These homemade Hawaiian Dinner Rolls are soft and sweet, baked until golden brown. They are a wonderful addition to any meal.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon of active dry yeast
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup of warm water ~100°F
- 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar
- 1 cup of pineapple juice
- 4 ounces of unsalted butter – melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cup of all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup of light brown sugar – packed
- 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
- Extra flour
For egg wash
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon of water
Instructions
- Mix warm water and eggs with the granulated sugar in a small bowl, sprinkle the yeast in the bowl and let it bloom for 10 – 15 minutes.
- Add flour, brown sugar and salt in a medium bowl and mix well with a whisk.
- In the bowl of your stand-mixer, add pineapple juice, melted butter and vanilla extract, mix with a whisk.
- Now add the flour mixture along with the activated yeast to the liquid mixture in the stand-mixer bowl.
- Knead with the dough hook on medium speed for 1-2 minutes just until the dough starts to come away from the side of the bowl.
- Turn dough out on a lightly floured counter, shape into a ball, put it back into the bowl and allow to rise at room temperature overnight or until double in size, this may take a few hours or longer.
- When the dough has risen enough, turn it out on a lightly floured counter again. If the dough stick the the side of the bowl, just use a scraper to get it all out.
- Divide dough into 24 portions and shape them into round balls.
- Butter and flour a 9×13 baking dish.
- Place the dough balls in the baking dish and let them rise for about 2 hours.
- Prepare egg wash by beating one egg with 1 tablespoon of water.
- Brush the top of the risen dough with egg wash very lightly.
- Preheat oven to 400°F, and bake for 18 minutes until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.
- Serve rolls warm with butter.
