sore belly buns

Ottawa, ON
Updated on Dec 8, 2017

I have made many of breads in my day and many have been flops. I decided to take on a bread workshop of 1 day. We baked 24 different loaves of bread that day in the class and I have been making bread since. A dear older friend decided to eat these right out of the oven. He is the one that gave it its name 'SORE BELLY BUNS' - a caution to all - yeast keeps on rising until completely cool.

prep time 1 Hr
cook time 20 Min
method Bake
yield enough to make 3 loaves as well if you decide not to make buns.

Ingredients

  • 1 package active dry yeast
  • 2 1/4 cups lukewarm water
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 6 tablespoons butter
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 - eggs
  • 6 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons salt

How To Make sore belly buns

  • Step 1
    Mix yeast with warm water and 2 tsp sugar in a 4 cup measure. Let stand in warm place about 10 minutes until it has proofed.
  • Step 2
    Put your light on in the oven. This will provide you with a draft free area to rise your dough.
  • Step 3
    In the meantime, melt butter or margarine, stir into it the ¼ cup sugar and the 2 eggs.
  • Step 4
    Add 3 cups of flour in a large mixing bow and stir in the salt.
  • Step 5
    Add the yeast mixture and the butter mixture to the flour.
  • Step 6
    Beat with electric mixer for about 3 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl frequently.
  • Step 7
    By hand, stir in the remaining 3 cups of four to make a soft dough.
  • Step 8
    Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and electric, about 10 minutes. If you have some stress, this will help you a lot.
  • Step 9
    Shape into a ball. Put a little oil in a large bowl (that has a lid) . Take the dough and rub the dough in the oil and place it upside down in the bowl. Close lid. Place it in the oven for proofing. It may take awhile – do not rush this step. Yeast lives in its own time space.
  • Step 10
    Once it has risen twice it size, it is time to pull it out of the bowl.
  • Step 11
    Grease down a large pan.
  • Step 12
    This is the fun part – pound the dough down. Cut the dough down in 3 batches so you can manage it, cover the batches that you are not using to stop the dough from drying up. This gives you time to make your buns.
  • Step 13
    With a rolling pin, roll down the dough flat taken out the air pockets.
  • Step 14
    With a sharp knife, cut the flatted dough in roll piece. Roll the dough in your hand to make them round.
  • Step 15
    Place each dough ball with the seams down in your grease pan,
  • Step 16
    Make sure your dough balls touch each other and fill your pan.
  • Step 17
    Once you have roll out all the dough into balls into your pan, brush them with egg wash to give them some great finished colour.
  • Step 18
    Cover them loosely with a plastic cover and place them into your oven again. Let them rise one more time, double the size.
  • Step 19
    La piece de resistance now
  • Step 20
    Take the buns out of the oven and preheat to 400.
  • Step 21
    Place them into your oven and time for about 15-20 minutes. Keep an eye on them as oven temperature can vary.
  • Step 22
    Enjoy the cooking smell.
  • Step 23
    Tap on them with your finger. If it makes a hollow sound, they are ready. DO ENJOY

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Category: Other Breads
Method: Bake
Ingredient: Bread
Culture: Canadian

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