Hawaiian Bread

onionjs's Note:

A yummy, rich, sweet bread. Great as french toast.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 loaf

• 3 ounces butter
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 ounce fresh yeast
• ¾ cup water
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¾ teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup pineapple juice
• 4 ½ cups bread flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt

Directions:

1. Using paddle attachment on mixer, cream butter and sugar.
2. Add eggs one at a time until incorporated.
3. Switch to dough hook, add remaining ingredients, mix 8-10 minutes until gluten develops Round, cover, ferment until dough doubles.
4. Punch, round, place on parchment-paper lined sheet pan.
5. Bake at 350°F (convection) or 400°F (conventional) for 20 minutes.
6. Reduce temperature 25 degrees and bake until done.

Reviews

[Lois O'Loughlin]

Made these into 18 good size rolls. Family said they were better than the store bought. I didn't have pineappkle juice so after reading a pror review I subbed orange juice and you really couldn't taste that either.. just a nice sweetness. I did use almost 2 packs of dry yeast which produced a fluffy, soft roll.

[ScubaBrynn]

My local firefighters and my family loved it. Soft with a slightly sweet flavor. Not quite like store bought, but close. The bread could have burned in the first 20 minutes. This bread cooked a whole lot faster than anticipated. I put it in two loaf pans to fit all the dough. I would lower the temp next time and adjust time.

[O-mama]

Made this quite some time ago to use for french toast. I had tried it with 2 1/2 c. whole wheat pastry flour and 2 c. white flour. Turned out rather dry and the tops cracked open while baking. Looking forward to trying it again per the original ingredients. Will rate at that time.