Bun

A bun is a type of bread roll, typically filled with savory fillings

(for example hamburger). A bun may also refer to a sweet Bun
cake in certain parts of the world.[1] Though they come in
many shapes and sizes, buns are most commonly round, and
are generally hand-sized or smaller.[1]

In the United Kingdom, the usage of the term differs greatly in

different regions. In Southern England, a bun is a hand-sized
sweet cake, while in the north of Ireland and Northern
England, it is a small round of ordinary bread.[2]

Buns are usually made from a dough of flour, milk, yeast and Sesame seed hamburger buns
small amounts of sugar and/or butter. Sweet bun dough is Type Bread
distinguished from bread dough by being enriched with sugar,
Main ingredients Flour, milk, yeast
butter and sometimes egg. Common sweet varieties contain
small fruit or nuts, topped with icing or caramel, and filled   Media: Bun
with jam or cream.
Chinese baozi, with savory or sweet fillings, are often referred to as "buns" in English.

Contents
List of buns
See also
References
External links

List of buns

See also
Cheung Chau Bun Festival
Chinese bakery products
List of breads
List of bread dishes
List of cakes
List of pastries
List of sweet breads

References
1. "bun" (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/bun). Cambridge English Dictionary.
2. "bun" (https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/24721). Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford
University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership (https://www.oed.com/public/log
in/loggingin#withyourlibrary) required.)

External links
Media related to Bun at Wikimedia Commons

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