Milk Bun

I love baked goods, especially breads and buns. Kids too love them, and that's how I tried making these at home. Found a recipe for milk bread online (Renil's Kitchen), and tweaking it a bit worked wonders for me.

Next, wanted to try buns. Saw many recipes, but felt I can re-use my milk bread recipe with the addition of an egg and oil instead of butter. Tried it out and it came out very well.


Ingredients:

  • Maida – 2 and ½ cups
  • Milk – 200 ml
  • Egg – 1 
  • Sunflower oil – 4 Tbsp
  • Yeast – 1 tsp
  • Sugar – 1 tsp + 4 tbsp

Method:

Proof yeast

  1. Warm 200 ml milk. It should be only warm enough so that you can dip in your finger in it for atleast 10 seconds.
  2. Add 1 tsp sugar to the warm milk.
  3. Add 1 tsp yeast.
  4. Cover the bowl and let it for rest for 10 minutes.
The yeast should get activated after 10 minutes. If you do not see bubbles frothing at the surface of the bowl, discard this mixture and take another batch.

Prepare dough

  1. In a big mixing bowl, add the following:
    • 2 and ½ cups Maida
    • 4 tbsp sugar
    • 4 tbsp refined oil
    • A pinch of salt
    • 1 egg
    • Activated yeast mixture
  2. Mix everything well using spatula or hand. The dough will be sticky.
  3. Put it onto the kitchen counter and knead well for 10-15 minutes. Or until the dough loses its stickiness and becomes elastic to the touch. 
    4. Make sure to knead well. This allows formation of gluten in the dough, which makes your bread soft. 
  4. Shape the dough into a ball, with loose edges tucked underneath.
  5. Oil the big bowl and place the dough ball in it.
  6.  Cover with plastic wrap or a moist cloth.
  7. Allow to rest for 1-2 hours, or until the dough raises to double its size.

After first rise 

  1. Oil the baking pan (You can use a rectangular cake pan for this)
  2. Put the risen dough onto the kitchen counter again, and knead for a few minutes.
  3. Shape the dough into a cylindrical roll.
  4. Cut medium sized pieces of the dough.
  5. Shape each piece into a small ball and place in the oiled baking pan.
    6. Make sure there is a bit of space between each ball, so that it can rise again.
  6. Close the pan with plastic wrap or moist cloth.
  7. Allow to rest for 1 to 1 and ½ hours, until the balls rise a bit in size.

Baking


  1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees
  2. Milk wash ("paint" the risen dough balls with milk) the buns.
  3. Place the baking pan (heat only from bottom)
  4. Bake for 25-30 minutes 
Allow to cool, and pull apart the buns. Voila! Tasty milk buns are ready.




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