Simple buns, cooked on water, are an excellent product both for independent use and as a basis for sandwiches. For a better taste, they can be oiled (or as a substitute for it if you avoid dairy products).
Many homemade bun recipes require the addition of milk, and if you suffer from lactose intolerance or for some reason do not consume dairy products, it may be difficult for you to find the right recipe.
To create dairy-free buns, a quick adjustment to the basic recipe for homemade bread can be made. You can also be guided by recommendations for cooking lean dishes. In fact, everything is done simply - you can replace milk with water and use vegetable oil instead of butter. The result is beautiful and fragrant buns on the water, which can be eaten by vegans and fasting.
Lenten Bun Recipe
What you need:
- 1 , 25 cups of water, heated slightly.
- 2.5 tablespoons of dry active yeast.
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil.
- 1.5 tablespoons of sugar.
- 1 teaspoon of salt.
- 3 cups flour for baking bread (approximately).
How to cook?
Yeast buns on water can be made very easily. The first step in the preparation of any bread product is to mix the ingredients and knead the dough. Once you do this, you will need to wait an hour until it rises.
Combine water and yeast in a medium bowl. Add butter, sugar and salt and mix. Add two cups of flour and start kneading the dough. Slowly add the remaining flour.
Put the dough on a surface sprinkled with flour, and knead for 4 minutes until it reaches a soft and smooth consistency. Place it in a medium-sized bowl, oiled inside. Cover with a clean cloth and let it rise in a warm place without draft for one hour.
Preparation and weaving of dough
Once the bun yeast water dough rises, you need to shape the items. You can show originality and give them a wicker shape. To do this, you will need to make three "ropes" of dough and braid them in the same way as braids are braided on hair.
Put the dough on a board with a small layer of flour and knead it for 4 minutes. Divide it into three equal parts. Roll each of the three pieces with your hands, creating three “ropes” about 40 cm long. Align the workpieces in thickness and length on a floured board and pinch their upper ends together. Twist them according to the principle of a braided braid and lay the product on a greased baking sheet. Cover and leave for 45 minutes in a warm place or until the dough doubles in size. You can divide your braid into even buns at this stage or then cut the finished product.
How to make a delicious crust?
Do you know that you can make different types of crust on your baking? These are universal methods that can be used with many bread recipes, and it is very easy.
- Crisp: Spray water on top of the items while they are baking.
- Shiny: Brush with egg white before baking.
- Dark and shiny: grease with milk before baking.
- Soft: oil immediately after baking.
Baking time
Make sure your oven is preheated before you put the items in it to ensure accurate baking times. Cook buns at 180 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
Then remove the items from the pan and let them cool on the rack.
Baking Tips
To make perfect buns on the water in the oven, you can consider a few additional tips, tricks, and baking ideas. The main ones are:
- You can replace water with apple juice.
- If desired, you can add half a glass of raisins or dried cranberries to the bun dough on water for added sweetness.
- One and a half tablespoons of sugar in this recipe can be replaced with brown sugar, honey, molasses or maple syrup.
- Store yeast in an airtight container and in the refrigerator. Heat, humidity and air kill fungi and prevent the growth of dough.
- To make the finished buns soft, store them in a plastic bag.
Store the flour properly so that it does not deteriorate. Bread flour contains more gluten than universal. This means that the dough prepared on its basis will rise stronger. You can make your own bread flour by adding 0.5-1 teaspoon of tea gluten to each universal glass.
Nevegan buns
It is obvious that after the mass appearance of bakers on the market, many began to prefer freshly baked bread and rolls. The lean recipe is outlined above, and this option is also good for vegans. But there are also non-vegan versions of baking that do not contain milk. The simplest recipe for such rolls is outlined below.
It will require the following ingredients:
- 2.25 teaspoons dry active yeast;
- 1 cup of heated water;
- 1 tablespoon sugar;
- 1 teaspoon of salt;
- 2 tablespoons tea baking powder;
- 2 medium eggs, divided into yolks and squirrels;
- 3.25 cups of flour or so;
- poppy seeds.
How to cook?
In a large container, mix yeast, warm water, sugar and salt. Stir until completely dissolved. Add baking powder, egg whites and 2 cups flour. Gradually add the remaining amount of flour until a dough is formed.
