Place them in the prepared pan or sheet, making sure they don't stick together. They expand in the oven so they will eventually stick together while baking.
- Brush the top with water, and sprinkle some bagel seasoning or sesame seeds on the top, if desired.
- Bake the rolls on the center rack for 30-35 minutes at 350 °F (180 °C) until light golden brown on the outside.
- Let them cool down on a wire rack and serve as a side dish to soup or as a roll for sandwiches or sliders.
Note
Alimentazione
Ingredienti
Only two ingredients are what you need for these bread rolls.

- Patate dolci – I used orange sweet potatoes, and I haven’t tried other types. Starchier types might struggle to bake the same way. The sweet potatoes need to be mashed, so you’ll need to cook them. In the recipe below, I cook them in boiling water, but they can also be steamed, air-fried, or oven-baked. The last two options make the mash a bit drier, so you might have to add more water. The puree must be used cold. You can even use frozen sweet potatoes. Just make sure to cook and cool it.
- Farina a lievitazione spontanea – Self-rising all-purpose flour is essentially a perfectly pre-mixed combination of regular flour with baking powder. If you can’t find this, you can make it by adding 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder per cup of all-purpose flour. For a gluten-free option, use my convertitore senza glutine, ma non dimenticate il lievito in polvere.
How To Make Sweet Potato Bread Rolls
The details steps are in the recipe card below, but I’ve included below photos of key steps where it can help you make this recipe right every time.

- The mashed sweet potatoes need to be cold or at room temperature, not warm.

- Flour and sweet potato mash need to be precisely measured.

- Stop combining the batter when it turns crumbly.

- Knead the dough and add water gradually until you rich this texture ⬆️ before rolling it into a smoosh(ish) ball.

- Split the ball into 8 equal portions. I cut it like a pizza to have similar slices.

- Place the balls in a sheet or baking pan (my fav option). It doesn’t matter if they almost touch.
Opzioni di cottura
You can bake these rolls in two ways:
- Nel forno: They bake in about 30 to 35 minutes at 350 °F (180 °C).
- In an air fryer: The rolls are ready after 20 minutes at 350 °F (180 °C).
I consigli di Carine
After trying this recipe several times (and failing a few), I’ve nailed the details that will allow you to get it right the first time.
- Let the cooked sweet potato cool down before adding the mash to the flour. The the warmth would activate the gluten in the flour and make the dough too gummy. You know it’s cold and ready when there’s no more steam coming out the vegetables when put in the drainer. It would typically take about 20 minutes at room temperature.
- Mash and then measure the amounts in cups. Pack and sweep off the excess for precision.
- Stir the ingredients with a spoon first. When it forms some lumps of dough and looks dry and crumbly, stop stirring. Knead with your hands. Squeeze the ingredients together to form a dough, gradually adding water if needed until all the ingredients come together into a dough ball. This process is a bit messy, you will get sticky dough on your hands, but keep kneading for about 2-3 minutes to have a dough ball.
- Rub oil on your hands to work the dough. Rub a good teaspoon of oil around the dough too.
Opzioni di aromatizzazione
You can choose if you want them savory or sweet.
- salato: add 1/2 teaspoon of salt to the dough (when adding the flour). You can also add flavors, like garlic powder, paprika cumin, or cinnamon.
- Dolci: add 2 to 3 tablespoons of sugar to the flour.
These rolls can also be made with many toppings added to the balls in the pan, just before cooking. To do so, brush the top with some water and stick sesame seeds, bagel seasonings, brown sugar, poppy seeds, or sunflower seeds.






l’m looking forward to trying these.
Let me know hoe it goes!
Can you use canned sweet potato instead of fresh?
I didn’t know canned sweet potato existed, but if it’s the same as pure homemade sweet potato puree – no additives, then it should work well.
I am excited to make this recipe
Grazie! Fammi sapere come va.
hi. these look amazing! can I make them with regular potatoes as well.
Can I use Tigernut flour instead?
I have no idea, I have never bought this flour before so I am unsure how it act in baking.
Potatoes are way starchier than sweet potato rolls. I am not saying it won’t work, but you may need more water to bring the dough together.
can you substitute sweet potato with pumpkin?
You should be able to do that, but pumpkin is less starchy, and more watery it means you will need a bit more dry ingredients to compensate.
it looks yummy
I made these but tweaked them to be gluten free and they are fantastic!
I did 1 1/2 cups King Arthur’s bread flour (though I’m sure you could use 1-1!), 3 tsps baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, 2 tbsp brown sugar, whisked that up, then the mashed sweet potato and I added one egg. It came together beautifully with a bit of water! Then I rolled each ball in brown sugar before baking. They were so delicious!! Definitely going to become a family favourite. I did change the recipe quite a bit, but with gluten free you’ve almost always got to!!
Thank you for sharing your gluten-free option! I am sure it will help so many followers.
Can you make this into a loaf?
I haven’t tried yet, so I am not sure how it will bake. I suppose it will take way longer to bake.
Hi! This sounds great, but I have a question – can pumpkin puree be substituted for the sweet potato? Thanks!
Assolutamente si!
Can you use gluten free flour instead of self raising flour for the sweet potato rolls?
I haven’t tried myself, but Kathy did in the comments – have a look there!