Another Hot Dog Buns

This is my family's favourite bun. Made this countless times! :) Wanted to share with others that you can actually use corn oil in place of butter for bread (much healthier). This is my findings after trying with loaves and buns. I see no different in texture of the bread if corn oil is used.

Recipe as follows:

(Make 16 buns)

Ingredient A:

300g bread flour (I add abt 2 tbs more - add 1 tbs at a time)

1/2 tsp salt

1+1/2 tbsp milk powder

50g caster sugar

Ingredient B:

125ml water

1+1/2 tsp instant yeast

1 egg

Ingredient C:

40g butter (I use 40g corn oil)

For glazing:

1 egg (Beaten)

For filling

8 pieces chicken sausages/frankfurters (halved)

Some chilli sauce, some dried Rosemary (bottled) (I use tomato sauce)

Method:

1. To make bread dough: Combine ingredient A in a mixer and mix well. Add in ingredient B and beat till a dough is formed. Add in ingredient C and beat till dough is smooth and elastic to the touch.

2. Leave dough in a big bowl, covered with a damp cloth. Let it rise in a warm place for 35 minutes until double its original size. Divide dough into 35g portions. Flatten and roll out each portion dough into a longish shape. Place a halved sausage roll in the centre, roll up and seal. Arrange on a greased tray, well spaced apart. Cover and rest for the next 40 minutes until buns double in size once again.

3. Glaze with beaten egg wash and decorate with a spread of chilli sauce. Sprinkle some dried Rosemary on top. Bake buns in a preheated oven @ 180 deg C for 15 minutes. Cool well on a wire rack.

Recipe source: Bread Magic

While waiting for the buns to cool off, my sons asked for the buns. :)

Hot dog buns

Made these buns on Wednesday for our next morning breakfast and lunch! These are my kids' all time favourite. Think most kids love hot dog buns, though I would steer clear most of the time. :) I used a combination of chicken hot dog and some german sausages bought from ntuc.


I follow the recipe from "Bread Magic" except that I used a frozen sweet bun dough which I'd kneaded and kept in the freezer for close to 2 weeks. Well, after searching in the web I discovered that you can actually freeze the dough. The dough will rise in the fridge. And as it thaws, it will go through its first rise.





Sometimes, I just feel a bit lazy to let the mixer knead the dough everyday. So I would just double the quantity of the recipe. However, if you consider all the washing and clearing, this is one way of killing one bird with two stones. Haha! Lazy lazy me!