ALOHA BREAD! I made the recipe super easy for you, the rolls are sweet, soft, and oh yes….. they even say Aloha when you bite into them!
ALOHA BREAD, deliciously sweet, soft rolls, easy recipe, and perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, holidays. Freezer friendly too
ALOHA BREAD, deliciously sweet, soft rolls! These rolls are amazing and the recipe is incredibly easy. just follow the steps and you can’t go wrong!
Aloha! Why have I called this recipe Aloha Bread? Can you guess what is in the ingredients?
This is a delicious bundle of soft, light, sweet rolls with a pineapple flavor and oh boy! It is delicious!
This is an easy recipe, you can use a stand mixer or make by hand, and below at the end, I will add a very nice video for you if you wish to make by hand so you have the correct kneading technique so as to not spoil your wonderful bread. Try our lovely Aloha Bread recipe, it really is super soft, moist and yes, very very addictive!
If you enjoy sweet rolls, why not try our really popular Blueberry Cream Cheese Swirly Bread Rolls. Oh boy! Be sure to make plenty of these too because they never last long!
Prep time : 2 hrs (includes rise etc)
Cook Time : 15 – 20 minutes
Yield : 16 rolls
You need : 2 x 9 inch cake pans and parchment paper.
Ingredients
THE DOUGH
One package .25 oz or 7 g active dry yeast
1/4 cup or 60 ml warm water
2 eggs
1/2 cup or 120 ml pineapple juice
1/4 cup or 60 ml water
1/3 cup or 75 g white sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup or 55 g butter, melted
4 Cups or 500 g all-purpose flour
1/4 Teaspoon Salt (add it to the flour)
Instructions
1. In small bowl dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water, not so hot you can’t touch it, just tepid warm, cover and leave for about 10 minutes.
2. In a stand mixer, beat the yeast mixture, eggs, pineapple juice, 1/4 cup water, sugar, vanilla, and melted butter.
When all combined, gradually stir in salt & flour until a stiff batter-like dough is formed.
*** If your dough is too wet, don’t be afraid to add more flour, a tablespoon at a time until it is dry enough to handle. It should come away from the mixing bowl in a ‘ball’ after kneading.
Knead for 10 minutes using the dough hook, or by hand if you don’t have a stand mixer. (again, use more flour if kneading by hand so it is not too sticky wet to handle) Watch the short video at the end of this recipe for kneading by hand.
3. Cover with a clean cloth and place somewhere warm to let rise for 1 hour.
After 1 hour
4. Punch the air out of the dough and turn it onto a well-floured surface.
5. Divide into 2 equal pieces and then divide each of those two pieces into 8, so in total, you get 16 pieces
Use 2 x 9-inch baking pans, and grease and flour the pans.
6. After dividing the dough, form into buns like in the photo below, so the seam side is placed down in the pan.
Arrange the buns like the photo, all around and one in the middle. Cover and let rise again until doubled and they are touching each other, about 40 minutes.
7. Preheat oven to 350F / 180 C / Gas 4
8. Bake for 15- 20 minutes, then remove from the oven and brush the tops with melted butter.
To test if the rolls are cooked through, tip them out the pan (use a cloth!) and tap the base. Especially in the center. If it sounds hollow, they’re done. If not, return to the oven for another 5 – 10 minutes. Every oven is different but now you know the trick to see if they’re done!
We’d love to hear from you and what you thought of our Aloha Bread recipe. Did you make any changes or add some other goodies? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!
Watch this handy video if you want to make this bread by hand. It’s short and has great advice!
Delicious Sweet Bread Recipes
Here's a selection of our favorite sweet bread recipes for you to enjoy
Orange and Cinnamon Swirly Bread
.... oh my! Seriously soft, sticky, yummy! Happy baking!
Orange Brioche bread, luxuriously soft and buttery, with a hint of orange throughout.Great for snacks, sandwiches, French Toast or to simply eat warm from the oven as they are.
Cinnamon Raisin Bread. A nice easy bread to make, using your bread maker or oven. Delicious toasted and served warm with some butter. This is also great to make French Toast, YUMMY!
BLUEBERRY CREAM CHEESE SWIRLY BREAD .... oh my! Serious soft, sticky, creamy yummy! Happy baking!
