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First try at making hot dog buns today. Next time I’m definitely going to do 8 buns instead of 6. Other than that, do you have any tips or tricks to shaping them?

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[–] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Disclaimer: I have not made hotdog buns.

There's a roll recipe I like that has you put a 3 by 4 grid of them in a 9 by 9. Each roll supports the ones next to it, and the walls support the edge rolls. I think you could do something similar with hotdog buns in a high walled pan, assuming you put the right number per pan, to get the right level of height without needing very wide buns.

[–] CountVon@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 months ago

I'll second this. If you look at commercial top-sliced hot dog buns, they're basically elongated pull-apart rolls that aren't baked brown on the sides because they were baked right next to a bunch of other rolls. I found this blog post that has a good pic of what I think would be the ideal spacing:

The parchment paper is almost certainly optional. Neat trick to keep the buns separate but likely not necessary.

[–] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This makes a lot of sense. I’ll have to try them in a 9x13 next time.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Makes sense, the store bought ones are usually attached. Might want to bake a little slower lower so the middle gets done.

[–] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago

Good point on the baking time and temp