Hamburger Buns
This is from a good American friend, Brian, who lives in northeastern Thailand, and he makes these often. Brian's words "Being that I live in Thailand, in a place that does not have a bakery around the corner, making my own hamburger buns allows me to enjoy a burger with a proper bun." And Brian is very correct, want a proper bun for a burger here, you have to make it yourself. I know Brian well, if he provides a recipe or shortcut to my site, he makes it often.
Ingredients
For the Buns
- 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 cup luke warm water
- 1 egg, chicken egg, duck would be preferred
- 3 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 448 grams all purpose flour, 3 1/2 cups if no scale
For the Tops
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon milk
- white sesame seeds, optional
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the yeast and 1/2 cup of the flour. Add the luke warm water and mix together. Let this set for 10-15 minutes or until the mixture is foamy and bubbly.
- To the flour mixture, add the egg, butter, sugar, salt, and whisk together until well combined.
- Add 2 1/2 cups of the flour. IF using a standup mixer, use the dough hook and kneed for 6-8 minutes, add flour as needed until the dough comes together and has come free of the sides of the bowl.
- IF mixing by hand, mix in the bowl until the dough comes together, adding flour as needed until the dough comes free from the sides of the bowl, turn out dough on a clean surface and kneed with hands for about 10 minutes, use flour as needed until the dough is tacky but comes free of the work surface.
- Oil a large bowl (large enough to allow the dough to double in size), and place the kneeded dough inside in the bowl, cover the bowl with a towel and set aside for about 2 hours to rise and double in size.
- Punch down the down and remove the dough from the bowl to a lightly floured work surface. Shape the dough into a rectangle or circle and cut into 8 equal size pieces. A pastry cutter works well, and a digital scale is a bonus to ensure you get equal sizes. Line a baking sheet with parchment or lightly flour just the sheet.
- Using floured hands, form each dough piece into a ball, then take each ball and form into a disk about 1/2 inch thick, place each disk on the baking sheet evenly spaced.
- Lightly flour the tops of the disks and cover with a towel. Let rise for an hour or until doubled in size.
- About 20 minutes before buns have risen, preheat your oven to 190 C (375 F).
- Whisk together the egg and milk. Remove the towel from the rolls and using a pastry brush, lightly coat the top of each bun. Sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired.
- Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and place buns on a rack to cool.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Low cost.
Recipe provide by good friend, Brian Colligan, Pleasures & Pastimes (which is a great resource for gardening seeds and other items).
Thailand.
Thailand.
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