Chocolate-Studded Sweet Buns from Basel

Name: Chocolate-Studded Sweet Buns from Basel (Schoggiweggli)
Yield: 18 buns
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 egg well beaten with a pinch of salt; 1 cup milk; 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (spoon flour into dry-measure cup and level off); 2½ teaspoons active dry yeast; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 tablespoon sugar; 6 ounces semisweet chocolate cut into ½-inch chunks, the dusty particles sifted away; 4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter, softened

Schoggiweggli

Preparation info

18
buns

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Baker's Tour

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2005

About

These are a specialty of the Confiserie Bachmann in Basel, one of the great pastry shops in a city that has many. The owner, Gregor Bachmann, led me through a tasting of some of his specialties, all of which were terrific. These chocolate-studded buns were my favorites.

Ingredients

1 cup milk
2½ teaspoons active dry yeast
3 cups

Europe
Switzerland
Italy
Bread
Breakfast
Brunch
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Warm the milk in a small saucepan over low heat until it is just lukewarm. Pour it into a small bowl and whisk in the yeast. Set aside while preparing the other ingredients.
Combine the Hour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer. Place on the mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on lowest speed for 30 seconds. Add the butter and mix until