Walnut Free Classic Hot Dog Buns

Total time2 hr 13 min

Prep time25 min

Cook time18 min

4.7

(23)

Soft, pillowy, and kissed with melted butter, these homemade buns are the kind of thing that makes a backyard cookout feel genuinely special. The dough comes together with pantry staples — milk, flour, egg, and butter — so there's no hunting down specialty ingredients or second-guessing what's hiding in a store-bought bag. For anyone navigating tree nut concerns, packaged breads can be a minefield of shared-facility warnings, and baking from scratch is simply the cleanest way around that problem. The enriched dough gets its tender, slightly chewy crumb from butter worked in gradually during kneading, a technique that's straightforward but makes a noticeable difference in the final texture. Baking the logs close together on the sheet means they rise into each other, giving you that classic pull-apart softness along the sides. A double brush of melted butter — once before the oven and once straight out of it — adds a glossy, rich finish that store-bought buns just can't compete with. These are the buns that will have everyone asking if you really made them yourself.

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Ingredients

8 servings

¾ cup whole milk, warmed to 110°f (43°c)
2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast (1 standard packet)
2 tbsp granulated sugar
2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1 tsp fine salt
1 large egg, room temperature
3 tbsp unsalted butter, softened

For brushing

1 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

Instructions

1
Combine the warm milk, yeast, and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer (or a large bowl). Stir briefly and let stand for 5–8 minutes, until the surface is foamy and the mixture smells yeasty.
2
Add the flour, salt, and egg to the yeast mixture. Mix on low speed with the dough hook (or stir with a wooden spoon) until a shaggy dough forms, about 2 minutes.

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