Who doesn’t love a hot dog bun for summer or when you’re having a craving. This will be better than store-bought any day. This recipe was adapted from Deep South Texas – Soft Homemade Hot Dog Buns on YouTube.
Equipment
9 x 13 pan
Ingredients
3/4cupsWater temperature to 90° to 100°
1/2cupWhole milkwarmed to 90° to 100°
1TablespoonInstant Yeast
1/8cupSugar
1/3cupOlive Oil
3cupsBread flour
1cupShredded Cheddar cheeseoptional
1teaspoonKosher salt
1teaspoonGarlic powder
1Small eggfor the egg wash to top the hot dogs in the oven
3TablespoonsSalted butterto brush on top baked buns
Instructions
In a medium bowl, add the warmed water and yeast, and mix with a fork or spoon, and add the sugar.
Then stir in the milk and the olive oil. Then set aside.
Then get the flour in a separate large mixing bowl, then add the salt, and garlic, and slowly add in the cheddar cheese. Mix with a fork to avoid it clumping.
Then add the wet mixture slowly to the flour mixture with a fork. When it forms a ball, knead the dough on a lightly floured board for 8 minutes.
Place the dough in a nice cleaned bowl (DO NOT GREASE WITH OIL). Cover and let rise for 1 hour in a warm area.
After the hour, gently punch out the gas in the dough and turn out onto a clean floured work surface.
Cut the dough ball into 12 even pieces.
For each dough ball, pinch together and roll into a ball. You will do this for all 12 pieces.
Cover and rest for 10 minutes in a warm place. Prepare the baking pan by spraying lightly with nonstick spray and dust the bottom lightly with flour or cornmeal.
When done resting, roll out each piece with a rolling pin into a hot dog shape (a nice rectangle) about 5 inches long.
Take one of the buns and pinch the rectangle into itself with so it looks like a log about 5 inches long. Keep the seam nice and tight, roll out more if needed to keep the 5 inches. (if it’s a little bit bigger that’s fine) Repeat this set for all 12 buns.
Space each hot dog bun about 1 1/2 inches apart in the baking pan. Now this will rise again for 1 hour in a warm place.
Toward the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 375° , and prepare the oven by putting in an oven-safe dish on the bottom rack of your oven with 1 cup of warm water.
Then after the buns have risen, whisk the egg in a small bowl, then brush onto the buns.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Check at 20 to see that they're not too brown.
Once you remove them from the oven, brush with melted butter.
Allow to cool down for 10 to 15 minutes on a cooling rack.
Notes
If you bake these with the cheese in them, they may need to cook a little longer, closer to 20 to 25 minutes to get a good crust on the buns.