Crispy Salt Butter Rolls

Crispy salt butter rolls are a delightful bakery treat made from a soft dough that is rolled out thin, filled with a butter block, and then sprinkled with coarse salt on top. These rolls are baked with steam, creating a flavorful roll with a crisp exterior and a tender interior, perfect for enjoying as a savory snack or alongside a meal. 

It’s a great alternative to pretzel rolls or even croissants.

Ingredients 

Dough

• 200g bread flour 
• 50g pastry flour
• 17g powdered skim milk
• 155g water 
• 5g baking salt
• 20g Sugar 
• 3g dry instant yeast 
• 10g unsalted butter 

Filling 

• 70g cold butter cut into 10g pieces 

Topping 

• Salt flakes 

Directions 

• Place all the ingredients, in a mixer bowl and mix for 5 minutes at slow speed.
• Increase the speed to medium and continue mixing for 5 more minutes.
• Dough has to become elastic and come together.

• Let the dough proof for 1 hour at 76-78F
• Divide the dough into 7 equal pieces ( about 65g each)
• Round each piece of dough into the ball. Let rest 15 min covered.
• Roll each dough ball creating a shape of a  drop. Cover let rest 15 min.

• Start rolling each dough drop, hold the top part, lifted in the air, and start to roll the bottom part longwise, as long as possible. Then hold the bottom part, lifted in the air and roll the top part as thin and long as possible, creating long triangles ( the length of the dough triangles should reach about 50 cm long.
• Divide cold butter into 10g blocks.
• Place butter block on wider part of the triangle .Roll butter inside, creating croissant shaped roll. Repeat the same process with the rest of the dough drops. Place butter rolls into a parchment paper.

• Let butter rolls proof for 40 min to 1 hour at 76-78F, until puffy and bigger.
• Generously spray rolls with water twice, then sprinkle with salt flakes on top.
• Preheat oven to 500F bake rolls for 14-18 min until golden brown.
• Remove Crispy Salt Butter Rolls from the oven, let them cool down.

Enjoy!