The Best Sourdough Hoagie Roll Recipe

These sourdough hoagie rolls are the perfect vessel for sandwiches or subs! Soft and incredibly delicious, these rolls will be a regular on the menu this summer!

If you enjoy making sourdough bread you will love this recipe! These sourdough hoagie rolls require no commercial yeast and rise only with sourdough or wild yeast.

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Regularly, I always make sourdough sandwich bread in my kitchen, however, from time to time, I want something new and different. These are like sourdough sandwich rolls

Recently, I thought about hoagie rolls and how delicious they would be made from sourdough and freshly milled flour. I was not wrong about that!

These rolls are soft, delicious, and the perfect sandwich roll. They hold up well to any kind of toppings.

This recipe is an enriched dough. Meaning, it is made with milk, eggs, and oil.

These extra ingredients make for a super soft and fluffy crumb which is important for a hoagie roll.

I’m using my freshly milled flour, however, you can use store bought flour. All purpose, whole wheat, or bread flour will work well. These would also be delicious made with Kamut!

This is the grain mill I use and it is a real work horse in my kitchen! Nutrimill Grain Mill

In my kitchen, I am always looking for new recipes for my sourdough starter.

Once in a while, I crave a “meatier” bread that will do well as a meatball sub or sloppy joes. These rolls do wonderfully in these applications.

These rolls ferment from morning to afternoon.

The dough is then divided into the roll shapes and allowed to do a second rise before baking making the extra fluffy.

I like to start my dough early in the morning and bake in the late afternoon just in time for dinner.

Why you will love this recipe for Sourdough Hoagie Rolls

This recipe uses sourdough starter to rise the dough.

This process is called fermentation and makes a much easier to digest bread product.

If using freshly milled flour, these sourdough hoagie rolls are incredibly healthy and hearty!

An easy to make recipe using ingredients you more than likely already have on hand.

Sourdough Hoagie Rolls can be used for sandwiches, hot dogs, or as a side dish to a pasta or salad.

What you will need for this recipe:

Flour:

I prefer to use freshly milled flour in my baking. You may use all purpose flour, bread flour, or store-bought whole wheat flour if you prefer.

Using freshly milled flour in sourdough makes for one of the healthiest bread products you can make!

If you are new to using freshly milled flour in sourdough refer to this blog post for tips and tricks to help you be successful Using Fresh Milled Flour In Your Kitchen

Sourdough Starter:

This recipe relies on the sourdough starter to rise the dough. You will want to use active sourdough starter.

This means the sourdough starter was fed within the last 24 hours.

Even if the sourdough starter has risen and fallen, it will still work to rise the dough.

Milk:

Milk makes for a very soft crumb in these sourdough hoagie rolls.

You can use a milk substitute, milk kefir, or you can use water.

Egg:

Eggs are used as a binder and fat emulsifier. They help with the texture and overall rise of the dough as well.

Olive Oil:

I prefer to use an organic, high quality olive oil. You can substitute with melted butter or coconut oil if you choose.

Honey:

Raw honey is a wonderful addition to any bread product. If you prefer a sugar free alternative, leave the honey out and the sourdough hoagie rolls will still turn out great.

Salt:

I use Redmond’s Real Salt in my kitchen, however, any salt you have on hand will work just fine.

Why Sourdough?

Sourdough is a process of fermenting your bread dough with a sourdough starter.

This process breaks down the gluten and proteins that can sometimes be hard to digest for gluten sensitive people.

In order to get the most benefits of the fermentation process, you need to let your dough ferment for at least 12-24 hours.

As you can see, the process of sourdough can be very helpful for many people.

If you’ve never made a sourdough starter https://therosehomestead.com/how-to-make-a-sourdough-starter/ it’s easy and fairly quick to do.

The great news is that once you have an active starter, as long as you maintain it, it will last for as long as you want it.

There are starters that have been handed down through generations!

Step by Step Instructions for making Sourdough Hoagie Rolls:

Mixing the dough:

Early in the morning, add the milk, starter, honey, oil, egg, and salt to the bowl of a stand mixer. This is the mixer I have been using for years now: Nutrimill Mixer

If you don’t have a stand mixer but have a bread machine, you can do the kneading in the bread machine and the rise.

Pulse to bring the mixture together.

Start adding flour. I start with 3 cups of flour and slowly add the last cup. You are looking for a slack dough that is workable but not stiff. The amount of flour you will need is based on the humidity in your kitchen. Just add enough for the dough to clean the sides of the mixing bowl.

Once it is combined, allow to knead with the dough hook attachment for 10-15 minutes or until it passes the windowpane test and is soft, stretchy, and glossy.

Fermenting the dough:

Place the dough in a greased large bowl, cover with plastic wrap or a damp tea towel, and allow to rise on the counter for several hours in a warm place. 4-6 hours is typical for a rise time.

The time it takes to rise will depend on the strength of your starter.

I check mine after 4 hours and go from there.

You can also let the dough rise overnight and the next morning you can shape the dough for the second rise.

Shaping the Sourdough Hoagie Rolls:

Once the dough has risen and has signs of fermentation, which will be bubbles on the surface and the dough will feel airy and puffy, turn it over onto your work surface.

You can sprinkle the surface with a little flour if the dough is too sticky to work with.

Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces.

Shape them into a hoagie roll shape by rolling the piece of dough out into a rectangle shape.

Roll from one side to the other to form the roll shape.

Second Rise:

Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper seam side down. Cover and allow to rise for 1-2 hours or until very puffy and airy.

Baking:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Brush rolls with egg wash and bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. If you want, you can slice the tops with a sharp knife.

Serve with your favorite hoagie toppings!

Serving Suggestions:

We love putting meatballs and tomato sauce on ours.

We cover them with cheese and put them under the broiler until the cheese is melted and browned.

These sourdough hoagie rolls make the perfect au jus sandwich!

Another serving suggestion is to use the sourdough hoagie rolls are hot dog buns. They hold up so well in this application.