Soft Hamburger Buns

Submitted by Jen in Victoria

"Finally, the perfect burger bun recipe! These are very soft buns, yet strong enough for all the hamburger fixings. A long wait on the rising, but well worth it. Adapted from http://www.ahomemadechef.net."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 54mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 8-10 buns

ingredients

• Dough

• 1 1⁄2 cups warm milk
• 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
• 1 large egg
• 3 -4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon instant dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups flour

• Egg wash

• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons water

directions

1. Place all dough ingredients into the bowl of a stand mixer. Knead for 4-5 minutes.
2. Let rise, covered, for an hour, or until doubled in size.
3. Punch down dough and divide into 10-12 pieces. Let rest for 10 minutes.
4. Shape each piece into a ball and place on a greased cookie sheet, fairly close to each other. Squish the tops down gently with your hand. The buns will look small but they will get much bigger during their second rise.
5. Let rise for 45 minutes to an hour. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
6. Make the egg wash by mixing the egg and water. Brush over the tops of the buns (helps with browning) and sprinkle with sesame seeds, if desired.
7. Bake for 20-24 minutes.

Reviews

[Linajjac]

Why doesn’t this have a million stars? Amazing! Soft &? I did use bread flour & brown sugar. I don’t think that changed it much. These buns are outstanding. Not dense. But enough to hold any topping! My husband is picky & well? You won’t regret making these. I promise.

 

[veganmom39]

Love this one too!! I make and sell burgers, too many unknown ingredients in shop bought, so decided it was time to make my own buns. So glad I found this recipe. Being vegan, I subbed flaxegg instead of chicken egg. Worked great. Forgot to add it a couple of weeks ago and it still turned out perfect, so I just omit the egg completely now. Recipe makes an amazing loaf of bread too. Doesn't last even half a day in our house as everyone guzzles it down. Thank you.