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Add the sugar, salt and dry yeast to the bread flour and mix to combine.
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Attention!
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Make sure the salt and dry yeast don't touch directly inside the bowl.
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Warm up the milk for 30 seconds in the microwave, and mix with the water.
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Add the liquids to the bowl from step 1, and mix.
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When the dough comes together, take it out onto a work surface, and push and fold for about 5 minutes.
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Hit the dough on the work surface and fold it up, taking care not to cut or damage it.
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Turn 90 degrees and repeat.
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I'm hitting the dough on the counter surface in this photo.
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Here I'm folding it up.
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Repeat step 5 several times, then gently roll the dough up.
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Repeat steps 5 and 7 for 5 minutes.
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Form the dough into a ball, forming a smooth unbroken surface.
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Cover the dough with a bowl and leave for 3 to 5 minutes.
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Spread the dough out in a bowl, and add the butter, which should be at room temperature.
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Massage the butter into the dough.
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Repeat steps 4, 5 and 7.
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The kneading is done once the dough can be stretched out thinly and forms a smooth, shiny surface when rolled up.
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Put the dough in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let it rise.
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If you can, float the bowl with the dough in 35C water.
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This is how it looks after the first raising (after about an hour at 30 C).
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Press the dough lightly to deflate it.
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Taking care not to damage its surface, remove the dough out onto your counter.
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Cut into 12 pieces with a dough cutter, trying to make each piece have as much smooth surface as possible.
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Deflate the pieces, and roll each one up, tucking the cut edges underneath.
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Turn 90 degrees and repeat.
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Flip the dough ball over and pinch the seams together.
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Here is how the dough balls look before the 2nd raising period.
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Flip the balls over again and line up on a baking sheet with the seams down.
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Cover with a moistened kitchen towel, and let rise a second time for about 60 minutes, until the buns have puffed up lightly.
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This is how they look after the 2nd raising.
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(after 1 hour at 28C).
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Bake in a preheated 200C oven for 10 minutes.
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When they are golden brown, they're done!
