Name: Best Fluffy and Soft Hamburger Bun Recipe (No Refined Sugar)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup whole milk; 1/4 cup water; 3 3/4 all-purpose flour; 1 egg; 1 1/2 tbsp. unsalted butter; 1 tbsp. honey; 2 1/3 tbsp. dry yeast; 1 tbsp. salt; 1/2 tbsp. honey; Sesame seeds; Water (50 ml)

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The Best Soft Hamburger Bun Recipe

Almost everyone avoids preparing bread. The rise of the dough, the right amount of yeast, the waiting time, and other processes are hazardous and time-consuming.

You want to have bread that looks delicious, especially when you’ve spent that much of your time.

But baking bread often results in disappointment. This is precisely why people prefer to buy ready-made burger buns, even though they know that homemade burger buns are tastier.

Let’s change that today!

Fluffy and Soft Hamburger Bun Recipe

I will give you a straightforward recipe that will take a short time to prepare. But to be honest, this is not an easy-to-make or quick-to-prepare recipe.

However, all the measurements are correct, and I promise you’ll make the best burger buns if you follow the instructions strictly.

Give them a try, and you’ll thank me later.

Yield: 8

Best Fluffy and Soft Hamburger Bun Recipe (No Refined Sugar)

Hold tight for this soft hamburger bun recipe. Once you try the recipe, you may never want to buy ready-made hamburger buns anymore.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Baking Time 20 minutes

Dough Resting Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes

Ingredients

3/4 cup whole milk
1/4 cup water
3 3/4 all-purpose flour
1 egg
1 1/2 tbsp. unsalted butter
1 tbsp. honey
2 1/3 tbsp. dry yeast
1 tbsp. salt

Top:

1/2 tbsp. honey
Sesame seeds
Water (50 ml)

Instructions

Before you start, make sure to leave the butter at room temperature and let it soften. To begin preparing, heat the milk in a small saucepan. Add room-temperature water to the warmed milk.
Bring a deep mixing bowl and add the milky water to the bowl. Add yeast to it, but do not mix. Add 1 tbsp of honey, and roughly mix them.
Add only 2 cups of flour to it. Add salt to the top before mixing the flour with the milk and yeast. Slowly mix the salt with the flour as much as possible without touching the yeast. Add 1 egg.
Cover the bowl with cling film. Then, place it in the oven with the door closed and turn it off.
Leave the dough in this way in the oven for 50 minutes. After 50 minutes, take the dough out of the bowl. Place it on a cutting board and knead for at least 2 minutes, giving the round dough a slightly elongated shape, as shown in the following image:
Shape the dough before cutting it. Cut it in half first. Then divide it into 4 parts to obtain 8 dough balls. Shape all the balls into a smooth round shape, making sure the top side looks smooth:
Give them the final shape. Place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, leaving space between them. Cover it with a cloth and leave it like this for 20 minutes.
Put 1/2 tsp of honey in 50 ml of water and mix well.
Remove the cloth from the dough that has rested for another 20 minutes and spread plenty of honey water on the dough.
Set the oven to 375°F and preheat.
Finally, sprinkle sesame seeds on the dough:
And bake them in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes.
Check the burger buns often, as each oven has different baking times.
As the last and most important step, immediately cover the hamburger buns you take out of the oven with a cloth and let them rest for 10 minutes.

Notes

Do not wrap the cling film on the bowl too tightly. Yeast activates better when there is heat. This way, the dough rises more, and you get softer bread when baked. For this reason, it is a great idea to rest the dough in a slightly heated and turned-off oven.
If it seems impossible to knead the dough, which is very sticky because it sticks to the hand too much, flour your hands a little and knead it this way.

Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 299Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 31mgSodium 896mgCarbohydrates 51gFiber 3gSugar 5gProtein 10g

The nutritional information provided is an estimate based on the ingredients and cooking methods used in this recipe. Actual nutritional content may vary depending on the brands of ingredients and portion sizes. Please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist for precise dietary advice.

Bon Appétit!