Hawaiian Dinner Rolls

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Love King’s Hawaiian Rolls? Try my Hawaiian Dinner Rolls! They are sweet, fluffy and best of all, homemade from an easy from scratch recipe!

I wanted to share another homemade dinner roll recipe with you before Thanksgiving.  These Hawaiian dinner rolls were so good!  They were the perfect amount of sweet without being overbearing and were, of course,  light and fluffy!  I decided to come up with these Hawaiian dinner rolls because I’ve heard people rave about the King’s Hawaiian rolls, which to be honest are ok, but not that great.  They lack the freshness and homemade quality that I look for in baked goods.  I hope you’ll give these a try because I’m sure you’ll love them!

I consider this recipe for Hawaiian dinner rolls to be relatively easy.  Dissolve the yeast in the sugar water in the mixing bowl of a stand mixer and allow it to ferment for 5 minutes.  Then add the remaining ingredients and 4 cups of flour.  Mix well with a dough hook.  Then add up to 3/4 cup more flour a 1/4 cup at a time until the dough is only slightly sticky to the touch even though it will look like it is super sticky.  Let knead at medium speed for 3 minutes.  If you look at the picture above this is what my dough looked like just before I pulled the dough hook out to let it rise.  As you can see it isn’t a ball of dough.  It looks sticky and doesn’t not clean the sides or bottom of the bowl.  This is how this dough should be.  Because of the pineapple juice and the honey this is a softer dough.

This is what the dough looks like right before I cover it with a dish towel to let it rise.  As you can see, this is definitely a soft dough.  Now this dough will take at least an hour to rise until doubled.  The sugar content in these rolls inhibits the yeast a bit.   Doesn’t kill it, just slows the reaction down a lot.  So just be patient.  This one is a slow riser.

This is what my dough looked like after it had doubled.  Dump out onto a well floured surface, knead a couple times and divide into 15 equal size pieces.  Shape into balls and place in a greased 9 x 13 pan to rise.

Yes it is a tight fit but as you can see they are fine.  Cover with a dish towel and let rise until doubled.  This will once again take a little longer that usual.  When they are nearly doubled in size preheat your oven to 375 degrees.  Bake these for 20-25 minutes.  The tops will be golden brown.  While they are baking mix up the honey butter.  Brush the hot tops immediately with the honey butter and let cool slightly before eating.

My Top Tip for Successful Bread Making:

My biggest tip for having success when making bread or rolls is to use a quality yeast.  Honestly I am not a fan of the individual packets of yeast that are what you find in most grocery stores.  I’m not sure why that yeast doesn’t seem to work as well, but I don’t think it does.  I prefer to buy bulk packages of yeast.  You can find what I use here.  After opening your big bag of yeast pour it into a glass quart just or a couple pint jars, screw on the lid and store in the fridge.  I recently discovered plastic pint and quart jar lids and they are awesome!  Totally beats using the metal lids and rings once you’ve opened a jar of something.

Questions about what equipment I use:

What stand mixer do I use?  You can find the stand mixer I use for almost all my bread type recipes here.  It is a Kitchen Aid and I cannot imagine my life without it.  I realize that some people feel these mixers are super expensive, but let me say this.  I’ve had mine for almost 15 years.  11 years of which have been heavy use.  When I say heavy use I mean used at least once a day.  It still runs great!  I’ve had no problems with it and will probably cry the day that it does finally give out.  Seriously.  It will be a super sad day.

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Hawaiian Dinner Rolls Recipe

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• Author: Mindee
• Prep Time: 15 minutes (plus 2 1/2 hours rise time)
• Cook Time: 25 minutes
• Total Time: 40 minutes
• Yield: 15 Rolls 1x
• Category: Bread
• Method: Baking
• Cuisine: American

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Love King’s Hawaiian Rolls? Try my Hawaiian Dinner Rolls! They are sweet, fluffy and best of all, homemade from an easy from scratch recipe!

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Ingredients

• 3/4 Cup Warm Water
• 1 Tbs. Active Dry Yeast
• 2 Tbs. Sugar
• 3 Tbs. Honey
• 3/4 Cup Pineapple Juice
• 4 Tbs. room temperature Butter
• 1 1/2 tsp Salt
• 4–5 Cups Flour
• 1 Tbs. Honey
• 1 Tbs. Butter

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Instructions

1. In the mixing bowl, on a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, mix the warm water, 2 Tbs. sugar and the yeast.  Let stand for 5 minutes.
2. Add the 3 Tbs. Honey, pineapple juice, 4 Tbs. butter, salt and 4 cups of the flour.
3. Mix with the dough hook until well combined.  Add additional flour 1/4 cup at a time until your dough is only  a little sticky to the touch even though it’s going to look really sticky.  The dough will not clean the bottom or sides of the bowl or come together in a ball.  You may not need all the additional flour.  See my pictures in my post for a visual aid.
4. Knead at medium speed for 3 minutes.  Remove the dough hook and cover with a dish towel to let rise.
5. This is a slower rising dough, allow an hour to an hour and a half for this dough to double.
6. Dump onto a well floured surface and knead just a couple times.  Divide in 15 equal pieces.  Shape them into balls and place them in a greased 9×13 baking dish.  Cover and allow to rise until doubled (about an hour).  Once again, this will be slower than you would expect.
7. When about doubled, preheat your oven to 375 degrees and mix the tablespoon of honey and tablespoon of butter together.  Set the honey butter aside.
8. Bake the rolls at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes.  The tops should be golden brown.  Immediately brush the tops with the honey butter.  Cool slightly before eating.
9. Store lightly covered to allow a little bit of air flow.

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Last Updated on May 21, 2019