From scratch · Enriched breads

Sweet rolls (Hawaiian-style)

Soft, slightly sweet pull-apart rolls made with honey, butter and eggs.

✋ 35 min hands-on ⏱ 3 hr 23 min start to finish 🍽 16 pull-apart rolls in a 9 × 13-inch pan.

ContainsWheat, Milk, Eggs.

Ingredients

  • 500 g all-purpose flour
  • 7 g active dry yeast
  • 7 g table salt
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 25 g granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup whole milk, warm
  • 2 eggs, large
  • 57 g butter, salted, softened, plus more for brushing

Time

Hands-on time is when you’re busy; the rest is rising, simmering, chilling or cooling, when you can do something else.

StepHands-onWaiting
Mix and knead the dough20 min1 hr 15 min
Shape the rolls15 min50 min
Bake at 350°F–23 min
Cool–20 min
In all35 min2 hr 48 min

How long it keeps

  • Counter: in a bag, about 3 days (NDSU’s figure for bread and rolls).
  • Freezer: bag them once cool, up to 3 months (University of Missouri).

Nutrition

Estimated from the ingredients’ USDA FoodData Central numbers.

Steps

You’ll need: large bowl, 9 × 13-inch pan.

  1. Stir the yeast into the warm milk with the honey and sugar and let it stand 5 minutes.
  2. Beat in the eggs, butter and salt, then the flour. Knead 8 to 10 minutes; the dough stays soft.
  3. Cover and let it rise until doubled, about 1 to 1½ hours.
  4. Divide into 16 pieces (about 55 g each), round them into tight balls, and set them in rows in a greased 9 × 13 pan.
  5. Let rise until puffy and touching, 45 to 60 minutes. Heat the oven to 350°F.
  6. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until golden (about 190°F). Brush with melted butter.
⚖️ ScalingEach roll is a sixteenth of the dough. Many recipes use pineapple juice for part of the milk; this one keeps to pantry staples.
🛡 SafetyDon’t taste raw dough or batter, and wash your hands and the counter after handling flour: raw flour can carry germs that only baking kills (FDA).

🌱 Grow it

You can grow some of what goes into this: honey (honeybees) and eggs (backyard hens).

Sources

  1. Food Storage Guide (FN579), NDSU Extension, reviewed January 2023. Accessed 2026-10-25.
  2. Tips for Storing Bread, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Herkimer County, 2020. Accessed 2026-10-25.
  3. How to Freeze Home-Prepared Foods (GH1505), University of Missouri Extension. Accessed 2026-10-25.
  4. Handling Flour Safely: What You Need to Know, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Accessed 2026-10-25.

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