Homemade Bread/Buns
This is the recipe to make bread, sub rolls, hamburger and hotdog buns.
List of Ingredients
- 2 tbs active dry yeast
- 2 tbs sugar
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 2 cups warm milk
- 2 tbs vegetable oil
- 2 tsp salt
- 6 cups all purpose flour
Instructions
- In a large bowl, dissolve sugar and yeast in the warm water and let sit for a bit. Add the milk, oil and 3 cups of flour to the yeast mixture. Beat with mixer with dough hook for about 2 minutes.
- Gradually add flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl should be about 6 or more cups. This is when you add salt.
- Turn dough out onton a floured work surface. Knead until you have a smooth, elastic dough.
- Put dough into a lightly greased bowl. Turn to coat entire ball of dough. Cover with plastic wrap or dampened woven towel and let rise about 1 hour.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly oiled work surface. Shape into what you want to make and put on baking sheet and cover with towel to rise until doubled.
- Preheat oven to 350 and just before baking brush the top with egg wash of 1 egg white and 1 tbs water. Sprinkle with whatever seeds strike your fancy.
- Bake 15-18 minutes or until it sounds hollow when you thump it.
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