Pull-Apart Dinner Buns

Ingredients

  • 420g flour
  • 2 tsp yeast
  • 23g potato flour or potato flakes
  • 21g dry milk
  • 25g sugar
  • 1.5 tsp salt
  • 57g soft butter, cut into pats (4 tbsp)
  • 152g hot water (2/3 cup)
  • 113g cold milk (1/2 cup)

Instructions

  1. Combine all dry ingredients in a stand mixer bowl and mix together.
  2. Add the butter and combine with hands.
  3. Add the hot water to the cold milk to create a lukewarm mixture.  Add to the bowl.
  4. Mix with a dough hook on low until you have a soft, smooth dough, about 2-3 minutes.  (1m dough hook = 6-8m by hand.)
  5. Remove the dough ball, flour the sides of the bowl, then return and cover.  Let rest until doubled in size, about 60-90 minutes depending on ambient temp.
  6. Divide the dough into 16 pieces.  (Divide in half four times.)
  7. Lightly grease two round cake pans.  Place 8 buns spaced out in each.  Buns should be close but not touching – around 1/2″ – 3/4″ gaps.
  8. Cover and let rise another 60-90 minutes.  Buns should now be touching and puffy.
  9. Bake at 350F until the tops are golden brown.  Internal temp should be around 190-195 when ready.