Put the dough on a chopping board. Knead it for about 6 minutes, adding a little flour if necessary (about a tablespoon). Lubricate a large container. Put the dough in it and then turn it over so that the top is slightly oiled. Cover the dishes with a clean kitchen towel and let the dough rise in a warm, drafts-free, double size place. It takes about 1 hour.
Then put the dough on the table, lightly sprinkled with flour, and knead until all the bubbles in it are blown away for 5 minutes. Roll it into a long layer with a thickness of approximately 2 cm. Twist it with a roll and cut into equal parts with a sharp knife.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease two baking sheets. Lay the blanks on them at a small distance from each other, cover with a clean kitchen towel and leave to rise to double size in the heat (about half an hour). After that, lightly beat the egg yolks and grease the top of your buns with them. Sprinkle with poppy seeds on top.
Bake buns, cooked in water, for about 20 minutes. Then remove them from the oven and remove them to the rack. Serve warm or let them cool completely and freeze.
Quick recipe for buns on the water
This option is not only quick, but also simple. For the preparation of such rolls, not many ingredients will be needed, and it will come out very inexpensively. If you use a bread machine, you will reduce the time to prepare the dough by another half. Manual test preparation takes a little longer.
How to cook such buns?
When mixing the dough, make sure that the water is not hot. It should be slightly warm to the touch. Add as much flour as possible to knead with a spoon, and then pour the rest of it and continue to knead with your hands.
The dough should be sticky, but it should not stick to your hands. If this happens, add more flour.
This recipe can suit both vegans and fasting, because it does not involve the use of eggs and dairy products. If you want to make baking more healthy for your health, you can try replacing half of the universal flour with whole grain, and also use brown sugar as the best alternative to white.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of heated water;
- 1 tablespoon yeast;
- 3 tablespoons sugar;
- 2 tablespoons table oils (rapeseed, olive or coconut);
- 1 teaspoon of salt;
- 7 glasses of flour.
Add yeast to warm water and mix to dissolve. In a large bowl, put sugar, salt, butter and two glasses of flour. Mix these ingredients with the yeast mixture. Gradually add more flour to make a solid dough.
Knead it on the surface, sprinkled with flour, for 8-10 minutes, until it turns out to be elastic and smooth. Then place the dough in a bowl oiled and let it rise in a warm place for about an hour.
Then form the buns and place them on a greased baking sheet. Let rise to about another 30 minutes. Bake at 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
Quick Option Two
As a rule, any recipe for buns on water and yeast involves a long cooking time. In some cases, you will have to wait 5-6 hours to enjoy bread rolls or bread. How can you speed up the cooking process?
Everything is very simple - the recipe for buns on the water can be slightly adjusted. For example, you can take beer as a basis for dough, which also contains yeast in its composition. To bake such buns is very simple, and at the same time they look beautiful and mouth-watering.
This recipe does not require any oil or milk. You can use universal wheat flour, and the dough will turn out soft, with a crispy crust. You can also add some sugar for a little sweetness, but this is completely optional. You can also supplement the recipe with healthy ingredients by putting whole flax and sesame seeds in the dough. This will give the product a rich nutty flavor and add nutritional value. There are also several different varieties of such baked goods with rosemary and caraway seeds and peppers. Experiment with different tastes, and in any case you will not regret it.
It is worth noting that it is better to store such buns, cooked on water, in the refrigerator, because their shelf life at room temperature is slightly less than that of ordinary bread with yeast.
You will need the following ingredients:
- 3 cups wheat flour;
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder;
- 1 tablespoon sugar;
- 3 tablespoons flax seeds;
- 3 tablespoons sesame seeds;
- 2 glasses of natural "live" beer.
Cooking
Combine all dry ingredients and mix well. Make sure that the baking powder is well connected to all other contents. Then pour 2 glasses of beer into the container. Do this carefully, trying to prevent it from foaming. Mix everything thoroughly.
Fold the dough into a greased form and use a knife to divide into equal parts. Spread flax seeds and sesame seeds on top. Bake at a temperature of 200 degrees for 45-50 minutes until the toothpick or match, inserted in the center, is clean. Wait for the loaf to cool slightly before slicing it into individual rolls.
Conclusion
We told you in detail how to cook lean buns. The recipe on the water (whether it is presented with a photo or not is not important) is so simple that even a novice culinary specialist can cope with it without difficulty. Having mastered the procedure for preparing this straightforward baking, in the end you can always have a useful and inexpensive product on the table.