Homemade Hamburger Buns – Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

These home made hamburger buns are really easy to make at dwelling, they usually come collectively and rise rapidly! They are delicate and fluffy however sturdy sufficient for a juicy burger.

This recipe works nice for hamburger buns, sizzling canine buns, slider buns, or sub sandwich buns and is ideal for newbie or superior bread bakers. The buns are so easy to make and so scrumptious!

Making Homemade Hamburger Buns

The dough for these hamburger buns is really easy! It might be made in a stand mixer or by hand.

Size of Hamburger Buns: for simpler dividing, each bit of dough will weigh 4.5/4.7 ounces. This recipe makes buns which might be about 3.75 to 4 inches in diameter after baking. If you need bigger or smaller buns, divide the dough accordingly.

Shaping and Pressing the Buns

1. Shape each bit of dough right into a spherical ball.
2. Place the balls of dough a number of inches aside on half sheet pans lined with parchment paper.
3. Press every ball of dough right into a thick disc form – about 1/2 to three/4-inches in thickness.
4. Let rise till noticeably puffy.
5. Lightly brush with an egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds (non-compulsory).
6. Bake till golden.

Tip: If the dough springs again after being evenly pressed, let it relaxation for five to 10 minutes to assist the gluten calm down and press once more.

Picturesque home made hamburger buns coming your means with this simple recipe! Like, WOW. These buns are perfection.

They are completely delicate and fluffy whereas nonetheless holding up extremely nicely to a burger and a great deal of toppings.

Because the dough is made out of scratch, you may simply tailor the dimensions of those buns to no matter you select to serve on them! The dough is ideal for hamburgers, sliders, sandwiches, and extra!

Certainly home made buns should not attainable for each event (chaotic weeknight dinners, I’m you!), however if you do have slightly further time and need to really feel like a complete rock star, these home made buns are the ticket!

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Homemade Hamburger Buns

Yield: 10 buns

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 18 minutes minutes

Rising Time: 1 hour hr 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 2 hours hrs 18 minutes minutes

• 1 ½ cups heat water, 105 to 110 levels F
• 2 tablespoons sugar or honey
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon immediate yeast (see be aware)
• 1 massive egg (see be aware for egg-free model)
• 1 ½ teaspoons desk salt
• 4 cups all-function or bread flour (see be aware)

Egg Wash + Topping:

• 1 massive egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• Sesame seeds, non-compulsory

• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook or in a big bowl by hand, mix the nice and cozy water, sugar, oil, yeast, egg, salt and 2 cups of the flour.

• Start the mixer on low pace. Continue including flour steadily till the dough kinds a delicate ball and pulls away from the edges/middle of the bowl. Knead for 5 minutes (if the dough begins clinging to the edges once more throughout kneading, add just a few tablespoons flour at a time till it clears the edges of the bowl). The dough ought to really feel delicate and sightly cheesy to the contact however should not go away lots of dough residue in your fingers.

• Cover the bowl and let the dough rise till doubled in a heat, draft-free spot, 45 to 60 minutes.

• Line two half sheet pans with parchment paper. Lightly grease with cooking spray and put aside.

• Lightly punch down the dough and switch it out onto a evenly greased countertop.

• Divide the dough into 10 equal items (about 4.5/4.7 ounces every). Roll each bit right into a ball and place the rolls on the ready pans – 5 rolls for every pan spaced a number of inches aside.

• Lightly press every ball of dough right into a thick disc about 1/2-inch tall and a pair of to 2 1/2 inches throughout. If the dough springs again after being evenly pressed, let it relaxation for five to 10 minutes to assist the gluten calm down and press once more.

• Cover and let rise in a heat, draft-free spot till noticeably puffy, about 45 minutes.

• Preheat oven to 375 levels.

• For the egg wash, whisk collectively the egg and water. Lightly brush (in order to not deflate the risen buns) the highest and sides of every bun with the egg wash. Sprinkle the highest with sesame seeds, if desired.

• Bake for 18 minutes till golden.

Yeast: to sub in lively dry yeast for the immediate yeast, add the water, sugar, oil, and lively dry yeast to the mixer. Mix briefly. Let the combination relaxation till the yeast is foamy and effervescent earlier than continuing with the recipe. 
Egg: to make the buns egg-free, omit the egg and add 2 to three tablespoons extra water (and omit the egg wash). The buns will likely be barely much less sturdy with out the egg, however they’ll nonetheless work nice for burgers.
Flour: you may sub in half complete wheat flour (ideally white wheat selection). Knead for 1-2 minutes longer. Judge the precise quantity of flour by the appear and feel of the dough. The flour quantity might fluctuate barely primarily based on elevation, humidity, how the flour is measured. 
Size of Buns: These buns are about 3.75 to 4 inches in diameter as soon as baked (the dimensions is variable relying on how flat the buns are pressed previous to rising and baking). 

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Method: Bake

Serving: 1 bun, Calories: 232kcal, Carbohydrates: 41g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 37mg, Sodium: 366mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 3g

Recipe Source: from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe (took my beloved French bread roll recipe and tailored it to be a bit sturdier whereas nonetheless staying delicate and fluffy)