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

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