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!
Kings Hawaiian Rolls Recipe
What is it about King’s Hawaiian Rolls that are just so delicious? Is it the super soft texture or the melt in your mouth flavor? I don’t know what it is exactly, but I do know they are absolutely delicious!
Everyone in my family loves these, but I typically only buy them around Thanksgiving. The rest of the year we just “make do” with biscuits or plain ole rolls. 🙂
I recently ran across a recipe for homemade King’s Hawaiian Rolls and I thought, why not try making them on my own. The worst that could happen is that I realize there is no copying a good thing so I might as well suck up the cost of these rolls.
I am happy to report, however, these turned out SO good! I think you are going to be pleasantly surprised at how close these are to the real thing. These are very easy to put together, all you need is a little time to allow the dough to rise.
How do you make dinner rolls from scratch?
I think are you are going to be surprised how easy it actually is to make Kings Hawaiian Rolls from scratch. You only need a few simple ingredients and the entire recipe comes together so easily.
The hardest part is waiting for them to rise. Once you learn how to make these easy homemade Kings Hawaiian Rolls, you will make them all the time.
We also make these easy homemade dinner rolls and they are a hit too! Everything is super simple. You know we don’t do anything complicated or expensive around here. 🙂
You certainly don’t have to but if you have a big stand mixer, it makes these bread recipes even easier. I have one of the kitchen aid style mixers here. The dough hook makes it all come together so quickly.
What do you eat with King’s Hawaiian rolls?
We like them with just about anything! They are the perfect roll to go with any dinner from grilled chicken to pork tenderloin.
They are also perfect to use for Hawaiian Ham and Cheese Sliders Recipe and Hawaiian Turkey and Cheese Sliders.
We love the Hawaiian sliders with poppy seed and all of the delicious cheese. You can add the pineapple juice and brown sugar to some of these and they are amazing.
Our family loves these recipes. So good!
We also use them to make these delicious sliders:
- Buffalo Chicken Meatballs Sliders
- Crock Pot Chicken Parmesan Sliders
- Jalapeño Popper Burger Sliders
- Crock Pot BBQ Chicken Sliders
How to store homemade hawaiian rolls?
Any leftovers can be stored at room temperature. Just make sure the Hawaiian Rolls are wrapped good.
Ingredients for homemade Hawaiian rolls:
These are items that you most likely have on hand already. Yah!
- Warm water
- Granulated sugar
- 1 pkg yeast
- oil
- salt
- flour
That’s it! I know these ingredients don’t seem like much, but they are all you need to make this delicious King’s Hawaiian rolls recipe.
How do you make Hawaiian rolls from scratch?
1. Mix together water, sugar and yeast. Let stand about 10 minutes, or until yeast begins to activate (small bubbles will form).
2. In a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment, slowly add in oil, salt and flour. Mix until well incorporate and then continue to knead for about 2-3 minutes.
3. Oil a glass bowl. Remove dough from mixer 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.
4. 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, or until doubled in size.
5. 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. Enjoy these warm!
I like them best out of the oven, but they really do heat up well. My kids gobbled them up.
Save 75% by making this Hawaiian rolls recipe!
I can typically find a package of King’s Hawaiian Rolls for about $3 at my local store. With this recipe you get 9 generously sized rolls.
The biggest thing you need for this recipe is 3 cups of flour. There are about 20 cups of flour in a 5 lb. bag. I can usually pick up a bag of flour from Aldi for $1.29.
That means I’ll only use $0.20 worth of flour for this recipe. The rest of the ingredients are negligible.
The only thing you might have to buy is yeast. You can find a 3-pack of yeast packets for about $1.50.
You only need one for this recipe, so the yeast will cost you about $0.50. We only need a small amount of the other ingredients, so this king’s hawaiian roll recipe will cost you under $1! That is a huge savings!
Print this Kings Hawaiian Rolls recipe:
This kings hawaiian rolls recipe is easy to make and they actually taste like the real kings hawaiian rolls.
- 1 cup warm water
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 packet active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups flour
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Mix together water, sugar and yeast. Let stand about 10 minutes, or until yeast begins to activate (small bubbles will form).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
You are going to be pleasantly surprised at how close these are to the real thing. These are very easy to put together, all you need is a little time to allow the dough to rise.
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Michelle says
Can these rolls be made without a stand mixer with dough attachment?
Kay says
Recipe sounds sooo good…We love King’s Hawaiian Rolls!! Can these be made in a bread machine using the recipe “as is?”
Brenda says
These tasted wonderful!! My dough was very sticky so it was hard dividing the dough. Was yours sticky?
Carrie says
It is a little sticky – just add a tad more flour if you need to do make it more easy to manage.
Carrie says
Yes, they could. You would just need to do more kneading.
Cathy says
has anyone tried this with gluten free flour?
Kevin says
Made these rolld for Thanksgiving and they turned out perfect. The only thing I would change is add a tiny bit more sugar. I could not stop eating them, so good
Jessica says
Hi! Can this dough be made ahead of time and frozen for later? If so, at what part would I freeze them (before rising the second time, for example?)
Thanks!
Carrie says
Yes, Jessica, these can be frozen. I would freeze them after you knead the rolls and formed them into balls. Then we you bring them out to defrost them allow them to rise at that time. Thank you!
Lora Miranda says
Can you make these in a Bread Machine?
Kevin Tarr says
Hello!
I would like to make the dough the night before, let it rise once, then refrigerate till I am ready to continue making the rolls. My question is if that’s possible. Thank you!
Carrie says
Yes, I think that’ll work great!
Lynne K says
So, in step #2, you also add the yeast mixture to the oil/flour mixture for kneading? Or is #1 done *IN* the stand mixer bowl before #2, I guess? Wonder if bread machine (“rapid-rise”) yeast could work. I live in Tulsa, so I know of the record-breaking temps/weather of which you speak. Crazy. My prayers for the Texans. They’ve suffered far more than us.
Florence Anne Zemek says
I made these in a bread machine. I mixed the water, yeast and sugar in a bowl, separately and waited for the yeast to proof. Then I measured the flour, salt and oil into the bread maker, set it on “dough” and added the liquid. I live in a very dry climate and I had to add an additional 1/3 cup of water to make the dough come together properly. At the end of the 45 minute dough cycle, I pulled the dough out and rolled it into 9 balls in a greased square glass pan, and let rise in the refrigerator .
for several hours. They rose appreciably while in the refrigerator and when baked rose a bit more. They were delicious and fluffy.
Carrie says
Awesome! I’m so glad that worked out in your bread machine too. Thank you for sharing.
Brenda Hall says
In your answer to Jessica in 2019, you mentioned she could freeze the rolls after kneading the rolls and shaped. However, in your directions, I cannot find any instruction to knead after the first rise. It seems that there SHOULD be a second kneading but I don’t see it. Should I knead or not? If so, his long should I knead?
Carrie says
Brenda – Sorry for any confusion. I only knead once for this recipe right before the dough is added to the glass bowl to allow it to rise and then form it into rolls at this time.
Kim says
I live in high altitude, and the first time I made these rolls, I baked for 5 minutes longer, 20 minutes, but they were still a bit doughy. Baked them this time for 27 minutes and they look perfect!
Carrie says
Thanks for sharing – It’s good to know how to adjust the cooking time for a high altitude area!