Sweet Bread Recipe For Bread Machine

Hawaiian Bread Recipe - Sweet bread

Last Updated on January 14, 2021 – Originally published in January of 2010

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We really like this bread. The crust is extra flaky and the bread has a cake-like texture. It's a little sweet and I view that as a good thing. In a word, this bread is yummy!!

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It Started With A Mix

Here's the history of this Hawaiian bread recipe . . .

People might be surprised to learn that I like to use bread mixes occasionally. It's a great way to try new types of bread without investing in special ingredients or different types of flour. In fact, that's how I discovered my passion for dark rye bread.

One of the first bread mixes I tried was for Hawaiian royal sweet bread. We loved it!

That made me curious about Hawaiian bread. What would it taste like if I made it from scratch? As is usually the case, the homemade bread tasted even better than the mix.

Pineapple Facts

The key ingredient of Hawaiian bread is pineapple juice. Here's the interesting thing about that, pineapples are not native to Hawaii! As it turns out, pineapples come from South America.

In 1901 the Hawaiian Pineapple Company was founded by James Dole. James became known as the "Pineapple King".

Dole opened his first pineapple plantation in the central plateau of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. In 1922 Dole purchased the entire island of Lanai and developed it as a vast pineapple plantation. It became the largest plantation in the world with over 20,000 acres devoted to growing pineapple.

Pineapples grow very slowly. They can take two to three years for a pineapple to reach maturation.

Did you know that it's possible to grow pineapples as a houseplant? The top of the pineapple (the green bit) can be planted in soil and a new pineapple plant will grow. The Man of the House has actually done this. It took ages to grow, but we did get a small pineapple at the end.

Pineapple Juice

Here's a hint for making Hawaiian bread. 3/4 of a cup of juice is 6 ounces. The single-serving cans of pineapple juice just happen to be 6 ounces. How handy is that?

Sweet or Basic Cycle?

If your machine has a sweet cycle you can use that for this bread. My Zojirushi doesn't have a sweet cycle. So I make this recipe using the basic cycle.

However, don't use the quick bread/cake cycle for this Hawaiian bread recipe. The quick bread or cake cycle is made for recipes that don't include yeast. Banana bread is an example of something that should be made using the quick bread or cake cycle.

Hawaiian Bread Ingredients

This recipe is for a two-pound bread machine. Use the sweet or basic cycle with the medium or light crust.

¾ cup pineapple juice
1 egg, beaten
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons milk
2 ½ Tablespoons sugar
¾ teaspoon salt
3 cups bread flour
1 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast

How to Make Hawaiian Bread in the Bread Machine

I make this recipe in my two-pound machine. Note that you'll be using the sweet or basic cycle with the medium or light crust.

Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the bread machine first. With my machine, a Zojirushi Virtuoso Breadmaker, I add the liquid first.

I made this loaf 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.

Be sure to check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. Pop the top of the bread machine and look at the dough. It should be a smooth, round ball.

If the dough is too dry add liquid a teaspoon at a time until it looks right. If it looks too wet, add flour a tablespoon at a time until it looks good.

Hawaiian Bread Recipe

¾ cup pineapple juice
1 egg beaten
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons milk
2 ½ Tablespoons sugar
¾ teaspoon salt
3 cups bread flour
1 ½ teaspoons active dry 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. (My bread machine recommends adding the liquids first.) Use the basic or sweet setting.
I made mine with the bread machine set atmedium crust. It came out a little darker than I'd like. The next time I'm going to use thelight crust setting.
Check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. It should be a smooth, round ball. If it's too dry add liquid a teaspoon 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.

This is a recipe for a two-pound machine. Use the sweet or basic cycle with the medium or light crust.

This recipe was developed and tested using US customary measurements. Metric measurements are calculated automatically.

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Hawaiian Bread Machine Recipe