New England Style Hot Dog Buns

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 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, allow to rest about five minutes.

After resting,  add the butter a few cubes at a time, mixing on low. Mix until all the butter is incorporated. 

Place dough in an oiled bowl,  allowing to rise, until double in size. 

Remove dough from pan to a floured surface.  Divide dough into 10 equal pieces.  I use a scale to do this, but you can eyeball if you don't have one. 

Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, then carefully remove from oven and allow to cool.