How is it made?

: Dough on the worktop
After carefully weighing the ingredients and kneading the dough for 20 minutes, it must be left to rise for the first time. The filling is then kneaded into the dough and the portioning can begin.

Cutting the Zuidlaren bun
The dough is cut into various weights, and this determines the size of the Zuidlaren bun.

Rounding the Zuidlaren bun
The piece of dough is pressed flat and rolled up, and this is done again after rotating the dough a quarter turn. The dough is now taken in two hands and a rotating movement is made to turn it into a smooth round ball.

Zuidlaren bun on the worktop
The dough balls are trimmed with a knife and then pressed nice and flat and placed on bran.

Zuidlaren bun dough ball
The Zuidlaren buns are placed on a baking tray and then put in the oven trolley. When the trolley is full, it goes into the rising cupboard and the second rising begins, which takes about half an hour.

Zuidlaren bun in the oven (1)
After the last rising, the trolley containing the pieces of dough goes into the oven. The baking process takes about thirty minutes, depending on the amount in the oven trolley and the rising stage.

Zuidlaren bun in the oven (2)
Once the Zuidlaren buns are baked they are taken out of the oven and placed on bread trolleys so that the bottom can immediately steam out. Once they have cooled, they are ready to be packaged and sold.