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For 12 large buns:

1/2 cup water

1 cup milk

1/4 cup butter

4 and 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, sifted

1 pack yeast

2 Tbsp white sugar

1 and 1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

 

Mix the yeast with one Tbsp warm water and let sit for 5 mn.

Warm water, milk and butter in a saucepan. Blend.

Mix sugar, salt and 2 cups flour. Add the yeast then the saucepan mixture. Knead with the flat hook of the kitchenaid. Add the egg. Knead then add the remaining flour and knead 8 more mn.

Divide in buns on a dusted surface, either round or long ones.

Place on a baking sheet, cover and let rise for 30 mn in a warm place (oven preheated for 15 mn on its lower temperature then switched off will do the trick). Brush with milk to make them shiny. It also helps if you want to add poppy or sesame seeds on top.

Bake for 10 to 12 mn at 400°F. Cool on a wire rack.

Freeze them in bags and thaw them for a couple hours before cutting and toasting.