🥖 Nomad Kitchen Savory Treasure Buns

These easy Savory Treasure Buns are golden, buttery homemade rolls stuffed with delicious fillings like cheese, tomato, scallions, salami, pepperoni, bacon, jalapeño, ham, and more. Bake them in about 30 minutes, brush with melted butter, and serve warm with soup, chili, stew, curry, or holiday meals. They’re especially fun for families and gatherings because everyone can choose their own filling, stuff their own bun, and share different flavors around the table. Perfect for autumn, cozy Sunday suppers, and the holiday season. tretaylor.com

Buttery, golden homemade rolls with delicious little surprises inside

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There is nothing quite like fresh bread with dinner—and these little Savory Treasure Buns make homemade bread ridiculously fun. Start with fermented homemade bread dough, tuck in your favorite savory filling, bake the buns in a muffin tin until golden, then brush them with melted butter while they're still hot.

The dough develops a wonderful flavor as it ferments: slightly tangy, chewy inside and beautifully crisp around the edges. Make the dough ahead and keep portions in the refrigerator or freezer, and you can turn tonight's soup, chili, curry or salad into something special with fresh-baked rolls.

Prep: 15 minutes
Bake: 25–30 minutes
Oven: 375°F
Makes: As many little treasures as your dough allows

🛒 What You'll Need

• Prepared fermented homemade bread dough

• Melted butter

• Butter or cooking spray for the muffin tin

• Your choice of fillings

• A muffin tin

• Rimmed baking sheet

🧀 The Fillings We Tried

🍅 Tomato + Scallion + Gruyère
A little Gruyère, fresh tomato and chopped scallions. Fresh basil would be wonderful here too.

🧀 Double Cheese
Cheddar, Swiss, Gruyère—or combine whatever good melting cheeses are hanging around in the refrigerator.

🥩 Salami + Cheddar
A few folds of salami with a small chunk of cheddar. Simple and seriously good.

And Try These Next…

🌶️ Jalapeño Popper: Cream cheese + cooked bacon + chopped jalapeño

🍕 Pizza: Mozzarella + pepperoni + a teaspoon of thick marinara or tomato paste

🥓 Ham & Swiss: Chopped ham + Swiss + a tiny dab of Dijon

🌿 Italian: Mozzarella + tomato + basil + prosciutto

The trick is not to overfill them. About 1–2 tablespoons of filling is plenty. Otherwise your cheese may stage a jailbreak in the oven. 😆

👩‍🍳 How to Make Them

Heat the oven to 375°F and grease a muffin tin. Set the muffin tin on a rimmed baking sheet to catch any adventurous cheese.

Divide your prepared dough into small portions. Flatten each piece into a little round, add your filling to the center, then pull the dough up around it and pinch it very securely closed.

Place each bun seam-side down in the muffin tin.

Bake for approximately 25–30 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown.

As soon as they come out of the oven, brush generously with melted butter. Let them cool for a few minutes before opening—melted cheese has no respect for the roof of your mouth.

🔥 Make Them Into Little Appetizers

This may be my favorite part.

While the buns are still warm, cut them in half and brush the cut sides with a little melted butter. Place them cut-side up on a baking sheet and pop them briefly under the broiler until the bread is lightly toasted around the edges.

Watch them closely—it only takes a minute or two.

Now you've got a platter of warm little stuffed-bread hors d'oeuvres. 🥖🧀🍅

❄️ Make-Ahead Magic

Make your bread dough ahead and let it ferment in the refrigerator for extra flavor. You can also portion and freeze the dough, then thaw what you need overnight in the refrigerator.

That means a bowl of homemade soup from the freezer can have freshly baked bread beside it tonight.

And that's really the beauty of this recipe.

Make the dough. Fill the dough. Bake the dough. Butter the dough.

Dinner just got better. ❤️