Crusty Buns

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- Ready In:
- 3hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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18 buns
ingredients
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 2 cups lukewarm water
- 1 package active dry yeast or 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lard
directions
- In measuring cup, dissolve sugar in 1/2 cup lukewarm warm.
- Sprinkle in yeast and let stand for 10 minutes.
- In large bowl, blend flour and salt.
- Using fingers, rub in lard until well blended.
- Stir yeast mixture vigorously with fork and stir into flour mixture.
- Gradually mix in remaining 1 1/2 cups luke-warm water to make stiff dough.
- Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface and knead for about 10 minutes, or until smooth and elastic.
- Gather into ball and place in lightly greased bowl, turning to grease all over.
- Cover and let rise in draft-free place for 1 1/2 hours, or until doubled in bulk.
- Punch down dough and divide in eighteen pieces.
- On well-floured board, using palm of hand, lightly flatten pieces into 3-inch rounds.
- place side of hand down center of dough; press firmly without seperating dough.
- Fold sides in to center and pinch ends to form slight points; arrange about 2 inches apart on well-grease baking sheets.
- Dust with flour.
- Cover and let rise in draft-free place for 45 minutes, or until doubled in bulk.
- Bake on sheet at a time on top rack in 500F oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until buns are well browned and sound hollow when tapped on bottom.
- Transfer to wire racks.
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Reviews
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I have made these three times. All three times they came out great. Once I made them the way the recipe was printed , the second time I add some Italian seasoning to the recipe(we were having pasta that night) and this last time I mixed in some whole wheat flour and some ground flax seeds to get more fiber in my diet. All were great except that I found it too salty so I cut down on the salt.
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i'm pregnant and have three kids under three. i didn't have time to knead! so i threw everything in my bread machine. (wet ingredients, followed by the dry, and finally the yeast) instead of lard, i used butter. instead of sugar, i used honey (wet) and then i used three cups all-purpose and 2 cups whole wheat. just before putting them in the oven, i brushed them with slightly beaten egg whites to give them a slightly shinier crust. THANK YOU! this was the ONLY crusty bun recipe i could find and we're having beef dip tonight!
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The recipe's conversion for the yeast is wrong. A package should be 2 1/4 tsp not 1 Tbsp. The taste of these are great but you need to at least double the size to get regular buns. I think this should only make about 8 buns. I also put a cookie sheet on top of them while they rise to keep them a little flatter, more like one's you get at the Portuguese bakery.
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Great recipe. They came out just chewy and crusty enough. Exactly what I was looking for. My husband, kids, and brother-in-law, who had never had papo-secos before, inhaled them, and then asked when I plan to make more. They were a hit with the entire lot of us. The only problem I ran into was they simply would not stay formed during the second rise, kept uncurling. (I think that is probably something I am doing wrong. ) I will definitely make these again!
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i'm pregnant and have three kids under three. i didn't have time to knead! so i threw everything in my bread machine. (wet ingredients, followed by the dry, and finally the yeast) instead of lard, i used butter. instead of sugar, i used honey (wet) and then i used three cups all-purpose and 2 cups whole wheat. just before putting them in the oven, i brushed them with slightly beaten egg whites to give them a slightly shinier crust. THANK YOU! this was the ONLY crusty bun recipe i could find and we're having beef dip tonight!
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