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Garlic Buns


I have been keeping to a menu for our meals lately, and with feeding our big family this week (10 kids) I started baking again. I needed garlic bread for our bolognaise one night but couldn't get to the shop. I planned to make Elissa's herb rolls but can you find the recipe when you need it the most? Yeah right!!

So, I dove into my Edmonds cook book and tried this recipe, It was for white bread but I amended it a little by 1. adding crushed garlic and 2. rolling them into buns not bread.

If I had realized how good they were going to be I would have made 3 batches instead of 1. They were amazing!! You have to try these.


Recipe

5 cups High grade flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons surebake Yeast (or any yeast)
3/4 cup cold water
2 tablespoos oil
3/4 cup boiling water
oil

Egg wash - 1 egg yolk   and 1 tablespoon water

Method.

Combine 2 cups of the flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a large bow, add cold water and oil, immediately followed by boiling water. Stir to a smooth paste and stand 2-3 minutes. Gradually mix 2 cups of flour into the yeast mixture.
When flour is mixed in turn out on to a lightly floured surgace, using part of the reserved cup of flour for this. Keneed dough until smooth and elastic. (this is where I put in the garlic - try anything you like) If the dough is still stick, add a little of the remaining measured flour, kneeding until smooth and elastic, or until dough springs back when lightly touched. Lightly brush large bow with oil. Place dough in Bow,. Brush top with a little oil. Cover. Put in a warm place until double in size. Punch dough dwn in the centre, Careflly take dough oyt of bowl and turn onto a lightly floured surface. Kneed for 5 minutes. Divide dough in half (or for me I divided into rolls - I made 21 dinner rolls) Shape each protion into a ball. Place two balls side by side in a greased deep 22 cm loaf tin. (I rolled them into dinner roll balls and sat them in a square formation - you can put them in a circle too if you want to make them look pretty for the table) Cover. Leave in a warm place until double in size or reaches top of tin (for loaf) Brush surface with eg wash. If wished sesame sees, oatbran or poppy seeds can be sprinkeld on top. (I think I would have sprinkled parmesan cheese on if I had it - for the garlic flavor) bake at 200oC for 30 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped on base of bread - or with the rolls until they are cooked - spring back when touched.

Yummo Happy eating... mmmm (a real homer Simpson MMMMMM)

Comments

  1. The State of Our FamilyOctober 21, 2011 at 6:57 AM

    You even put the recipe in cups and tablespoons! I'm so excited!

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