Amazing Homemade Hamburger Buns Recipe (Video) (2024)

FAQs

What makes a good burger bun? ›

The ideal soft burger bun should be pillowy, squishy, and tender, with a tight but soft crumb and a distinct sweetness. It should hold up nicely to the burger's juices, but should never be tough or cottony. On the opposite end of the spectrum, you don't want a burger that disintegrates half way through your meal.

Avoid adding too much extra flour to the dough.

Your instinct might be to add extra flour; however, any extra flour will create a denser, tougher bun instead of the light, fluffy, brioche-style bun we want.

To keep your burger buns fresh, store them in air-tight containers at room temperature. Avoid letting any moisture creep in to avoid them from getting soggy and mouldy. The air-tight containers will ensure that the buns don't dry out and retain their original moisture.

Add a little bit of milk to your egg yolk before brushing over the bread/before baking. The milk helps keep the buns soft and the yolk gives them a good colour.

Stir 2 cups flour and yeast together in a large bowl. Heat milk, water, oil, sugar, and salt together in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave until lukewarm; add to flour mixture and beat until smooth, about 3 minutes. Mix in 2 cups remaining flour, then add up to 1 cup more flour as necessary to make a soft dough.

Brioche buns are light and fluffy and are full of eggs and butter, making them extra delicious. They are the perfect bun for burgers as they can hold up to burgers piled high with toppings without falling apart or getting too soggy.

Melted butter is the go-to spread for prepping buns for toasting. Brush a layer of butter on both sides right before toasting them. Mayo is an alternative to butter. Toasting buns with mayo keeps them from sticking to grills and other surfaces. It also adds flavor to the buns.

Shape and Rise

Each dough ball will weigh right around 3 ounces, give or take. Space them a little bit apart in the baking pan and let them rise until very puffy and the sides are touching. Don't skimp on the rising! If they don't rise long enough, they won't reach their fluff-fluffy potential.

Too much flour, or not the right kind, could be to blame. Dough made only from flour with a high or even average amount of protein (like bread flour or all-purpose flour) can become tough from overmixing. Protein gives bread structure in the form of gluten—the more you mix and move the dough, the more gluten you get.

What are McDonald's burger buns made of? ›

Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour, Water, Sugars (sugar, corn dextrose, corn maltodextrin), Yeast, Vegetable oil (canola and/or soy), Vegetable proteins (pea, potato, faba bean), Sunflower oil, Corn starch, Salt, May contain and or all of the following in varying proportions: Wheat gluten, Dough conditioners ( ...

Mixing salt, pepper and any other seasonings right into your ground beef is one way to season them. This method has the advantage of distributing the flavors throughout the meat, and it's the only realistic way to get add-ins like minced onion or herbs into the mix.

When you're done, stack your burger in the following order, from bottom to top: Top bun, 1/4 patty, slice cheese, 2 slices bacon, 2 teaspoons peanut butter, 1/4 patty, slice cheese, 2 slices bacon, 2 teaspoons peanut butter, onions and mushrooms, ketchup, mustard, relish& mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, bottom bun. Enjoy.

I think the taste and the texture of buns are best when lightly toasted. To toast a bun on a grill, grill pan, or griddle, split the bun open, place it cut side down on the grill, and grill until light golden brown, about 10 seconds.