10/02/2021
How to Make Burger Bread
Ingredients
3/4 to 1 cup (170g to 227g) lukewarm water
2 tablespoons (28g) butter, at room temperature
1 large egg
3 1/2 cups (418g) Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1/4 cup (50g) sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons (8g) salt
1 tablespoon instant yeast
PREP-25 mins
BAKE-15 mins
TOTAL-2 hrs 40 mins
YIELD-8 large buns
Beautiful Burger Buns
*Instructions
Mix and knead all of the dough ingredients — by hand, mixer, or bread machine — to make a soft, smooth dough.
Cover the dough, and let it rise for 1 to 2 hours, or until it's nearly doubled in bulk.
Gently deflate the dough, and divide it into 8 pieces. Shape each piece into a round ball; flatten to about 3" across.
Place the buns on a lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet, cover, and let rise for about an hour, until noticeably puffy.
Brush the buns with about half of the melted butter.
Bake the buns in a preheated 375°F oven for 15 to 18 minutes, until golden.
Remove them from the oven, and brush with the remaining melted butter.
This will give the buns a satiny, buttery crust.
Cool the buns on a rack.
Tips from our Bakers
For slightly smaller buns, divide the dough into 12 pieces instead of 8. Bake the buns for 12 to 15 minutes, instead of 15 to 18 minutes.
And how about "slider buns" — about 3" in diameter? Divide the dough into 24 pieces, and bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
When making anything with yeast, including these rolls, let the dough rise to the point the recipe says it should, e.g., "Let the dough rise till it's doubled in bulk." Rising times are only a guide; there are so many variables in yeast baking (how you knead the dough; what kind of yeast you use) that it's impossible to say that bread dough will ALWAYS double in bulk in a specific amount of time
