Baking German Cheese Buns

Baking soft and fluffy cheese buns/rolls with a crispy & cheesy crust is far easier than you might imagine.

In today’s post I show you a simple recipe for delicious cheesy buns, which are made from a fluffy yeast dough like the currant buns I showed you in my previous post. Have fun with the baking!




Cooked/Baked today: Baking German Cheese Buns
Difficulty: Easy – Medium
Preparation Time: 2 hours (inclusive resting time)
Category: Baking Recipes, Bread & Bun Recipes, Yeast Dough
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Baking German Cheese Buns

Ingredients for 10 currant buns:

• 500 grams flour
• 125 milliliters lukewarm milk
• 125 milliliters lukewarm water
• 1 egg
• ½ cube of fresh yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt & sugar each
• 10 slices cheese (for example Gouda)
• Possibly additional flour for the countertop

Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:

• High container to stir together yeast-milk-mixture
• Whisk or fork
• Kitchen machine or mixer with dough hook
• Mixing bowl
• Kitchen towel
• Knife
• Baking sheet + parchment paper

Instructions:




…for the yeast dough:

Crumble ½ cube of fresh yeast into a high container & pour in 125 milliliters lukewarm milk as well as 125 milliliters lukewarm water. Next, add 1 teaspoon sugar & stir together with a whisk or fork until sugar & yeast have completely dissolved.

Preparing Yeast Dough

In a mixing bowl combine yeast-milk-mixture along with 500 grams flour, 1 egg & 1 teaspoon salt with a kitchen machine or mixer with dough hook for about 4 – 5 minutes until you got a smooth dough. The dough should be detached from the bowl wall while kneading & does not stick to the fingers anymore.




Next, give the dough a ball shape, lay it back to the mixing bowl & allow to rest covered with a kitchen towel for about 30 – 45 minutes in a warm place. The dough’s volume should nearly double in size during the resting period.

…for the cheese buns:

After the resting time thoroughly knead the dough again on working top, then use a knife to cut the dough into 10 equal sized pieces & form each dough piece into small balls afterwards.

Shaping Cheese Buns

Place the dough balls with some distance to each other on a lined baking tray (best only 5 buns per tray) & then allow to rest covered with a kitchen towel for another 30 – 45 minutes in a warm place.




Timely preheat the oven to 200°C (top/bottom heat). Top each cheese bun with a slice Gouda cheese & bake in a preheated oven for about 20 minutes until the cheese is melted & the buns are golden brown.

Baking German Cheese Buns

Get the done cheese buns out of the oven, allow to cool on a wire rack & then best serve still warm.

I wish you lots of fun baking 😉

Video Tutorial:

Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):