"This recipe was brought to The Times in 2003 by Nigella Lawson, the British cookbook author and culinary celebrity, as part of an article encouraging readers to bake with yeast – an act all too often unnecessarily fraught with anxiety The payoff for tackling one's fear, she argued, is big Enter these pillowy, butter-rich buns dotted with semisweet chocolate and pistachios..."
INGREDIENTS
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1 ⅔
cups milk
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8
tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
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5 to 5 ½
cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting the work surface
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⅓
cup sugar
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1
¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
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3
packets rapid-rise, bread-machine or other instant yeast
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2
large eggs
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Vegetable oil for bowl
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8
tablespoons unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
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1
cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
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¾
cup shelled pistachios
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1
cup semisweet chocolate chips
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1
large egg, beaten