Sandwich Buns

I LOVE the smell of baking bread, there's nothing like taking a fresh-baked loaf, holding it right under your nose, and taking a DEEP breath, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

The ground flax seed in the recipe is completely optional, but I figgured it would be a great way to add some fiber and fatty acids.

• 1 cup warm water
• 2 tablespoons oil (olive perferably, but any oil will do)
• 3 cups flour (I always just use all-purpose)
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons yeast
• 1 tablespoon ground flax seed
• cornmeal for the baking sheet

Add flour, oil, salt, sugar, yeast and water to your bread machine according to its instructions.
Set on dough setting.
Always follow your machines instructions, when mixing open it and keep check on the dough. Dough should be in a nice round soft sticky to the touch ball. If it is not add more water, or add flour which ever is needed.
Remove when signal beeps and cycle is done.
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Sprinkle cornflour or cornmeal onto a baking sheet.
shape the dough into a few small (and short! these suckers WILL get taller when they rise/bake!) loaves
cover and let rise for about half an hour in a warm room
put a pan or other oven-proof container of water in the bottom of the oven (or else the bread will have a hard crust; we don't want that for sandwich buns!)
put in the oven (center rack will do) for about half an hour, or until the loaves sound hollow when tapped
take out, allow to cool thoroughly before cutting

One of the mini-loaves which I slashed across the top: