pulled pork with homemade buns

lets get the easy stuff out of the way... 

to make the pulled pork i used 2 - 1 pound pork tenderloins and added two cans dr.pepper. originally i wanted to do the "root beer pulled pork" i see and hear everyone talking about.. but alas i had none, so i figured dr.pepper would do the trick... and it did.. i like dr.pepper pulled pork MORE than the root beer version. so i threw all that in a slow cooker on low for 7 hours. 

after the 7 hours i pulled it apart in the crock pot and let it just sit in the juice until i had the table set and bread out of the oven and ready for eating, maybe 10 minutes it sat. then with a slotted spoon i took out the pork and mixed it with some amazing bbq sauce from the restaurant famous daves sweet and zesty... YUM!!

see how that bottom bun is just collecting all those yummy juices??

these buns are so good.. while they are baking my house was filled with sweet dough aroma, i need to find a candle with that smell or make these every week... i think the candle will be cheaper...

i followed the recipe from envy my cooking these are the

texas road house rolls

first you will need all these ingredients :

4 tsp active dry yeast

1/2cup warm water

2 cup milk warm milk

3 tbsp melted butter, slightly cooled

1/2 cup sugar

6-7 cups flour (original recipe calls for 7-8)

2 whole eggs

2tsp salt

this is what my dough looked like after i followed the "add enough flour to form a soft dough" since the recipe does not tell you, i added one cup at a time and i only added 3 cups to get it to this "light and foamy" consistency. 

then i added 4 cups of flour gradually, one at a time and mixing with spatula then eventually by hand when the dough wasn't too sticky. then i placed it in my big greased bowl. 

 shhh.. its resting!!!

some time later, 45 minutes to an hour, my dough as doubled. then i placed it on a flour covered board. divided them and rolled them into balls, not squares like pictured on pinterest. also my recipe only yielded 2 dozen not the 5-6 dozen as the original recipe calls for. that could also be because i made mine bigger to use as a bun, not just a dinner roll. 

 this stage is awesome.. they look and smell amazing. my oven was set at 350 F and my buns did take the whole 15 minutes to bake. i did not baste with butter. if i were serving them as dinner rolls i probably would.

 and the finished product... boys and girls these rolls are sweet and soft and PERFECT for pulled pork, my family said "pulled pork will never be the same on a store bought bun" and isn't that the truth!!!