These butter buns will become your new favorite dinner roll recipe with their fluffy texture, crusty outsides, and buttery taste. Golden in color and fluffy on the insides, they are delicious dipped into saucy stews or soups, or spread with butter.
To make the butter buns, you begin by making a dough by mixing a yeast, sugar, and milk mixture with flour and salt until combined. Then, after the dough has doubled in size, it gets shaped into rolls and set aside to rise again. Then, you cut slits into each roll before stuffing them with a sliver of cold butter before baking them in the oven.
What are Butter Buns?
Butter buns are yeast-based dinner rolls that have a fluffy texture and golden exterior. Before being baked, you cut slits into them before filling them with cold butter and baking them in the oven. The butter steams in the buns, creating an indentation in the dough, while infusing the buns with flavor.
Pro Tips
- Make sure the water that you mix the yeast into isn’t too hot. The ideal temperature will be between 100 F to 110 F (37.7 C to 43.3 C).
- Knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic. You will know it has been kneaded enough when you can easily stretch out a small piece of it thinly so that it is almost transparent without it tearing.
- Weigh each portion of dough to ensure that the dinner rolls are even sizes.
- If you find that your dough is rising too slowly, you could place it in a warmer location in your home to help it rise more quickly.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Butter Buns Good For?
Butter buns work well for any meal including breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Consider using them as a base for a breakfast sandwich with bacon, egg, and cheese, or you could serve them with soup for lunch. These buns will also be delicious served with a roast dinner or a saucy stew.
Can I Add Other Ingredients to Butter Buns?
Absolutely! For added flavor, you could add dried herbs to the dough such as dried oregano or Italian seasoning or chopped fresh rosemary or parsley. You could also sprinkle some shredded cheese on top of the buns if you would like them to have a cheesy flavor.
What Temperature Should the Milk Be?
When working with yeast for dough, it is important to make sure the water or milk you are using is warm but not so hot that it will kill the yeast. The ideal temperature should be between 100 F to 110 F (37.7 C to 43.3 C).
How to Store Butter Buns
These buns can be stored in a sealed container or Ziploc bag at room temperature where they should stay fresh for up to 2 to 3 days. Alternatively, you can store them in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Ingredients
How to Make Butter Buns
In a bowl, whisk the milk with the sugar and yeast until combined. Allow it to sit for 10 minutes. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour with the salt until combined.
In a bowl, whisk the milk with the sugar and yeast until combined. Allow it to sit for 10 minutes. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour with the salt until combined.
Whisk the melted butter into the milk mixture until combined. Add it to the flour mixture and knead until a smooth dough forms. Set it aside to rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Whisk the melted butter into the milk mixture until combined. Add it to the flour mixture and knead until a smooth dough forms. Set it aside to rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Cut the dough into 9 portions and roll them into balls. Set them aside to rise until doubled in size, about 20 minutes.
Cut the dough into 9 portions and roll them into balls. Set them aside to rise until doubled in size, about 20 minutes.
Cut a slit in the top of each bun and add a slice of butter. Bake them in a 400 F (200 C) oven for 25 minutes.
Cut a slit in the top of each bun and add a slice of butter. Bake them in a 400 F (200 C) oven for 25 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!
Serve and enjoy!
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