Milk Rolls
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- Total Time
- 2hrs 45mins
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- Serves
- 10
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- Calories
- 310
A sweet buttery bun also known as ‘pain au lait’, this is simple to make but can be made more challenging by shaping into longer rolls and experimenting with slashing on top.
recipe updated Oct 29, 2025
Ingredients
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- Unsalted butter
- 125 g
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- Egg
- 1
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- Whole milk
- 300 g
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- Quick-rise yeast
- 7 g
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- Plain flour
- 500 g
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- Caster sugar
- 50 g
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- Salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons
Tools
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Oven
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Prospero
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Baking tray - large
Step preview
- Fit the Dough Tool
- Line baking trays with parchment paper
- Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl, fit the splashguard
- Knead until combined and then scrape the bowl - about 2 minutes, speed Min
- Knead until combined - about 2 minutes, speed Min
- Then add butter
- Knead until the dough has formed - about 5 minutes, speed Min
- Remove the bowl from the machine and cover with a damp tea towel
- Prove until doubled in size - 1 hour 30 minutes
- Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface
- Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces
- Take one piece and gently pull the edges into the centre
- Turn the dough over and shape into a ball
- Repeat the same with the remaining dough pieces
- Place the dough balls on the baking tray and space them apart evenly
- Cover the dough with a damp tea towel and prove until doubled in size - 45 minutes
- Preheat the oven - 220ºC
- Brush the dough balls with beaten egg
- Bake until golden brown - 20 minutes, 220ºC
- Remove from the oven and let cool on a cooling rack
- Serve