Hi PJ,
I love all of your roll/bun tips and follow them as written. This was my second time making the pretzel buns. I really wanted this for brats for Memorial Day (today), especially since they come together so quickly using the bread machine for the dough. It is warm today but no humidity to I used the full amount of water. I wanted half burger buns and half hot dog. The burgers looked great but the dogs look awful (this is the second time for them to look terrible). I weigh out everything and they were proportioned as you had suggested. (My dough did weigh a little more.) I had them in a log and just before putting them in the boiling water, I stretched them just a little as they were so short. I got them out of the boil and they looked bumpy and they really flattened out. They tasted great, and held up to the brats. Just disappointed. Hot dog buns don't turn out very well for me. I do not have any idea what I'm doing wrong.

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