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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 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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We love hearing from you. If you make this copycat King’s Hawaiian Rolls Recipe make sure to leave us a comment.
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.
I use All Purpose Flour for this recipe.
I didn’t see what kind of oil you were using…
I use vegetable oil for this recipe. I have updated the post and the recipe card to be more clear. Thank you!
The recipe I have calls for Pineapple juice for the Hawaiian rolls and they do taste like Hawaiian made them for a Christmas party at the Church everyone wanted the recipe
I made these in the bread machine using bread flour. Add the ingredients in the order recommended by your bread machine and use the dough setting (no need to proof the yeast separately). I also put the 9 rolls in a 9×9 inch square baking pan and let them raise for 1 1/2 hours. Absolutely delicious! I had been looking for a Hawaiian roll recipe that did not use pineapple juice, since King’s Hawaiian Rolls do not list pineapple juice as an ingredient. This is the recipe I have been looking for!
Can this be made with butter instead of vegetable oil?
Yes, that would work.
These rolls are really good….6/5 for yumminess. My kids gobbled them up and argued over the last one. But we all agreed, they are not the same as *name brand* Hawaiian rolls, so as a copy cat recipe…1/5. Now please excuse me while I go bake another batch 😉
These were delicious! I love to bake bread and this was such a super simple recipe, instructions were easy to follow, and the taste was really close to King’s Hawaiian. Next time I’m going to add a little more sugar and I think it’ll be a perfect copycat!
Thanks so much for commenting. I’m glad you loved them.
So I’ve and fluffy! For the second proofing, I sprayed olive oil all over and proofed in my oven warming drawer, then after baking smothered butter on the tops. They were nice and fluffy!
We love these. I double the recipe and use it to make kolaches. Usually we get 25 some we add sausage and others ham or cheese and jalapeno. Thank you for the great recipe!
These rolls were so good.
I just made these. They are incredible. Highly recommend this recipe!
I’m so glad you loved the recipe.
II gave the recipe because it does taste like Kings Hawaiian dinner rolls, but my dinner rolls were on the dense side. What did I do wrong? I let the dough rise for almost 2 hours. Thank you.
I’m thinking it was too much flour. Make sure you don’t pack the flour when you measure.
Made a triple recipe this morning and they are outstanding and easy!
Definitely a keeper!
Only change I made was the addition of a little diastatic malt (it’s a long story)