The Bread Machine Chronicles: Homemade Hot Dog Buns
This is an archived post, originally published on Hope, Love, and Peace (blog.jtimothyking.com).
My first experiment with using the Dough cycle on our bread machine, to make homemade hot dog rolls: success! True, some of the rolls came out looking a little funny, because I had never rolled homemade bread before. But the good news is that the rolls we rolled last came out the best, so we were clearly getting better with practice.
I made enough dough for a standard size loaf (1½ lb), using the “Basic White Bread” recipe, because I already knew I liked how it tasted and felt with hot dogs. I divided it into 4 equal pieces, and each of those into halves, forming 8 rolls, each the length of a bun-size hot dog.
To form each roll, I flattened it out, dusted it with a little AP flour, and rolled it into a strip a little longer than the final length (because I knew the dough would spring back a little). Then I rolled the dough into a small loaf. After leaving the rolls to rise for another 30-45 minutes, I popped them into a 400°F oven for 10 minutes, until they were golden brown and delicious.
Above, is my plate: kosher dogs with ketchup, yellow mustard, spicy brown mustard, and Howards™ hot-pepper relish, served with zesty curly fries. Here is the Little One’s plate; she prefers her hot dogs and fries with lots and lots of ketchup:
