I tried this recipe twice, once with vegetable oil and once more with butter. I'd say the vege oil bun taste blander, whereas the butter bun smells wonderful from far and tastes much better. However, i found an overwhelming foul yeast smell in both buns that sort of makes them unpalatable to some people. If breathe deep into the bun with your nostrils, you'll get the undesirable yeasty smell. I don't know. Textrue is sublime, smells great from far, but close up it smells horrible. And this smell affects the taste. I'm giving it 4 stars because this would be a wonderful bun (with butter replacing vege oil) if I can find a way to remove the foul rotten yeasty smell with a more subtle sweet smelling "normal" yeast smell. I think the bad smell came from yeast action on the milk (fresh milk). I've tried another recipe with milk too and got the same smell. Will powdered milk + water help? Maybe i need to add an egg. Read somewhere that eggs can inhibit undesirable yeast products. I gotta try, need you guys to help!!!
Update: Thanks for the advice BeJane. I'll look into culturing yeast the night before and also multiple rise :)
I tried replacign all milk with water but the yeasty odor was still present.
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