Homemade Hawaiian Rolls
These Homemade Hawaiian Rolls are a crowd favorite at any family gathering or holiday dinner. They are soft, buttery, and slightly sweet, making them the perfect side dish for any meal.
We love sweet Hawaiian rolls. But, we don’t love the price tag at the grocery store. So, we whipped up a batch of these homemade rolls and were surprised when they tasted even better than the store-bought kind.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- You only need simple ingredients so you don’t have to worry about spending a lot of money at the grocery store.
- You can easily make these rolls ahead of time so that you don’t have to spend a ton of time in the kitchen.
- They also taste so much better than store-bought.
If you love trying new homemade bread recipes, then next time give these Low Carb English Muffins or these Low Carb Sandwich Thins.
🛒Ingredients
You only need a handful of ingredients and a little bit of effort to make these homemade rolls. Gather these ingredients on your next trip to the grocery store so that you can enjoy these homemade rolls.
- pineapple juice
- instant dry yeast
- granulated sugar
- salted butter
- vanilla extract
- large eggs
- bread flour
See the recipe card below for quantities.
🔪 How to Make These Homemade Hawaiian Rolls
This is a quick overview of the steps that you need to take to make this recipe. You can find the full recipe in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Add the warm pineapple juice, sugar, and yeast into a large mixing bowl and allow the yeast to bloom for five minutes.
Add the remaining ingredients in batches and mix until the dough is no longer sticky.
Cover the bowl and allow the dough to rest until doubled in size. Shape the dough into 24 rolls and place on the prepared baking dish.
Brush the tops of the rolls with the remaining egg white, and then bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
🥄 Equipment
This is an overview of the equipment that you will need to make this delicious recipe:
- Microwave Safe Bowl
- Whisk
- plastic wrap
- large sheet pan or two 9×13 baking dishes
- parchment paper
- Pastry brush
- small bowl
🥫 Storage
Storage – Store these rolls in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Freezing – You can even freeze the rolls to save them for later. To freeze them, wrap the rolls tightly in plastic wrap and then place them in a freezer-safe bag. When you’re ready to eat them, simply thaw them in the refrigerator overnight.
Serve With
Homemade rolls can pair well with just about any meal. Some of our favorite meals to serve these rolls with are this Cream Cheese Pasta or this Dijon Grilled Chicken.
💭 Tips
Here are a few tips that you can use to ensure that this recipe turns out perfectly for you when you make it.
- In order to get the best rise, make sure that your yeast is fresh, stale yeast will not rise.
- It’s best to place your dough in a warm place so that it rises fully. We like to put it in the oven with the oven light.
- Shape the rolls by pushing the dough through your thumb and forefinger and folding the excess under.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
They are similar, however hawaiian rolls have the addition of pineapple juice to make them sweet.
We like to reheat rolls and bread by placing them in a preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 5-10 minutes.
🍽 More Homemade Rolls Recipes
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🧾Recipe Card
Want to make this homemade hawaiian rolls recipe? Print the recipe card below, or pin this recipe, so you can find it later.
Homemade Hawaiian Rolls
Equipment
- Microwave Safe Bowl
- Whisk
- plastic wrap
- large sheet pan or two 9×13 baking dishes
- parchment paper
- Pastry brush
- small bowl
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups pineapple juice
- 4 ½ teaspoons instant dry yeast
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar divided
- ½ cup salted butter melted
- ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk reserve egg white
- 5-6 cups bread flour
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl add the pineapple juice and microwave until warm, not too hot just warm to the touch.
- Add in 2 tablespoons of the sugar and stir.
- Add in the yeast and stir.
- Let the yeast bloom for 5 minutes.
- To the yeast and pineapple juice add the remaining sugar, melted butter, vanilla and eggs and egg yolks.
- Whisk to combine.
- Add 3 cups of flour and stir to combine.
- Add another cup of flour and stir.
- Continue adding flour until the dough is no longer sticky.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 ½ hours.
- Once the dough has risen line a large sheet pan with parchment paper or grease two 9×13 pans.
- Shape the dough into 24 rolls and place on the pan. Shape dough into rolls.
- Let rise another 1 ½ hours until doubled in size again.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix the reserved egg white with 1 tablespoon of water and whisk.
- Brush the egg wash over the top of the rolls.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
- While the rolls are still warm brush with butter.
- Serve.
