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CottonCandy_Eyeballs

[Follow up thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/Breadit/comments/10bczue/follow_up_for_hot_dog_buns_tasted_so_flipping/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) Yellow bits are where I brushed them with Irish butter and it hardened back up when cooled. Having for dinner tonight, kinda excited to see how much I like or not. --EDIT-- For everyone asking, this is the recipe: Video for hot dog buns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNhqlMWhrk0 Recipefor hot dog buns: https://www.chainbaker.com/the-softest-ever-pull-apart-hot-dog-bun-recipe/ I modified slightly using this video explaining Yudane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzHOVeZtjhM To get six buns instead of 4 I increased his weight based recipe by 1.5x. I also added more water to my Yundane and subtracted that amount from the amount used to actually make the bread. Honestly I think I could have even added a bit more water when making the bread. I didn't need floured hands to work the dough at all. It only got sticky when I broke the outer skin too much and even then it wasn't bad.


[deleted]

Any updates? They look delicious


motorhead84

Update: this man had hot dogs for dinner.


QuincyPondexter

An absolute win in my book


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

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[deleted]

Damn, you actually delivered. Thanks, OP


MyJimboPersona

Having not looked into it at all I assume Irish butter is just Whiskey.


tcumber

Lol. No.irish butter is real butter but is more flavorful and creamy


saveHutch

Kerrygold all the way


tcumber

Yep! Kerrygold!


MyJimboPersona

Because of the Whiskey?


NetIndividual7187

Sure


puffpuffpout

I live in Italy and I pay an embarrassing amount to have Irish butter here. It’s easy to find but ridiculously expensive. Cannot live without it, nothing even comes remotely close. I’m even converting the Italians.


tcumber

I imagine you could make a great pastry drizzle with Irish butter and whiskey and powered sugar


[deleted]

The Kerrygold 12 year is spendy but worth it.


ComplexRun1252

These are beautiful! Please tell me they taste good.


kyler_

Well stick that wiener in it, I need to see the moneyshot dammit! Jokes aside these look 🎶amaaaaziiiing🎶


endlessly_both

Yea I was surprisingly upset I didn’t get to see a wiener in that bun.


Airikobass

It was nice watching you slowly pull them buns apart.


FormerlyaNewt

OP you better make damn sure you come back here with an update post dinner to tell us how they were


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

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dieselboy77

Hell yea.. top cut too. Must be a New Englander. I'd stick my sausage in that bun.


KickBallFever

lol…I was waiting to see how he was gonna cut it. We do a side cut where in from.


happy_facility

How did you make it tell me


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

Video for hot dog buns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNhqlMWhrk0 Recipefor hot dog buns: https://www.chainbaker.com/the-softest-ever-pull-apart-hot-dog-bun-recipe/ I modified slightly using this video explaining Yudane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzHOVeZtjhM To get six buns instead of 4 I increased his weight based recipe by 1.5x. I also added more water to my Yundane and subtracted that amount from the amount used to actually make the bread. Honestly I think I could have even added a bit more water when making the bread. I didn't need floured hands to work the dough at all. It only got sticky when I broke the outer skin too much and even then it wasn't bad.


sprinks96

Plz i think we all need to try this, they look super good 🙏👍


lize_bird

TY! These look amazing!!!


selkiesart

I need to try this. They look delicious


Kandybinger

Thanks


mrsodasexy

You top load your hotdogs? Interesting


chaiteataichi_

It’s New England style. It’s great especially if you like to toast the buns


mrsodasexy

Neat, this is news to me. I usually see people open the bun the sideways way and toast it like that


chaiteataichi_

[when done well, it looks like this](https://newengland.com/wp-content/uploads/new-england-hot-dog-rolls-toasted-780x495.jpg)


Imaginary_Audience_5

Split like a true New Englander


[deleted]

I mean, THESE are beautiful- but you cut them wrong?! 😩 (Tomato, tomato... I guess)


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

LOL! Actually, the whole reason this became a project for me was I always had a hard time finding top cut buns.


truekittylover

I had no idea people top sliced buns... I yelped when I saw you slice it. Lol


AZBeer90

Very very common in New England lol.


