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Mini Hot Dog Buns – Perfect for Breakfast or a Snack, Every Bite Is Pure Happiness

Soft, fragrant, chewy buns paired with a bite-sized grilled sausage and the aroma of sesame seeds—I knew I had fallen in love with this little treat.

Ingredients

bread flour140 g
mini hot dog sausages9 pieces
water60 g
caster sugar20 g
butter15 g
beaten egg10 g
instant dry yeast3 g
salt1 g
milk powder3 g
black sesame seedsto taste

Steps

1

Sift the bread flour, then add the salt, water, caster sugar, milk powder and instant dry yeast. Use low speed to mix until no dry flour remains, then switch to high speed and knead until gluten develops. Switch back to low speed, add the butter, and continue kneading until the dough is smooth and can be stretched into a thin membrane (expanded stage). Adjust with a little extra water or flour depending on the dough’s consistency.

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2

Cover the kneaded dough with plastic wrap.

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3

Let it proof at room temperature until it grows to about 2.5 times its original size.

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4

Gently press out the air from the proofed dough, divide it evenly into 9 portions, shape each into a ball, and let rest for 15 minutes for intermediate proofing.

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5

Take one proofed dough ball and roll it into a thin, long rope. Wrap it around a sausage in spirals. Place the wrapped sausage buns on a baking tray and proof at room temperature for 40 minutes, until the dough has doubled in size.

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6

Brush a layer of beaten egg over the dough and sprinkle a little black sesame on top. Preheat the oven, place the tray in the middle rack, and bake at 180b0C (top and bottom heat) for about 15 minutes, or until the surface is golden brown.

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Cooking Tips

1. It’s recommended to use a stand mixer or bread machine for kneading to save effort. 2. When weighing the salt and yeast, do not put them together. When combining the dough ingredients, do not pile the salt directly on top of the yeast, or it may affect the yeast’s activity. 3. Butter must be added only after gluten has formed, because fat inhibits gluten development. Gluten is key to the dough’s water absorption and rise; otherwise the baked bread will be coarse and dry. So do not add fat in the initial stage—add it only after the dough is gluten-developed, and knead until it reaches the final expanded stage. 4. During intermediate proofing, make sure the resting time is sufficient. Otherwise, when rolling the dough into long ropes it will shrink back. If it shrinks too much, let it rest a bit longer to relax the gluten before stretching again. 5. When winding the thin dough rope around the sausage, leave about 2.5 cm of sausage exposed at each end. This way, after proofing, the bread won’t completely cover the sausage, and the finished buns will look more attractive.