King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls

Ever wondered how they (King's Hawaiian) make their absolutely delicious sweet rolls? My hubby got me hooked on these. Every time there is a chicken dinner sale at Meijer's with these rolls included in the meal, I'm on it. I could eat all the rolls to myself. I browse through the internet, on google and found this recipe for it. I stumble on a food blogger Pennies on a Platter recipe for King's Hawaiian sweet rolls. I was excited to give it a try.

Recipe: Hawaiian Rolls
adapted: penniesonaplatter (Hallmark Mag.)

Things you need...

• 1 1/4 cups pineapple juice
• 2 packages instant dry yeast
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into pieces
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 5 1/2 to 6 cups flour (1 1/2 cups of flour is use for better dough handling)

Step 1:
In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat together the sugar and butter. Beat in the eggs, vanilla, salt, powdered ginger, pineapple juice and mix well. Before adding the flour into the mixture, mix in the yeast. Then flour is added in slowly, a cup at a time and beat until smooth. Stir in enough of the remaining flour (about 5 cups total ) to make the dough easy to handle.

Step 2:
Knead the dough until smooth and elastic, using up to 1/2 cup more if necessary. Place the dough in a greased bowl and turn greased side up. Loosely cover with a kitchen towel and let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. (Dough is ready if you poke it and the indentation remains.)

Step 3:
Punch down the dough and divide in half. Divide one half of the dough into nine equal pieces. Form each piece into a ball and pull the surface taut by tucking the dough in at the bottom of the ball. Place in a greased 9-inch round cake pan or any size pan, tucked side down. Continue until the pan is filled. Repeat with the other dough half. Cover the rolls and let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

Step 4:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake 30 to 40 minutes, until golden brown. Once the rolls are out, I quickly brushed butter on the top. Last but not least, enjoy your homemade King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls. :)

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