Month: December 2025

Parker House Rolls (Chef John)

I also decided to make some Parker House rolls for Thanksgiving and tried a new recipe. This recipe makes 24 rolls. I did a half batch and they turned out good. I liked that the combining of ingredients was simple and there weren’t a lot of different steps where you added one thing at a time.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup warm milk
  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 1 package active dry yeast (~7 grams, I did like 4 grams for my half batch)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 Tbsp white sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup butter, melted
  • 4 1/2 cup AP flour
  1. Combine warm milk, water, yeast (~110-120F) – let sit for 10 minutes
  2. Add eggs, sugar, salt, 1/2 cup melted butter
  3. Whisk together
  4. Add AP flour and knead until comes together (hand kneaded about 5-6 minutes)
  5. Form into ball and place in lightly buttered bowl until double (~2 hours)
  6. Press flat, divide into 24 portions and roll into ball (I weighed the whole thing and then portioned by weight).
  7. Roll out into a 4-5 inch long oval and brush with melted butter, then fold in half
  8. Place on lined baking sheet
  9. Cover with towel (I did saran wrap) and let rise until almost doubled (~1 hour, mine rose in about 40 min)
  10. Bake at 350 F (20-25 minutes) until golden brown
  11. Brush with melted butter while still warm.

I would make this recipe again. These rolls were delicious and were gobbled up quickly at the family Thanksgiving dinner. The dough was easy to work with and not super sticky/wet.

-StewsCat

Hawaiian Sweet Rolls

Hawaiian Sweet Rolls

For Thanksgiving this year I elected to make some rolls for the family potluck. I had previously made some good dinner rolls but didn’t remember the recipe (and only just now found that I have it saved as a draft here, so I will eventually publish that as well). I decided to try making a dupe for the famous Hawaiian Rolls. There are many recipes that can be found online.

This recipe is from Mike’s bakery NYC. The following recipe makes 15 rolls

Ingredients:

  • 530 grams All-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 14 grams instant yeast
  • 180 grams pineapple juice
  • 90 grams milk
  • 85 grams honey
  • 1 tsp white vinegar
  • 1 large egg (~50 grams)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Egg Wash: 1 egg beaten with 1 Tbsp water
  1. Combine flour (minus 30 grams), salt, yeast in mixing bowl
  2. In a saucepan (low-medium heat), heat pineapple juice, milk, butter, honey, stirring – heat until 120-130 F
  3. Add mixture to flour
  4. Add egg, vinegar, vanilla and remaining 1/4 cup (30g) flour and combine.
  5. Knead 8-10 minutes, cover, rest 15 minutes
  6. Weigh dough, divide into 15 equal pieces and shape into balls
  7. Place on lightly greased 9 x 13″ pan (leave room for it to expand)
  8. Cover and let double (~60-75 minutes)
  9. Preheat oven to 375 F with rack on lower-middle rack
  10. Brush top with egg wash and bake 18-20 minutes or until golden brown on top.

I would make this recipe again. The rolls turned out good. I will say the dough was quite wet and sticky and I did end up adding in additional flour but overall just had to keep working it until it formed into a less sticky dough ball.

-StewsCat