Plain Buns

Soft dinner buns, served either with your starter soup

or with sambal/curry as the Malays often take

for breakfast or afternoon tea

Tried to bake these buns ...

with note and tips from my sister

http://thecakediary.blogspot.com/

200 gm of bread flour

2 tbs butter

2 tbs sugar

1 tsp of instant yeast

a pinch of salt

1/2 egg + water to make 1 cup of liquid mix

              Method :  Mix all the dry ingredient in a bowl 

                              (or mixer with a dough padle on low 5/8mins)

                              then add in in the butter and liquid mix (egg + water)

                              until all flour come off the side of the bowl and

                              u get a soft ball of dough

                              Knead the dough for about 5/10 minutes

                              until dough becomes elastic and shiny

leave the ball of dough to rest/prove

for 1 hour or until it becomes double in size

note  cover bowl with tea towel

first knock/punch  the air in the ball of bread dough,

then the roll out and form equal sizes of small balls

- 16 small buns

leave to rest in the baking pan

about 20 mins

brush with egg wash

and bake at 180 degrees centigrade

for 15/20 mins until light brown

and test with a toothpick/skewer

if it comes out clean

then baking is done

done