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You are going to love this Kings Hawaiian Rolls Recipe. It is so easy to make and tastes just like the real thing. Save yourself some money and make Kings Hawaiian Rolls at home.
Everyone in my family loves these King’s Hawaiian Recipes, but I typically only buy them around Thanksgiving. But we enjoy them year round made into sliders.
We love making Homemade Quick Bread Recipes for any occasion. You will to serve them with our homemade garlic butter and it is perfection. Check out these other delicious recipes – Easy Homemade Artisan Bread or Quick 30 Minute Dinner Rolls.
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What are Kings Hawaiian Rolls?
Kings Hawaiian Rolls are a sweet bread that is loaded with flavor. They have a soft, fluffy texture and the perfect roll to serve with your holiday turkey.
They are easy to make with simple ingredients and always a family favorite.
Ingredients:
- Warm Water
- Granulated Sugar
- Yeast
- Vegetable Oil
- Salt
- All purpose Flour
For the full list of ingredients and recipes, scroll to the bottom for the recipe card.
Variations:
- Seasoning – Feel free to add in fresh herbs or seasoning to the dough mixture. Stir in minced garlic, or rosemary, thyme and parsely are great options. We have even added in brown sugar and vanilla extract for added flavor.
- Shredded Coconut – Shredded coconut is always a great addition to the Hawaiian Bread Rolls.
- Melted Butter – After shaping the doughs brush the tops with melted butter and cinnamon and sugar. This adds the perfect amount of sweetness to these favorite roll recipe. You can even mix melted butter with poppy seed.
Step by Step Instructions:
- Step 1 – Mix together water, sugar and yeast. Let stand about 10 minutes, or until yeast begins to activate (small bubbles will form).
- Step 2 – In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, slowly add in oil, salt and flour. Mix until well incorporate and then continue to knead for about 2-3 minutes.
- Step 3 – Oil sides of bowl. Remove dough from mixing bowl and place in glass bowl, turning to coat with oil. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let rise for about an hour or until doubled in size.
- Step 4 – Spray an 8″ x 8″ glass baking pan with cooking spray. Divide the risen knead dough into 9 similarly sized balls.
- Step 5 – Arrange in the prepared dish, leaving some space around each ball to allow for rising. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise about 30 minutes, or until doubled in size.
- Step 6 – Once risen again, bake rolls in 350 degrees oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown on top. Remove from oven and immediately butter the top of each roll. Enjoy these warm, fluffy melt rolls.
Recipe Tips:
- Fresh Ingredients – Make sure when making homemade bread recipe that your yeast has not expired.
- Prepare Baking Dish – Prepare the baking dish by spraying with cooking spray. This helps to easily remove the homemade Hawaiian Rolls easily.
- Combining Ingredients – We recommend using the dough hook to combine the ingredients. It is much easier using the stand mixer than doing it by hand.
Serving Suggestions:
These King Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls are delicious made into sandwiches. We love these sliders recipes but have also made ham and Swiss sandwiches.
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Frequent Asked Questions:
Any leftovers can be stored at room temperature. Just make sure the Hawaiian Rolls are wrapped good.
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Kings Hawaiian Rolls Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 packet active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups all purpose flour
Instructions
- Mix together water, sugar and yeast. Let stand about 10 minutes, or until yeast begins to activate (small bubbles will form).
- In a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment, slowly add in oil, salt and flour. Mix until well incorporated and then continue to knead for about 2-3 minutes.
- Oil a glass bowl. Remove dough from mixer bowl and place in the glass bowl, turning to coat with oil. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let rise for about an hour or until doubled in size.
- Spray an 8″ x 8″ glass dish with cooking spray. Divide the risen dough into 9 similarly sized balls. Arrange in the prepared dish, leaving some space around each ball to allow for rising. Cover tightly and let rise about 30 minutes.
- Once risen again, bake rolls in 350F oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown on top. Remove from oven and immediately butter the top of each roll.
Lisa – I find that All Purpose flour creates a softer texture in these rolls which is similar to the store bought Hawaiian rolls. Bread flour can be used in this recipe but will create more denser rolls.
I made exactly as recipe stated and they were awesome. Question for the future can I use bread flour. I was surprised you used AP flour.
I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe Amy! Thank you for the positive review!
These are the best rolls I have ever made or probably ever had. Unfortunately I now have the bad habit of making them every weekend. I love that it’s such an easy recipe with so few ingredients. I did struggle the first five or so times I made it because the dough was always sticky and I had to add an additional amount of flour (about 3/4 cup) which made them pretty dense (but still delicious). For some reason with the most recent batch I decided to mix everything the the paddle until it started to form a dough and then switched to the dough hook and the dough was perfect! Didn’t need to add any extra flour. I’m waiting for it to rise right now but I’m going to see if I can get 12 out of one batch (less calories right? Haha!). Do yourself a favor and do this recipe. You won’t regret it.