Sour Cream Dinner Buns
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Recipe type: bread
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Serves: 12 rolls
 
Perfect to serve with a hearty stew or soup and even better warm with some butter!
Ingredients
  • 2-1/2 cups of flour, plus more for kneading
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp dried yeast (I use the fleischmann's quick rise yeast)
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • ¾ cup (6 oz) sour cream
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 egg, beaten (for brushing the buns)
Instructions
  1. Heat the sugar, sour cream, water and oil in a saucepan until warm, but not hot.
  2. Whisk together the flour, salt and yeast in a big bowl and make a well in the middle. Dump the sour cream mixture in the big bowl and mix with a wooden spoon until the mixture comes together.
  3. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and begin kneading it, adding extra flour if the dough is too sticky and hard to knead. (I usually add in another ¼ to the dough while kneading)
  4. Knead the dough for 10-15 minutes by hand, or until it is smooth, elastic and the dough springs back to a finger poke.
  5. Oil the same big bowl used to mix the dough and plop the bread dough back in it. Let the dough rise in a warm spot until doubled in size (about one hour).
  6. After the first rise, punch the dough down, then portion out and shape the dough into 12 circular buns. Place the buns in a 9 inch square or round pan lined with parchment paper, then return to the warm spot to rise again for about 45 minutes.
  7. Once the buns are risen, brush the tops of them with the egg and place them in a 350 F oven for 25-30 minutes, or until the buns are a beautiful browned color and spring back to the touch.
  8. Remove from the oven and take the turn the buns out of the pan to cool further on a wired rack (or you can devour them warm, I always do!)
Recipe by The Chewy Life at https://www.thechewylife.com/sour-cream-dinner-buns/