Bread Baking: Fast Buttery Buns

Name: Bread Baking: Fast Buttery Buns
Prep time: 1 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 319 grams 1/2 cups bread flour (divided); 1 Tbsp cane sugar; 2 teaspoons instant yeast; 1 teaspoon salt; 4 Tbsps unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 237 milliliters lukewarm water

This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 4g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 141 calories. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up butter, salt, instant yeast, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Instructions

Put the water, yeast, sugar, and 2 cups of the bread flour into the bowl of your stand mixer. Stir to combine. I will be loose and gooey.

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Bread Flour

Sugar

Water

Yeast

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Put the remaining flour on top.

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All Purpose Flour

Add the salt. Cover with plastic wrap (yes, you're just leaving that flour on top for now) and set aside for 20 minutes.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Remove the plastic wrap and knead the dough with the stand mixer fitted with the dough hook until the dough is smooth, shiny, and elastic. It will be a soft dough.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Stand Mixer

Add the butter and continue kneading until the butter is completely incorporated.

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Butter

Remove the bowl from the stand mixer, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside for 20 minutes.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Stand Mixer

Bowl

Flour your work surface and preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Turn out the dough and knead briefly. It should be soft and feel bouncy. Divide the dough into 12 pieces and shape into balls.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Oven

Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet.Note: if you want sandwich/burger buns instead of round rolls, flatten the balls to about 1/2 high. I made 6 of the flatter buns and 6 round buns. Cover the buns with plastic wrap and set aside until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.

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