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New England Style Hot Dog Buns

 When I was growing up, my parents would sometimes take us to Grants 5 and dime. Their hot dogs were served on the most delicious buns. sliced on the top, with the sides toasted in butter, they were amazing. I could never find those buns since they closed.  It was later in life that I discovered, they were actually New England style buns. This is my version of what I remembered as a child. Ingredients: 3 cups bread flour 1 tablespoon potato flour 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons instant yeast 1 teaspoon diastatic malt 2 large eggs 3/4 cup of evaporated milk 5 tablespoons room temperature   unsalted butter cubed ABegin by warming the milk in your microwave, shooting for a temperature of 105 degrees. Add the yeast and sugar, allowing the mixture to rest a few minutes. If its starts foaming, then your yeast is good, and you may continue.  Add the remaining ingredients, except the butter, and mix with a dough hook on low. Once completely mixed...