Easy Kaiser Roll Recipe
Easy Kaiser Roll Recipe will help you make the best homemade kaiser rolls in five simple steps.
Ingredients
- 550 g Flour or 4 and 1/4 cups (loosely packed)
- 300 ml Warm Water or 1 cup + 1/4 cup
- 50 g Sugar (1/4 cup sugar or 1/6 cup honey)
- 10 g Salt or 1 and 1/2 tsp
- 5 g Yeast or 1 1/2 tsp
- 50 g Butter or oil ,3 1/2 tbsp
Instructions
Prepare the kaiser bun dough
- It’s so easy to prepare this kaiser bread dough.Into a bowl pour in the warm water, salt, sugar, yeast and combine all together.Add in the butter.Now add in the flour and mix it together to form a shaggy mass of dough.Transfer the dough on to a clean work surface and knead the dough for 9-10 minutes.The dough may seem sticky at around 3 minutes of kneading and at this point we may get tempted to add more flour into this.But don’t do that .Just continue to knead and you will see the extra moisture will get absorbed and the dough will change its texture at around 6 minutes of kneading.If we use volume measurements instead of weighing the ingredients slight variation in the dough may occur.The water absorbing power of different flours may also differ slightly, so slight variation in the dough texture may happen.That is okay and normal.In that case, if you find the dough to be too sticky at around 6 minutes of kneading, you can add a few more(1 or 2) tablespoon of flour.If you find the dough to be dry then, we can add a few more (1 or 2) tablespoons of water.After kneading for 8-10 minutes ,our dough will be soft and smooth.
Divide the dough
- After kneading the dough, divide the dough into equal parts.Here I divided it into 10 equal parts.So that we will get big and fluffy kaiser rolls.Large kaiser buns turn more fluffy and soft compared to small kaiser buns.We can eyeball it and divide the dough to equal parts.I prefer to use a kitchen scale so that we can divide them accurately.If they all are of same size, the kaiser rolls will look even more beautiful and they will get baked evenly in the oven.Roll each portion into a round ball.Keep the divided dough, covered for 8-10 minutes.This will give some time for the dough to relax and which will prevent the tendancy to rebound back while we roll and shape the kaiser buns.
Shape the kaiser rolls
- Roll out each dough ball and then shape it into an elongated cylindrical dough strip (around 15 cm )by rolling as in the video.Place each of them on the counter until we finish the rest of the rolls.And then take the first one, that we shaped.Elongate the dough strand by pulling the dough and then rolling.When it gain a length of around 36 cm, we can shape them into kaiser rolls.
- With the long rope ,make a loose knot.Now you will get “tails” on either side of the knot.Begin with the tail on the bottom; wrap it over the knot, then push it through the hole (in the middle).Bring the top tail down and join it with the end of the other tail underneath.
- Don’t forget to pinch and secure the underside. This will prevent the dough from unraveling while it’s proofing as well as while baking.Place the shaped kaiser rolls on to a parchment lined baking tray.Repeat with remaining portions to form all 10 kaiser burger buns.
Final rising
- Cover the tray with a plastic film and let the kaiser rolls rest and proof for 70-75 minutes.This proofing time also depend on the warmth of the environment.If your place is warm, they may proof at around 65 minutes or if your place is cold it may take 80 minutes.We need to wait for until the kaiser buns get really puffed up.
Bake the kaiser rolls
- Bake the kaiser rolls in a 356 F or 180 C preheated oven for 26-30 minutes or until the kaiser burger buns are golden brown in color .