HOMEMADE GARLIC BUNS

Recipe and photo: Rosemary Briggs

• 1 ⅔ cups warm milk
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 100 g melted butter
• 2 tablespoons yeast
• 4 ½ cups flour
• 1 tablespoon salt
• Finishing:
• 100 g butter
• 2 tablespoons crushed garlic
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• In a bowl, combine the warm milk, sugar, melted butter and yeast.
• Let it sit for a few minutes until it’s nice and bubbly (bloomed).
• Add the flour and salt to the yeast mixture and knead by hand for 10 minutes or 5 minutes if using a stand mixer.
• Cover and leave the dough in a warm, draft-free place until it doubles in size.
• Punch the dough down and divide it into 8 equal portions.
• Roll the portions into smooth sausages, place them on a greased baking tray and let it rest and double in size again.
• Bake for 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 200°C or until golden brown.
• In the meantime, melt the butter, garlic and parsley in a bowl in the microwave or in a small pot on the stove.
• Pour the garlic sauce over the the rolls as you remove it from the oven.