Light, Fluffy, Soft, VANILLA Filled Buns..oh gosh! Eat these warm or cold, I like them just from the oven! Freezer friendly too
Hot Cross Buns are a lovely soft, spiced sweet roll, and traditionally made at Easter time, simply spilt apart and spread with butter and jam. They're lovely eaten warm from the oven or split and toasted. Nowadays, these are enjoyed all year round! Very easy to make and freezer friendly.
Almond, Raisin Cream Cheese Sticky Buns. These delicious rolls are so yummy, with ground almonds, raisins and cream cheese keeping them soft, sticky and sweet!
ALOHA BREAD! I made the recipe super easy for you, the rolls are sweet, soft, and oh yes..... they even say Aloha when you bite into them!
Aloha Bread
ALOHA BREAD! I made the recipe super easy for you, the rolls are sweet, soft, and oh yes..... they even say Aloha when you bite into them!
Ingredients
- 0.25oz (One package) or 7 g active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup or 60 ml warm water
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup or 120 ml pineapple juice
- 1/4 cup or 60 ml water
- 1/3 cup or 75 g white sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup or 55 g butter, melted
- 4 Cups or 500 g all-purpose flour
- 1/4 Teaspoon Salt, add it to the flour
Instructions
- In small bowl dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water, not so hot you can't touch it, just tepid warm, cover and leave for about 10 minutes.
- In a stand mixer, beat the yeast mixture,eggs, pineapple juice, 1/4 cup water, sugar, vanilla, and melted butter. When all combined, gradually stir in salt & flour until a stiff batter like dough is formed. *** If your dough is too wet, don't be afraid to add more flour, a tablespoon at a time until it is dry enough to handle. It should come away from the mixing bowl in a 'ball' after kneading. Knead for 10 minutes using the dough hook, or by hand if you don't have a stand mixer. (again, use more flour if kneading by hand so it is not too sticky wet to handle) Watch the short video at the end of this recipe for kneading by hand.
- Cover with a clean cloth and place somewhere warm to let rise for 1 hour.
- Punch the air out of the dough and turn it onto a well floured surface.
- Divide into 2 equal pieces and then divide each of those two pieces into 8, so in total you get 16 pieces. Use 2 x 9 inch baking pans, and grease and flour the pans.
- After dividing the dough, form into buns like in the photo below, so the seam side is placed down in the pan.
- Arrange the buns like the photo, all around and one in the middle. Cover and let rise again until doubled and they are touching each other, about 40 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350F / 180 C / Gas 4
- Bake for 15- 20 minutes, then remove from the oven and brush the tops with melted butter. To test if the rolls are cooked through, Tip them out the pan (use a cloth!) and tap the base. Especially in the centre. If it sounds hollow, they're done. If not, return to the oven for another 5 - 10 minutes. Every oven is different but now you know the trick to see if they're done!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 200Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 66mgCarbohydrates: 36gFiber: 1gSugar: 6gProtein: 5g
Kim
Can’t wait to try the aloha rolls however I only have a regular hand mixer so what can I do, use hand kneading only? Thank you in advance for any help or advice.
Len
I finally tried making this recipe as I am such a failure with dough. I thought this would be an easy one as the instructions were simple and I have all the ingredients. The only I changed is that I used instant yeast instead of active dry yeast. I got the conversion online and followed it to a T. The pan was positioned in the middle of the oven. Color or the top was amazing but the inside did not seem to cook. I added another 5 mins as indicated in the recipe but still it was too doughy. I am not sure what I a doing wrong. I will try using the active dry yeast for a second try and we will see if it comes out nice and fluffy.
Lovefoodies
Hi Len, thanks for writing in and I’m sorry the rolls didn’t turn out well.
I don’t think it’s the yeast which may have caused the problem but perhaps the time for kneading the dough and also the rising. Often if bread is too “dough” it’s because it hasn’t been kneaded long enough. Try to make sure when you knead, the dough comes away from the sides and if you pull it gently, it should start to spring back showing elasticity.
On a quick thought, make sure your yeast is still in date. I’ve used out of date yeast before without realising and that was the cause one time when my bread failed to rise properly!!
I hope that helps!
Amelia Campbell
I want to know if I can use Almond flour in place of all purpose flour and if so, is it the same amount or not? I am trying to get away from wheat or regular flour.
Lovefoodies
Hi Amelia, I’ve never tried with almond flour so unfortunately I can’t say if it will give you the same results. It’s always tricky with bread so I wouldn’t like to guess and get it wrong!