Homemade Hot Dog Buns

These hot dog buns were a mistake.

Let’s rewind a little bit.  You guys know I love making my own bread.  As time has gone on, I’ve gotten better at it, and I’m to the point where I can’t buy the stuff at the stores.

I know.  I’ve become a bread snob.

And it’s getting worse.

I think, “Gosh, if my bread is better, then maybe I should bake other things as well.”

My next items to tackle were English muffins, hamburger buns, and hoagie buns.  The English muffins took some work, but I figured them out.  I went for the hamburger buns next. After they were a success, I thought, “The dough doesn’t need to be drastically different for hoagie buns.  I simply need the right baking pan.”

So I hopped on Amazon (that’s what you do when you live two hours from anything) and ordered what I thought looked like a great hoagie pan.  It came, I whipped up some dough, and threw it in.

When the hoagies buns were done, I had to laugh.  There was no way they could be called hoagie buns!  They were almost too narrow for hot dogs.

So, today you get a great hot dog bun recipe.  Or, if you prefer, get a different pan, and they could be hoagie buns if you wish.

Enjoy!!