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Soft fluffy buttery sandwich buns

Food52 · 40 min video

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Soft fluffy buttery sandwich buns, from the video Makes 12
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Ingredients
Method
Techniques
  • warm water
  • yeast
Pour warm water into the mixer bowl, sprinkle the yeast over and leave a few minutes.
An enriched dough for soft buns
  • milk
  • butter
Warm the milk until barely warm and melt the butter in it.
  • flour
  • dry milk
  • sugar
  • salt
  • honey
  • 2 whole eggs
Add the flour, dry milk, a little sugar and the salt to the mixer and stir; add the honey, two eggs and the warm milk and butter.
Dry milk, sugar, honey and eggs
Mix on low four minutes until a soft shaggy dough forms, scrape the bowl, then three minutes on medium until smooth and uniform.
Round in a lightly greased bowl with damp hands, cover and rise 45 minutes to an hour until nearly doubled.
  • flour
Turn onto a floured surface and fold the dough over onto itself a few times, rotating; return to rise 30 to 40 minutes more.
Divide into 12 pieces of about 95 grams and round each with the heel of the hand into a taut ball; set on a parchment-lined baking sheet (together, or spaced on two).
Cover with a towel or greased plastic wrap and proof until puffy.
  • egg wash
Brush with egg wash.
Bake at 350 about 22 to 25 minutes until deeply golden; do not overbake.