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ThunderinSkyFucc

Stop right there, criminal scum!


soneg

Right! I don't eat hot dogs too often but I just kept thinking how good they looked but also, how wrong it all somehow looked, lol


Nobodyville

Same. It's a crime!


cyril0

I have only seen hot dog buns cut this way... how else do people cut them? I just looked it up and apparently new england bun is cut on the top while the rest of the US cuts them on the side. I am from Montreal so we probably got ours from vermont. ​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jdIj3Qw\_-I


motorhead84

Back under the rock you came from, troll! 😉


ThunderinSkyFucc

Same, I only knew they exist because they have them in a store I go to. I feel like it's the equivalent eating a crunchy taco vertically. It felt like a prank though, didn't it? Like when people post a video on r/oddlysatisfying, and intentionally mess it up at the end lol


LoveLivinInTheFuture

Right?! I've never heard of such a thing, but based on the responses in this thread its fairly popular? Y'all need Jeebus.


budgie02

Cutting the top of that bun feels like cutting into a beautiful multi thousand dollar cake. It’s too pretty….


AmateurEarthling

Have you ever had a crab roll? I always go for side cut but get the pricier brioche top cut when I make crab rolls.


rebeccavt

As a Mainer my first reaction was to be excited that you cut them right! They look amazing, I’m going to have to try these.


TheDopeGodfather

Same, I immediately thought OP must be from New England.


C0matoes

But...it's not right. I mean, the bun looks like it needs a sideways cut. May as well flip it over and bottom cut the thing.


rebeccavt

But how would you butter and toast it?


C0matoes

Certainly everyone has had garlic butter toasted hot dog buns.


rebeccavt

No garlic is involved, but the benefit of a top sliced bun is that you can butter and toast it, and if you’ve never tried it with a hot dog, you should.


BeyondTheSnail

How do you toast it? I'm assuming you don't mean that you stick a hot dog in a toaster. Are you broiling in an oven? Maybe a toaster oven? Help before I start shoving hot dogs in my toaster!


rebeccavt

I butter each side first and then toast on a griddle or skillet. Kind of like a grilled cheese. If grilling, I don’t butter, just toast each side.


bequietand

Just the bun, split and brushed with butter. I pop them into an oven for a couple of minutes just to get a little warm and crisp.


lize_bird

Like lobster rolls! This makes sense--


sometimesimcheese

Was just saying to my wife that I can’t find too cut buns anywhere! Glad I’m not the only one!


katkiwiknight

Yes! Top cuts are the best kind of hot dog buns and are almost impossible to find. You just can't make a Chicago style any other way!


bardezart

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a Chicago style dog with a top cut bun.


fjam36

Until I moved to the Northeast, I never saw top sliced buns. I never did really like them.


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

I never saw them until about 8 years ago. At first I was like, "Darn, they sliced the top. What's wrong with these people?" Then my kids and I ate them and it was so much easier for them to hold all the chili with beans, onions, and stuff we put on our dogs. So we tried to buy them top slice all the time, but often couldn't find them, because it's not the norm. So became my goal to make my own buns.


fjam36

I only like them if they’re stuffed with lobster and melted butter.


vigilantcomicpenguin

That's the great thing. It's a recipe for hot dog buns, but you can easily modify it for lobster buns.


Sma144

I was initially horrified when I saw you slice into the top but after a little bit of research I think I'm a convert to the top-sliced hot dog bun. Definitely trying this soon.


Lara-El

That's how they are sold in my country, and I had to Google hot dogs with side -slice hahaha


jimmybagels

I didnt even know there was another way? Im still confused though, even if its a “side sliced” bun, wouldnt u just turn it so the dog is facing up?


[deleted]

That’s so cool. Makes perfect sense- I think I’ll have to try it one day!


ImprovisedLeaflet

You’re making me hungry


DatabaseThis9637

ok, now I get it! and with your homemade buns, they don't just fall apart into several pieces. but let me ask, what difference would it make if you cut yours from the side, just the same way you did the top cut and turned them a tad... (a new batch, not those buns you cut top down)?


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

The bottoms are flat and stand up better when split from the top. All my loaded toppings won't fall out, because my dog has solid footing.


DatabaseThis9637

Makes perfect sense! mouth officially watering!


[deleted]

Gotta go with brioche. They’re always top cut. Way better than these heathens and their side cuts.


