Easy Homemade Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
Make Homemade Hawaiian Sweet Rolls in just 5 steps! This recipe is tried and true and makes fluffy, round, sweet rolls that are better than King’s! Beginner-friendly.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (250 ml) canned pineapple juice
- 1/3 cup (65 g) brown sugar
- 2 and 1/4 tsp (7 g) instant yeast
- 3 and 1/2 cups (430 g) all-purpose flour (or up to 4 cups or 500 g)
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp (30 g) unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp milk (for brushing)
- 2 tbsp (30 g) unsalted butter (melted, for brushing)
Instructions
- Make the dough. In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand-mixer fitted with a dough hook, add the juice, sugar, yeast, all-purpose flour, and salt. Mix until a dough starts forming and pulling away from the sides. Add in the butter and keep mixing or kneading until smooth and elastic.
- Let raise. Place the dough into a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let raise until double in size (60-90 minutes).
- Shape into rolls. Grease a 9 x 13-inch (22 x 33 cm) baking dish with butter and set aside. Divide the dough into 15 parts (you can use a kitchen scale if you want to be precise but it’s not necessary). Roll each piece of dough into a ball, then shape by tucking under to create a smooth top and place the prepared roll into the greased baking dish. Cover the remaining pieces of dough with a clean kitchen towel to keep them from drying out as you work.
- Let raise again. Cover the baking dish with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let raise until puffy (30-40 minutes). Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350F (180C).
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden on top and a toothpick inserted in the center of one of the rolls comes out clean. Meanwhile, add the butter to a small saucepan over low heat and heat until melted. As soon as the rolls come out of the oven, brush them with the melted butter. Serve immediately!
Notes
Make-Ahead Instructions: follow the recipe through step 2, then place the covered bowl in the refrigerator and allow to raise overnight. The next morning, remove the bowl from the refrigerator, let sit on the counter for about 40 minutes before following step 3. Storing Instructions: baked goods such as rolls are best eaten fresh as they tend to dry up overtime. They keep for 1 day stored in an air-tight container at room temperature but your best option is freezing. Freezing Instructions: place your baked and cooled rolls in a ziplock bag and freeze for up to 3 months. To thaw, remove the rolls from the freezer and place them onto a layer of paper towel to absorb the moisture as they come to room temperature. When they’re half-way thawed, flip them over so the moisture doesn't pool at the bottom creating a soggy base. Reheating Instructions: to reheat or toast your rolls, you can skip thawing. Reheat by cutting each roll in half and toasting it on a hot skillet, you can also pop them in the oven for a few minutes, cut in half and wrap each half in a paper towel and microwave for 10-15 seconds, or steam whole rolls for 10-20 seconds.
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