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.

Ready in: 2 hours	Serves: 7 people
Yield: 7 rolls	Units: US, EU

Ingredients 

Dough

• 520g bread flour 
• 30g powdered skim milk
• 370g water 
• 10g baking salt
• 40g Sugar 
• 7g dry instant yeast 
• 40g unsalted butter 

Filling 

• 150g cold butter cut into 15g blocks

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 12 equal pieces ( about 80g 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 15g 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, insert the tray with rolls inside the oven, lower temperature to 400F bake rolls for 5 min with steam( I used cast iron pan on the bottom of the oven filled with hot boiling water). After 5 min of baking with steam, release the steam, lower temperature to 375F and continue baking for 18-20 min more until golden brown with golden brown and crispy bottoms.( the time and temperature might varying depending on your oven. Also in the middle of the baking you can rotate the tray, for even browning.
• Remove Crispy Salt Butter Rolls from the oven, let them cool down.

Enjoy!

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