Bread Rolls

Recipe from Erica Valles

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups lukewarm milk

1 ½ tbsp active quick dry yeast

1 egg

1 tsp salt

½ cup sugar

1/3 cup room temperature butter

4 to 4 ½ cups of all purpose flour

1 tbsp of milk for basting

2 tbsps of melted butter for basting

Method:

Mix together all the ingredients to form a slightly sticky dough. Knead for around 15 minutes till soft and
smooth.

Place the dough in a lightly oiled glass bowl and cover with a cling wrap or a shower cap. Keep in a warm
dark place like an oven or microwave for 45min to 1 hour. You can place a mug of boiling hot water in
the oven to help create that warmth.

When doubled in size, (make sure not to over proof), remove and using a measuring scale, cut the
dough into the desired weights.

60gms for a small breakfast bun

80 – 100gms for a school bun which can be filled with various fillings later

120gms for a hamburger bun.

Once you have cut the buns, preheat your oven to 200C. Keep a tray ready, in which you will pour
boiling hot water, and place into the oven at the same time as your buns to create steam.

Line your baking tray with baking paper. If you are planning on making hamburger buns, use a larger flat
tray, as it would help create a nice round flatter bun shape. For breakfast buns, they are slightly higher
in height, so I prefer to use a tray with a higher rim on it, and pack the buns a little more tightly in the
tray so they rise upwards.

To shape the buns, you can use a rolling technique on the board, or a tucking in technique. I prefer the
later.

Place the buns in the tray and with a basting brush, lightly brush the surface with milk. Do not let any
extra milk drop on the tray.

Cover with a tea towel and let it rise on your table top for another half an hour. When doubled in size,
they are ready to go into the oven.

Place them into the oven, along with the tray of boiling water and close.

Watch your oven initially as oven settings can differ.

If you find it browning too fast, lower the oven setting. If one side of the bread is browning better than
the other, you make need to turn the tray around in the oven.

The bread should take approx. 12 mins to bake. Do not open the oven before 10 mins or that will affect
the initial rise of the bread.

When you have achieved the colour on the bread you desire, remove the buns and put them on a
cooling rack.

At this point, brush them with melted butter and cover them with a tea towel again. This will keep the
moisture inside and keep the buns nice and soft. If crusty buns is what you are looking for, then avoid
this step.

I store any remaining buns in a Ziploc bag in the fridge. To serve, wrap the bun in a wet cloth and
microwave for 15 to 30 seconds.

Enjoy!