Cheating Buns

Buns....Cheating Buns........left to rise in a warm place they are the best  still hot and soft from the oven.You can take your favourite white/whole wheat bread recipe and make buns. Or, you can cheat, if you feel so inclined. And what's wrong with a little cheating with bread dough, as long as it's done honestly.
     Pick up  frozen dough balls in the grocery freezer, place on an oven tray, thaw, bake at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes. Easier than making pie. When in a pinch it works just as well. Be sure to brush the rising dough with melted butter and then brush the still warm/hot tops with melted butter when taken out of the oven. Keeps the crusts soft and gives the buns a nice taste. Other variations could be cheese on the rising dough then baked. Easy and versatile.
     It's been a long week....so decided that it would be faster to use the frozen dough. The dough balls can also be used to make Monkey Bread, linking all the balls together. I am not a big fan of Monkey bread...too sweet, too sticky...but it's an idea.  You can also link all the dough balls together in a cake pan to make a round, plain pull apart loaf.
     In the end, it's a great way to cheat.....as long as you remember to 'fess up to it!