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.
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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
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 packet active dry yeast (2 ¼ teaspoons)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 3 cups all purpose flour
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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.
Is the fought supposed to be really sticky after kneading?
Michelle – The dough should be slightly sticky but not too sticky so if yours is very sticky I would add in more flour.
Stellar recipe! I’m at high elevation so I reduced the yeast to 2tsp, added a few tbsp of water, and baked at 350 for about 27 minutes like I saw in another comment. I also used 1 cup of whey from my yogurt making instead of 1 cup of water and they came out sooo soft and fluffy. Did the butter as soon as they came out of the oven.
New family fav for sure. Thanks!
Stes – Thank you so much! I also appreciate the feedback for higher elevations! Have a great day.
I made these last week,and my carb-conscious hubby ate 3 in one evening. He’s ready for some more. Thanks for the recipe.
Beth – Wow – I love hearing this so much! Thank you so much for sharing!
Found this recipe in January and have made them weekly for my family ever since. So so simple, versatile and delicious. I find that mine are extremely pale after 15 minutes and really need 25 minutes in the oven but I have no complaints. I am hoping to experiment- eliminate the sugar and try the recipe in a loaf pan to have easy homemade sandwich bread. Thanks for a great recipe!
Ali – Thank you so much! I love hearing this so much! Thank you so much for sharing for the positive review of the recipe. It means so much to me!
Im not sure what I did wrong but they were raw after the suggested cooking time. I put them back in covered for 7 minutes more and thought they were done. Unfortunately still raw in the middle.
Corinna – I’m so sorry to hear that! There are lots of factors that could have caused them. Maybe your oven runs hotter than normal, the flour was not measured correctly or the dough was kneaded to much when preparing it. Sorry it’s hard to trouble shoot without being there. If you make again you can tent the rolls with foil toward the end of the cooking time to prevent the outside of the rolls from becoming too brown while the inside of the rolls cook through.
These rolls are sooo delicious!! I just made a pan and they are gone!! Making a few batches today ( I only have a toaster oven for my big oven is on the blink) for a family get together tomorrow.? Thank you for this delicious recipe!! Oh, and I only have brown sugar, and that makes these so amazing!
Tamara – Yay! So glad you enjoyed them. We love them too.
It would be a lot easier to make if the yeast was in teaspoons or tablespoons instead of packets because a lot of people don’t buy packets
It’s 2 1/4 teaspoons of yeast. I will update the recipe to be more clear. I hope you make the recipe and enjoy it!
Without pineapple juice, how will these taste like Hawaiian rolls? These will just be rolls.
Greg – These are a copycat of the brand, Kings Hawaiian Rolls. They do not have pineapple in them. They are just a sweet roll that tastes amazing. I hope you try this recipe and let me know what you think.
Hi – They look great but there’s no video when you click “jump to video”.
Thank you so much for letting me know David. I got that fixed and the video is showing up now. I hope you try and enjoy this recipe!
Made these twice so far and our family loves them! I added a small amount of honey.
Great recipe!!!!
I’m so glad you enjoy this recipe Jennifer! The addition of the honey sounds amazing!