Amazing recipe! when my buns are proofed, they get untied and they have a random, funny shape. Is there any trick to help them keep their shape?

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Amazing recipe!  when my buns are proofed, they get untied and they have a random, funny shape. Is there any trick to help them keep their shape?

Food52-Hotline · Answer

Hi Anastasia!I agree with Lori about the pinching, then you can tuck any pinched parts deeper into the rolls or underneath. If you're really paranoid, you can use tooth picks to secure things in place and remove after backing.Hope this helps!- Justin from the Hotline team

Lori T. · Answer

Anytime you make shaped rolls you will get a few odd shapes- unless you are a professional baker and make a few dozen for pictures and can take your pick of the best, LOL!  But for keeping the outer tail tucked into the bottom, I suggest you pinch the end inside the bottom center  of the roll after you loop it over the spiral.  Nobody is going to be looking at the bottom, or care that it's perhaps not the perfect spiral.  When I make spiral shaped rolls, say an cinnamon or orange roll, that's what I do so they are less inclined to unroll in the proofing and baking.

Miss_Karen · Answer

Bake them in a greased muffin tin.

Amazing recipe! when my buns are proofed, they get untied and they have a random, funny shape. Is there any trick to help them keep their shape?

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