New England Hot Dog Buns
To cook these buns, you will need a baking pan with 2” sides that is 5-6 ½” long on one side. You want your buns to fit snugly into the pan, or else they will not rise properly. Use multiple, smaller baking dishes if necessary.Yield: 10 buns
Servings: 10 people
Calories: 165kcal
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 c water, warmed to 90F
- 1 ¼ teaspoon active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted and let cool
- 1 egg, beaten slightly
- 3 c unbleached all-purpose flour
- ¼ c non-fat powdered milk
- ¼ c potato flakes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water (for brushing the rolls)
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, dissolve sugar in warm water. Add yeast and let stand for 5-10 min until the yeast becomes soft and foamy.
- Mix in cool, melted butter and beaten egg.
- Add 2 cups of flour, powdered milk, potato flakes and salt. Mix until the dough comes together.
- Turn the dough out onto your counter top and add the last cup of flour. Knead the flour into the dough until a smooth, soft dough forms, 8-10 min.
- Place the dough into a lightly greased bowl, coating the dough with the grease as well. Cover with a tea towel and let rise in a warm (70-80F), draft-free place until the dough has doubled in bulk, 1 to 1 ½ hours.
- Punch down the dough and divide it into 10 roughly equal pieces. Shape each piece into a 6”long log, and place into a greased baking pan, ¼” apart.
- Brush the dough gently with 1 egg beaten with 2 teaspoon water.
- Cover the pan with a tea towel and let the dough rise for 20 min.
- Preheat your oven to 350F.
- Place the risen buns in the over and bake for 25-30 minutes, until buns are golden. (Not sure if they’re done? Inert a thermometer as close to the center of the buns as you can. If it reads around 200F, they’re done!)
- Remove the pan from the oven. Let the buns cool for 5-10 minutes before de-panning the buns and placing on a wire rack to cool.
- Once cool, you can tear(or cut) the individual buns apart and slice them ⅔ of the way through from the top of the bun.
- Stuff with your desired filling!
Nutrition
Serving: 1roll | Calories: 165kcal | Carbohydrates: 30.6g | Protein: 6.5g | Fat: 2.4g | Saturated Fat: 1.1g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 274mg | Fiber: 1.2g | Sugar: 3.1g