Ingredients:
4 cups bread flour, spooned and leveled
1 ½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon instant dry yeast (quick yeast)
½ cup water
½ cup milk
1 tablespoon honey or sugar
2 ½ tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
Alkaline solution
2 quarts water
6 tablespoon baking soda
Directions:
I make up my dough in my bread machine. Watching that the liquid is enough, often times I need to add more. Once the dough is made, take it out and divide into 12 balls and flattened into burger buns. Let the dough balls raise for 30 minutes while you preheat the oven and heat the water.
Boil the buns in the baking soda solution for 30 seconds on each side. Don’t crowd the pot and work in batches. Remove the buns from the water with a spider skimmer and place them on the prepared with parchment paper baking sheet about 4-inch (10cm) apart. The surface will look uneven and bumpy, but that is normal.
Score the buns with a razor blade or very sharp knife. Cut a large x across the surface from edge to edge, about ⅛ to ¼-inch deep (3-6mm). Bake for 16-19 minutes until deep brown.
borrowed from: https://www.alsothecrumbsplease.com/pretzel-buns/