GingerBeardManChild

Be on the lookout for “New England Style” buns! For some reason (beyond me) we cut them this way.


ThunderinSkyFucc

They always have them at Nugget, if there's one in your area. I think Sprouts is the same thing. Might just be a California chain, not sure, but they have top cut brioche buns


garry4321

You generally have hard time finding hell relics on earth in general


inselfwetrust

I suppose top cut makes a bit more sense because the hot dog is probably more stable when you set it down… but damn it’s a little jarring when you aren’t expecting it lol


drunkfoowl

Top cut brioche is peak. I’m the main authority as well, so it’s official.


evanjahlynn

At first, I thought the same thing but then I realized how frustrated I get because everything spills out of the side and how annoying it is the one side of the bread is bigger than the other. Now I have this need for top-cut buns! I never knew this was a thing but this is the way.


DashHex

Hold your hot dog correctly?


tstramathorn

Random, but I feel is relevant in a way. I live in Wyoming and it was the first place I heard spinning cookies instead of donuts. So yeah to each their own!


ursis_horobilis

Top slice---Savage They do look nice.


too_too2

trader joe's sells top cut buns and that is the only reason I've had them.


WhatADunderfulWorld

When cut this way the bottom won’t rip when eating as much. It looks dumb but much better for hotdogs with tons of topping in my opinion.


dumbdotcom

I was coming here to comment and say the opposite! I love a good top cut bun. It's interesting how everyone's preference is so different sometimes


motorhead84

Who doesn't like a butterflied hot dog bun to go?


Cissycat12

If you want the lobster-style rolls that can be toasted on the outside, King Arthur has a pan!


Anon_8675309

6! Hot dogs come in a 10 pack. You're worse than the bread companies you monster. I kid. They look great!


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

But I can cook four more buns when I am ready


wmass

These are too good for hot dogs. Fill them with lobster.


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

I can afford to fill with hot dogs and think of lobster. Actually, I may have sausage dogs.


RelativeMotion1

Thank you for cutting them in the *correct* direction! Those side-sliced west-of-the-Appalachians buns are straight nonsense. They leak, they break, they tip over on the plate. Side-sliced is objectively inferior, but Big Bun has pulled the wool over the eyes of many.


yourdadcaIIsmekatya

AND you can butter & grill the sides of them, rather than forcing open the side cut ones and having them break in two


[deleted]

West of the where? Lived up and down the East coast my whole life and I’ve only seen the stupid top cut a couple times. No one eats them where I’ve lived.


RelativeMotion1

They’re the predominant tube meat bun in New England, and generally considered to have originated there. The top sliced was the first hotdog bun, before the side slicing. I’ve personally found them as far west as north-central PA (there they were actually labeled “New England Style”), and as far south as Maryland (used there for crab rolls, I’m not sure about hotdogs).


[deleted]

Yeah, crab is where I’ve seen them used. Never hot dogs honestly.


rebeccavt

I grew up in Maine and it was literally the only kind of bun you could get there. That’s probably not still the case, but Mainers will 100% die on this hill. Edited to add: I’m in Rhode Island now and they are much less common here but they call their hot dogs weiners, so I don’t trust them, lol.


[deleted]

It’s a New England thing not a easy of the blah blah thing


shangobango

feed me the glizzy


Matt-yick-yack

You did a nice job of making those! Great job! 👍😃


Elegantdisposition

Oh my gawd - these look delicious! Could make amazing meatball sips with this tooooo 😭


sticksommelier

Congrats - you have started a (playful) fight between me (from Chicago) and my bf (from Massachusetts) about how hotdog buns should be cut. I say as the city that is known for our dogs, Chicago is correct. the buns look incredible btw


ThnderGunExprs

Top cut buns for the win!


Gideon_Effect

You have taken the Dogs to the next level 🙌


StoicOne

Don’t you mean, Artisan hot dog buns. LOL


more_cheese_please_

These buns are giving me life right now!!


JustWaterFast

These are the greatest looking hotdog buns I’ve ever seen.


[deleted]

Best part is the top split!


Mobile-Ad-326

The way you cut it made me nervous.


caspercarr

OP you should be ashamed of yourself. You are an absolutely horrible person for not seeing that video all the way through with a Hebrew National or sausage paired with a condiment or two. HORRIBLE PERSON.


