Hi CA,
Im not sure about the pretzels. Did you follow the reciepe properly? Re buns, you need to get the ingredients EXACTLY right. I always make sure i have got the correct measurements of ingredients to the book when i am baking. Same goes for baking breads.
When you make buns, what are the ingredients and whats the process you go thru? Maybe i can help suggest something then?
Well, I did everything exactly as instructed except for I baked the breads a little longer because I wasn't getting a nice brown color on buns and pretzels. Here's the recipe:
Buns Recipe (by Rahat)
Ingredients:
4 cups All Purpose Flour
2 tbs Milk powder (substituted with whole milk)
1 tsp Salt
4 tsp Sugar
1 tbs Yeast
2-3 tbs Ghee/clarified butter
warm water
egg
Method:
1. Mix all ingredients except eggs and make into dough.
2. Leave it aside for 5 mins.
3. Make into balls. Put them in baking pan. Keep aside until they rise(over an hour). Brush with egg.
4.Heat oven at 425F. Bake for 12-15 mins.