Homemade Bolillos

INGREDIENTS

• 3.5 cups bread flour (optional: all-purpose)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1.5 tsp yeast
• 1.5 tsp sugar
• 1.5 cups warm water
• 1 tbsp oil (*plus less than a tsp to rub on dough ball prior to rising — see instructions)

INSTRUCTIONS

• Add all ingredients into stand mixer & kneed for 7 minutes.
• Lightly flour surface and kneed into a ball.
• Lightly cover with *additional oil and place into a bowl, covering with a kitchen towel before letting it rise somewhere warm for an hour. See notes!
• Once your hour rise time is over, punch down dough and divide into 6 pieces.
• Flatten out and roll into desired football shape. See notes to link for original recipe to get visual guidance on how to fold.The best way I can describe it is to flatten into an oval and slowly fold down from the top until rolled into a football shape, pinching at the edges to make the points.
• Cover and let them rise for another hour.
• Once second rise is over, brush with melted butter and score each dough down the middle.
• Bake at 450 degrees for around 15 minutes (or until golden brown).
• Brush with butter, if desired.

NOTES

I found this recipe via Tiktok user C’s Kitchen.

I take about 1 tbsp of butter and brush the baked bread with the butter immediately after removed from oven.