Homemade Hamburger Buns (Bread Machine)

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If you’re looking for the ultimate hamburger bun, look no further. These Homemade Hamburger Buns are not only quick and easy to make, but also light and fluffy. Topped with sesame seeds or plain, they’re beautiful to look at and perfect for any occasion.  

Burger-Buns

Ingredients for Homemade Hamburger Buns:

I used the following ingredients for these amazing hamburger buns: Milk, water, unsalted butter, egg, granulated sugar, salt, all-purpose flour, and yeast.

Ingredients

Making the Dough for the Homemade Hamburger Buns:

These hamburger buns are a snap to make in your bread machine. Basically, I added the wet ingredients, followed by the salt, sugar, and flour to the pan of the bread machine. The last ingredient that I added was the yeast. I set the bread machine on the dough cycle, and walked away!

Yeast

Finishing the Homemade Hamburger Buns:

When the dough cycle ended, I dumped the dough onto a floured piece of wax paper, and cut the dough into six pieces. This recipe makes either 6 large (whopper-size) buns, or 8 regular-size buns. I decided to make the large ones, so I weighed the dough and divided the weight by six. Each bun took 3.4 ounces or 97 grams of dough. Yes, I know – I’m a foodie nerd. I weigh almost everything! After I partitioned the dough into six pieces, I rolled each piece into a ball, and placed it on a parchment lined baking sheet. I knew that the rolls would rise quite a bit, so I left a lot of room between them. I flattened each piece with my fingertips, covered the pan, and placed it into my electric oven that I had heated for 1 minute and 45 seconds (a trick I learned from Julia Child).

Flattening

After about 35 minutes, the buns had risen nicely and were almost ready to cook. I brushed each one with egg white, and sprinkled sesame seeds on three of the buns. The Master Taste Tester doesn’t like sesame seeds on his buns, so I left some plain!

Egg-White

Into a preheated 400°F oven the buns went for about 12 minutes, until they were golden brown.

Out-of-Oven

I ended up with six large and perfectly delicious hamburger buns. I don’t think that I’ll ever use store-bought buns again. Yum!

If you're looking for the ultimate hamburger bun, look no further.

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If you're looking for the ultimate hamburger bun, look no further.
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Homemade Hamburger Buns (Bread Machine)
Prep Time
2 hrs 15 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Total Time
2 hrs 27 mins
 
If you’re looking for the ultimate hamburger bun, look no further. These Homemade Hamburger Buns are not only quick and easy to make, but also light and fluffy. Topped with sesame seeds or plain, they’re beautiful to look at and perfect for any occasion.  
Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 Hamburger Buns
Calories: 190 kcal
Author: Chula King
Ingredients
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup water enough such that the total of the milk, egg and water is 8 ounces
  • 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1 Tablespoon white sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 1/2 cups (12-ounces, 340 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/8 teaspoon bread machine yeast
Instructions
  1. Add all ingredients pan of bread machine in the order listed. Program the machine for the dough cycle, and press start. When the dough cycle has finished, transfer the dough to a floured surface. Using either a pizza cutter or a dough scrapper, cut the dough into 6 (3.44 ounces, 97 grams) or 8 (2.5 ounces, 71 grams). Form each piece into a ball and place on parchment lined baking sheet. Using floured fingertips, flatten each piece until it is about ½-inch thick. Cover; allow to rise in a warm place* until doubled in size, about 30 to 35 minutes.
  2. Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
  3. Remove from oven; transfer to wire rack to cool.
  4. Yield: 6 large or 8 regular-sized hamburger buns.
Chula's Expert Tips

*To create the perfect environment for rising, turn on electric oven for exactly 1 minute and 45 seconds.

Nutrition Facts
Homemade Hamburger Buns (Bread Machine)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 190 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4g 6%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Cholesterol 29mg 10%
Sodium 233mg 10%
Potassium 69mg 2%
Total Carbohydrates 32g 11%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugars 2g
Protein 5g 10%
Vitamin A 2.8%
Calcium 2.6%
Iron 10.6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Look no further for the ultimate hamburger bun. These Homemade Hamburger Buns are not only quick and easy to make, but also light and fluffy.

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  3. Janet Channing says

    March 10, 2017 at 10:51 am

    When you say you are using Julia Child's trick of heating the oven for 1 minute, 45 seconds....I assume after that time you turn it off. But, what is the temperature? Thanks!

  4. c2king says

    March 10, 2017 at 11:01 am

    I have an electric oven. I turn it on to 350° F, which is the default temperature for my oven. After 1 minute and 45 seconds, I turn the oven off. By that time, the temperature has reached about 101° F. I've found that it's the perfect temperature to proof dough. Hope this helps!

  7. Deb Lanni says

    May 31, 2017 at 1:41 pm

    I've searched for a long time for a perfect hamburger bun recipe with the right texture, and now I've found it! Thank you so much. These were wonderful! And the tip about pre-heating the oven was something new to me, and also worked perfectly. Yay!!

  9. Prue Hathaway says

    July 20, 2017 at 7:26 pm

    Love this recipe. The buns are tasty, light and fluffy. Is there a comparable bread recipe for bread machines.

  10. c2king says

    July 21, 2017 at 7:42 am

    I suspect you could use the quick cycle on a bread machine with this dough, although I haven't tried that. Let me know if this works for you.

  11. Anonymous says

    August 19, 2017 at 7:14 am

    Best bun recipe ever! !! Been looking and trying for a few years now, so happy I finally found this!

  22. Reno Dave says

    January 19, 2019 at 8:35 am

    I'm going to give this a shot without using a bread machine. I don't know what in a bread machine as it does its dough cycle. Will use dough hook and trusty stand mixer to create dough. Will let it rise, punch it down, then let it rise again. Will shape and let rise as recipe suggests. Then, bake as directed. Think it will be just fine!! Anyone else use this recipe for stand mixer dough? Reno Dave

  23. PudgeFactor says

    January 19, 2019 at 11:58 am

    I think that it'll be totally fine making the dough in a stand mixer. To me, the most important part of ensuring a consistent product is weighing the ingredients! After that, either the stand mixer or the bread machine will do a good job kneading the dough.

  26. BJ says

    April 1, 2019 at 10:02 pm

    Is it the same temperature of 350 & one minute 45 seconds in a gas oven to let the 6 buns rise?

  27. PudgeFactor says

    April 1, 2019 at 10:42 pm

    To be honest, I don't have a gas oven. The only reason that I use 350° is that it's the default temperature when I turn on my oven. Basically, when I turn on my oven, its starting temperature reads 100° F. As soon as I see the temperature start to rise above 100° (which takes 1 minute and 45 seconds), I turn off the oven. Because the oven is electric, it takes a finite amount of time for the heating elements to stop heating. During this time, the oven continues to heat a little bit so that the final temperature when I add the rolls to rise is closer to 107° or 108°. With a gas oven, I assume that once you've turned it off, it is off and doesn't continue to heat. What you're trying to achieve is a temperature around 107° or 108°. Hope this makes sense!

  29. PudgeFactor says

    May 5, 2019 at 5:21 pm

    Excellent! What would we do without our bread machines? I use mine all the time. These hamburger buns are incredible. Hope your's turn out! Chula

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