My experiment with Hawaiian bread mix made me curious about Hawaiian bread. What would it taste like if I made it from scratch? As it turns out, it tasted even better than the mix.
Hawaiian Bread
¾ cup pineapple juice
1 egg
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 ½ Tablespoons sugar
¾ teaspoon salt
3 cups bread flour
2 tablespoons milk
1 ½ teaspoons yeast
This makes a two pound loaf. Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the bread machine first. Make sure you check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. Just pop the top of the bread machine and see how the dough is doing. It should be a smooth, round ball. If it’s too dry add liquid a tablespoon at a time until it looks OK. If it looks too wet, add flour a tablespoon at a time until it looks OK. Most of the time though, the above amounts should be just right.
I made mine with the bread machine set at medium crust. It came out a little darker than I’d like. The next time I’m going to use the light crust setting.
We found the crust to be extra flaky and the bread had a cake-like texture. It was great!
Can you taste the pineapple flavor, or does it just give a nice bright acidity ot the bread? I bet this would be lovely with some dried cherries too, yum!
I could taste the slightest bit of pineapple. I also noticed a little pineapple aroma. However the Man of the House didn’t notice it at all. We both noticed the distinctive cake-like texture of the bread. It’s very good.
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Thanks for posting this recipe. My family loves King’s Hawaiian bread. I tried your recipe last night and everybody loved it. I did need to add 1 tablespoon of milk.
I’m glad to have found your website and will be trying more of your recipes. Thanks!
Can i halve the recipe for my 1-pound bread machine?
Tiffany, It would seem like that should work, doesn’t it? It’s not that simple though. The yeast amount and the salt amount can be especially tricky.
Let us know if you develop a one pound version though. I’m sure you’re not the only one with that question.
I just received my bread machine, it was a gift from a wonderful friend of mine, I am so excited to get to the store an buy flour an try some of your recipes,,, this is an adventure, all the pictures look so yummy, I will take one of my first loaf..i can hardly wait. I am glad i found your so very interesting website.
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I made this bread but I felt like it was a little dense and I couldn’t taste much of the sweetness of the pineapple. Do you recommend any adjustments to the recipe? Thank you.
I’m so excited to make this! Just checking: the two tablespoons milk, that’s just liquid milk? Not milk powder? It seems like it’s grouped with the non-liquid items, so I thought I should check. Thanks!
Hi Stephanie – That’s liquid milk. I may need to reorder the items so I don’t confuse other people. Anyway, let me know how it turns out.
Wonderful recipe. Great to make a ham sandwich and french toast. Yum!
This would be great for a ham sandwich . . . OK, now I’m hungry.