2 Hour Hamburger Buns
These homemade hamburger buns with a soft and fluffy brioche like interior will take your burger game up a notch! They are done in 2 hours from start to finish!
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 220ml/1 cup warm milk (whole or skimmed)
- 7g/1 tbsp active dry yeast
- 1½ tbsp sugar
- 1½ tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp salt
- 400g/3 cups + 2 tbsp white bread flour or all purpose flour (read notes)
- 1 egg for brushing
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds or poppy seeds
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl combine the warm milk, yeast and sugar and let it stand for 5 minutes. Then add the oil, salt and 1 egg. Mix with a fork.
- 2
Add the liquid to the flour, mix until rough dough forms, then take it out of the bowl onto a floured surface and start kneading until smooth and elastic dough is formed for approximately 8-10 minutes. If using a stand mixer, knead using a dough hook attachment for 1 minute on low speed, then switch to medium and kneed for 4 minutes longer.
- 3
Take the dough out of the bowl and rub the bowl with vegetable oil, then return the dough to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and a towel and let it rise for 45 minutes in a warm place until it more than doubles in volume. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F.
- 4
After the dough doubles in volume, take it out of the bowl onto a floured surface and divide into 8 equal parts. (You might want to weigh them to ensure they are all the same.) Roll into balls and place on parchment-lined sheet 2 inches apart from each other. Cover with a tea towel and let them rise one more time for 30 minutes.
- 5
Brush with a beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds or poppy seeds or both and bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Then cool on a wire rack.