Orange Buns!

Some buns with freshly squeezed orange juice and the pulp! It was a bit cold the other day and I thought of using up the sulky orange on the counter top for something. I blended the peeled orange and strained some juice out of it. Drank half the juice, but it was a bit too sour, so used the other half in the bread. Since I dint feel like throwing away all the pulp. I removed the seeds from the pulp and put it in as well!

Ingredients:

• 2-3 cups bread flour
• 1/2 cup bran
• 1/3 cup water
• 1.5 teaspoons quick rise yeast
• half cup orange juice and 1/4 cup pulp ( pulp is optional)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 large egg

Directions:

1. Warm the water to just about warm to touch and add sugar and yeast to it. Mix well and let it sit for 10 minutes or until frothy.
2. Grease the mixer bowl and add the flours,bran and salt to it. Mix well.
3. Add in the oil, egg and orange juice and give it a whirl.
4. Add in the yeast mixture and run the mixer with dough hook for 10 minutes. ( batches of 3 minutes with intermittent scraping)
5. Add in more water or flour if needed. Dough should be soft, not sticky.
6. Place dough in well greased container, covered with plastic wrap for an hour or until doubled.
7. Punch it down and using some flour knead dough for a minute to reduce stickiness.
8. Make 8-10 small balls. Shape balls by pulling on all sides and tucking under.
9. Place balls on parchment, an inch apart and cover with towel and let rise for half an hour.
10. Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes.