Name: Garlic Buns
Yield: 5 Servings
Ingredients: Milk: ⅔ cup (150 ml); Water: ⅔ cup (150 ml); Yeast: 1 ½ tsp; Eggs: 3; Salt: 1 tsp; Sugar: 1 tbsp; Wheat Flour: 4 ¾ cups (700 g); Vegetable Oil: ½ cup (115 ml); Butter: 2 tbsp; Garlic: 3 cloves; Herbs: to taste

Ingredients

Milk – ⅔ cup (150 ml)

Water – ⅔ cup (150 ml)

Yeast – 1 ½ tsp

Eggs – 3

Salt – 1 tsp

Sugar – 1 tbsp

Wheat Flour – 4 ¾ cups (700 g)

Vegetable Oil – ½ cup (115 ml)

Butter – 2 tbsp

Garlic – 3 cloves

Herbs – to taste

Recipe

Garlic buns are a culinary classic, but even a simple bun recipe can surprise any bread lover. Cook It is going to share one such recipe with you. It has nothing to do with yeast dough, but with the very method of making these buns — stretching.

Pre-dough, butter with garlic and herbs, oven — everything remains the same, but the process, in general, is more like cooking hand-pulled noodles. In the end, you will get not just plain buns, but whole puff pastry nests. It looks interesting, but it tastes just great! The shape lets these garlic buns absorb more oil, and the multi-layer texture melts in the mouth.

Steps

1 Done	Prepare the dough. Pour water and milk into the sifted flour. Add yeast and sugar to the indentation, mix them a bit, touching the flour as little as possible, and leave it for 10 minutes — this should wake up the yeast.
2 Done	Add 3 eggs, salt and ¼ cup (50 ml) of vegetable oil. Knead soft dough and leave it covered with plastic wrap for an hour in a warm place.
3 Done	When the dough doubles in size, knead and divide it into 16 parts. Form thick sausages from them and thoroughly grease them with oil (take about ¼ cup (50 ml)). Do it right on the table, then cover with plastic wrap and leave for 10 minutes.
4 Done	The dough is going to become very stretchy. You need to work separately with each piece. Take the sausage and roll it into a thin and long strap about ¼ in (½ cm) thick. For convenience, you can lay out the strap snake-wise, and in the end cut it into 4 parts (about 20 in (50 cm)).
5 Done	Wind the dough onto a rolling pin as shown in the photo, roll it into one ball. Carefully remove it from the rolling pin, and hide the tip in the hole. Repeat with the rest of the pieces.
6 Done	Put the buns on a baking sheet and set aside for 10 minutes. Life hack: you can put the buns in a cupcake pan so that they don’t fall. Bake at 400°F (200°C) until cooked, it will take about half an hour.
7 Done	Prepare the butter. Melt the butter and, while it is hot, add minced garlic and finely chopped herbs. Add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and mix. Then grease the buns and you’re good to go!

We used sunflower oil, but any vegetable one is fine. A teaspoon of salt is a standard amount, but it may not be enough for someone. We recommend one and a half for those who like rich flavor. Sweet buns? Easy! Reduce the amount of salt to half a teaspoon and add ½ cup (100 g) of sugar (dissolved in milk).

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An outstanding share! I have just forwarded this onto a co-worker who was doing a little homework on this. And he actually ordered me breakfast because I stumbled upon it for him… lol. So let me reword this…. Thank YOU for the meal!! But yeah, thanks for spending some time to discuss this matter here on your blog.|