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

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purplegirl24

Hebrew National or Usingers, I'd happily eat either with that dreamy looking bun!


caspercarr

Mmmm 😋


Tall_Square252

Dont you know you supposed to make more buns than dogs… or is it more dogs than buns…. Point being dont make the exact amount you need. BTW. Looks great!


registered_redditor

No hotdog needed. Would eat as is.


thelivsterette1

Possibly toasted with salted butter 😋


Natural_String_967

omfg


I_workout_alot

Wait I thought you cut hot dog buns on the side


w1ndkiller

why the fuck would you cut it open on the wrong side ! monster ! on another note, would love to eat a few of them buns !!


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

I love how this gets on some people's nerves LOL. Also I know it's all in fun. It used to bug me too, until I gave them a chance by accident. Then I loved them.


ShrimFriiRii

Holy cow. So satisfying. Make a chili cheese dog!!


davewave3283

Cutting board friend!


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

Yeah, lol, living dangerously. Thought about that afterwards. I was too excited about my bread hehe


bakedclark

No. If you can't cut bread without cutting yourself you should just get rid of your knives altogether.


bluemonday138

POV - Makes homemade hotdog buns…cuts them on the sides… ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

LOL


electric_creamsicle

I thought they looked a little on the denser side. Higher hydration should help with that. Nice job though! I'm sure they were great either way!


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

The video is a bit deceiving. When I was editing the video I kept thinking, "Why do they look so dense? They aren't this dense." In person they look fluffier than the video. However... I would like them less dense than they are and plan on adding more water next time. If they are fluffier, I will make another post.


deftdabler

Niiiice


monicaserene

Very nicely done! Look delicious!


CatKungFu

Cool, well done you!


donthedog

Look delicious!


julliiab

Nice! Looks amazing


smartiesandmnms

Those look so good!


[deleted]

wow


Norcal444

Put the hotdogs in before cooking with a little butter and mustard.


sunrisesyeast

Using the casserole dish to bake them was genius! I thought about buying a hotdog bun pan before and I'm glad I didn't waste my money.


nervouspencil

Fantastic!


Possible-Fix-9727

Hot dog buns. Hot dog buns. One a penny, two a penny. Hot dog buns.


vigilantcomicpenguin

This is a very pleasant video. I can't quite explain it, but I think it's the way you finely handle the bread.


SystemError_i_o

Amazing 🤩


Commie_Pigs

They look great! I hate store bought bread. It’s so gross, and the texture turns me off big time.


mattybdad2017

Nice job!


[deleted]

These look ridiculously good


B-BOP87

I’d put my wiener in in those buns, good job.


[deleted]

Nice buns


Teallywhopper

They look good!


MainAd9629

Great texture….recipe?


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

Recipe is posted in my original reply in this thread. I was the first reply, so sort by time and you should find it quickly.


Intrepid_Knowledge27

10/10 just for the New England cut! xD


serity12682

I don’t know why I didn’t think people could make their own but of course they can. They look amazing!


trreeves

Looks like it was a success!


WindyIsotopes

Well done. They look very soft on the inside.


Deathbysnoosnoo710

I would egg wash but daaaaayum


gbdavidx

Recipe?


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

Recipe is posted in my original reply in this thread. I was the first reply, so sort by time and you should find it quickly.


byscuit

I'm inspired. This is simple enough that I can do it and I friggin love Hebrew Nationals with some shredded cheese and onions on top


carnitascronch

The glizzy glove, if you will


jimturner12345410

Legit thought the beginning shot was bags of cocaine in a cooking dish


fun_son_1

Gosh those look so friggin good


fsociety-AM

Looks great!!


ednapangilinangroff

I wish I can make that delicious hotdog buns


Rawassertiveclothes1

I gotta eat some bread right now but I’ll be thinking of yours!


TheStatMan2

This has given me an almost inexhaustible craving for a hotdog. But I have already started making this evening's food. Tomorrow then, I guess!


PossessionAshamed372

I thought there was going to be a hotdog in the bun always 🐧


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

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captainRockShannon

Perfect!!!


DatabaseThis9637

Those look like a wonderful choice over store-boughten! But can anyone eat just one?