FBB - Fresh Baked Buns Part 2

This is take 3 out of 3 bread recipes. It was more like a sourdough; so if you like this type of bread, this recipe is for you! The previous recipe had 4 cups of flour to 1.5 cups of water, this recipe has; 

• 3 cups all purpose white flour
• 1  cup of warm water 
• 1 1/2 tsp dry active yeast 
• 1 tsp coconut sugar 
• 1 tsp baking powder 
• 1 tsp of salt 
• 1 TBSP of olive oil

FYI - both bread recipes were delicious! This one is bread B and the other one was bread A. Here is a picture to show the differences: 

Now for the instructions for the above ingredients: 

Take the sugar, dry active yeast and only 1/2 cup of warm water to mix together. Let sit for approximately 10 minutes. By the end of the 10 minutes, there should be froth forming at the top. The water that you use should be warm, but not too hot to touch. 

In that 10 minute period, measure out the full amount of each item and put in a large bowl. In the same bowl, also put in the baking powder and salt. All of these items should be sifted in. 

Make a well in the middle of the bowl between the ingredients and add dry active yeast liquid mixture to knead in the dough. 

Add the remaining amount of water and knead into dough. 

The dough should be kneaded by hand for approximately 5 minutes. 

Add the oil and knead for approximately 1 more minute. 

Put the ball of dough into a clean bowl and cover top of bowl with kitchen cloth. Let the dough sit for 2 hours to rise. 

Once the 2 hours is up, remove kitchen towel and punch down the dough, only once though!  

Divide dough into 6 equal sized balls, lightly pat down the top with your fingers to form a burger bun shape.

Each bun should be a couple inches apart on a lightly oiled and floured baking pan. I ended up using 2 baking pans. 

Let the buns sit for an additional hour to rise. 

When 55 minutes has passed,  preheat oven to 370 F. This all depends on how quickly your oven heats up.  

Bake for 24 minutes. 

Once baking time is complete, put the buns on a cooling rack, lightly brush olive oil on the top of each one and let sit until it has cooled from hot to warm. 

Featured on the picture at the top is this bread recipe toasted with my homemade Seitan, avocado, sauerkraut, Tofutti sour cream and Follow your Heart, Earth Island provolone cheese. The recipe for the Seitan is posted on my blog. Check it out! I also tried this bread toasted with almond butter, raspberries, hemp hearts and coconut. It was also mega yummy; however, choose to use whatever ingredients your taste buds desire! 

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