How to bake perfect buns: recipes and tips from chefs

Absolutely everyone loves delicious, airy, flavorful buns, especially if they are made with poppy seeds, nuts, and cinnamon. But not every housewife manages to bake truly perfect buns.

The FoodOboz editorial team has collected tips and the best recipes from chefs for delicious savory and sweet buns that you can make at home.

1. Lean cinnamon rolls according to the recipe of Liza Hlinska

Ingredients:

Dough for buns:

• flour - 250 g
• water - 100 ml
• oil - 40 g
• baking powder - 8 g
• sugar - 50 g
• salt - a pinch

Filling:

• poppy seeds - 100 g
• walnuts - 100 g
• sugar - 120 g

Method of preparation:

1. Combine the water, sugar, salt and oil in a bowl.
2. Sift the flour and add it to the bowl with the baking powder, mix well and knead the dough.
3. Cover the dough with cling film and leave it for 30 minutes at room temperature.
4. Filling: soak the poppy seeds in warm water and leave them for 30 minutes, then drain them.
5. Roast the nuts well and combine them with the poppy seeds, put them in a blender and whisk until smooth.
6. Roll out the finished dough well, put the filling and roll it into a roll, cut into 3 cm thick bars.
7. Put them on a baking sheet with parchment and bake at 180 C for about 20 minutes.

2. Butter buns for tea according to the recipe of chef Serhii Dzhurenko

Secrets from the cook:

• To make the dough flavorful and airy, add milk, butter and eggs to the dough;
• to make the dough soft and homogeneous, knead it several times after it rises due to the yeast;
• Most importantly, all products should be at room temperature.

Ingredients:

• Flour - 3 cups
• Eggs - 3 pcs.
• Butter - 50 g
• Sugar - 1.5 tbsp
• Milk (2.5%) - 150 ml
• Dry yeast (0.5 sachets of 11 g) - 5-6 g
• Milk, egg - for lubrication
• Salt - a pinch

Method of preparation:

1. Sift 3 cups of flour, put 2 cups in a large bowl, add dry yeast, sugar, salt and use a fork to mix the dry ingredients until smooth.
2. Separate the yolks from the whites.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the milk and three egg yolks, softened butter.
4. Mix everything well and knead the dough, let it rest for about 40-45 minutes, cover it with a towel to let it rise.
5. Then add the flour to the dough, knead and cover again with a towel and leave for 30-40 minutes.
6. After the time has elapsed, shape the buns with your hands (make them into a ball shape), transfer them to the mold, let them stand again for 30-40 minutes, and send them to bake for 30 minutes at 180 C.