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.
Ingredients: Here's What You'll Need
I used the following ingredients for these amazing hamburger buns: Milk, water, unsalted butter, egg, granulated sugar, salt, all-purpose flour, and yeast.
Here's How I Made This Recipe
These hamburger buns are a snap to make 1in 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!
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 portioned the dough into six pieces, I rolled each piece into a ball and placed it on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
I knew 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).
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 buns. The Master Taste Tester doesn't like sesame seeds on his buns, so I left some plain.
Into a preheated 400°F oven, the buns went for about 12 minutes until they were golden brown.
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 amazing burgers to serve on these homemade buns, check out my Portobello Mushroom Burgers, Grilled Peri Peri Chicken Burgers, or Oklahoma Fried Onion Burgers.
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Homemade Hamburger Buns (Bread Machine)
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup (4 ounces, 118 ml) milk
- ¼ cup (2 ounces, 59 ml) water (enough such that the total weight of the milk, egg, and water is 8 ounces or 237 ml) (See Tip 1)
- 2 Tablespoons (1 ounce, 28 grams) unsalted butter
- 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ cups (12 ounces, 340 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 ⅛ teaspoons bread machine yeast
Instructions
- Add all ingredients pan of the 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 scraper, 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 it on a 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. (See Tip 2)
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven; transfer to wire rack to cool.
- Yield: 6 large or 8 regular-sized hamburger buns.
Tips/Notes
- ¼ cup of water is approximate because the weight of eggs varies a lot. Therefore, I add the milk and egg to a measuring cup on a kitchen scale, and add enough water to equal a total of 8 ounces or 237 ml)
- If your oven does not have a proofing function, use Julia Child's suggestion. To create the perfect environment for rising, turn on electric oven for exactly 1 minute and 45 seconds.
Nutrition
Mike from Michigan says
Hi Chula,
Any suggestions in making this recipe work for an Onion Roll/Bun?
Chula King says
Hi Mike,
I would try adding 1 teaspoon of onion powder and 3 tablespoons of dried minced onions to other ingredients.
Chula
Mark says
Chula,
I made these buns per your recipe (using a kitchen scale) and they turned out great. Thanks! Made 7 buns...can they be put in a freezer bag & frozen and if so are they as good once thawed out? I'm going to try your PO-boy buns recipe next....
Thanks again,
Mark
Chula King says
Hi Mark,
Yes, I freeze these wrapped well in aluminum foil and put in a ziploc bag. They're not quite as good as freshly baked, but are close! You're going to love the P'Boy rolls!
Chula
Pat Blanchard says
Why have I been buying hamburger buns? These are fantastic. Thank you.
Chula King says
Pat,
I can't remember the last time that I actually purchased hamburger buns. This is definitely my go to recipe. Thanks for letting me know that they worked out well for you!
Chula
Wallace says
Thank you for this recipe! For whatever reason, humidity or variations in flour, or my bad measuring, I had to add about four more tbs of flour as the bread machine kneaded. I recommend always monitoring stickiness or crumbliness with machines. This recipe was wonderfully easy and good!1
Chula King says
Wallace, I totally agree with the variations in humidity and flour. That's why I weigh everything! So glad that the recipe worked out for you! Chula
Mark says
Do you mix the egg before putting in machine or let machine mix it?
Chula King says
Hi Mark,
Basically, I add the water and egg to the bread machine and stir it with a small silicon spoon to break it up. You could also mix the egg before adding it to the bread machine. Chula
Emily says
Thank you for this recipe! Very easy, very tasty. I may never buy from the store again!
Chula King says
Emily, I can't remember when I last bought hamburger buns from the store. This is definitely my go-to recipe. So glad that they turned out for you! Chula
Julie Scott says
The husband loved these with everything bagel seasoning. Definitely a keeper
Chula King says
Thanks so much Julie for letting me know. I'm definitely going to try this!
Denise says
Made these today, they are amazing. I’ll never buy store bought buns again.
Chula King says
So glad they turned out for you Denise!
Julie says
Mine are rising now. No buns at store due to coronavirus. No sesame seeds. Going to top with everything bagel seasoning.
Chula King says
Yum! Let me know how the bagel seasoning works out!
Jason says
Great recipe. Daughter wanted to go to Five Guys for her birthday, but with the current coronavirus lockdown, this was not going to happen. So I decided to make their burgers at home with this recipe for the buns. Worked a treat. Slight variation on the recipe: I doubles the sugar and added another egg (using the white from these to paint the tops). The Five Guys' buns are described as slightly more eggy and slightly sweeter than a normal burger bun, but I didn't want to go as sweet as a brioche. I used bread flour too, not "general purpose flour" (aka plain flour in the UK).
I used the "turned off hot oven" for the proving, after a radiator or putting it in front of the log fire failed. The own method worked really quickly.
Chula King says
Awesome Jason! Happy Birthday to your daughter.
Shari says
I just tried this recipe. Oh MY GOSH. These buns are amazing. I didn't have unsalted butter so I decreased the added salt by a 1/4tsp. I also weighed the milk,egg, water mixture to 8oz. (depending on the egg the water is not quite a 1/4c.) I make my own bread so I learned early on to always weigh the flour. (It can be a difference of a 1/4c or more if you just measure so be careful)
These buns will definitely be a staple in my kitchen. Can't wait to try a loaf and hotdog buns with this recipe.
Thank You for passing this along!
Chula King says
Shari,
I totally agree with you about the importance of weighing the ingredients when making any type of bread - and cakes and cookies for that matter! I'm so glad that the recipe worked out for you. I'd love to hear how the hotdog buns and loaf turn out!
Chula
Shery says
These rise without yeast?
PudgeFactor says
Sherry, at the bottom of the ingredients is 1 1/8 teaspoons of bread machine yeast. I put it at the bottom because the yeast is the last thing that I put into the bread machine pan.
Chula
Cheryl says
Can you double this recipe in the bread machine?
Thanks.
PudgeFactor says
Cheryl, if your bread machine is large enough, you can definitely double the recipe. My bread machine makes a 2-pound loaf and is plenty large enough to accommodate a double recipe.
Chula
Jeanne taylor says
I'm going to try this recipe for hot dog buns....
PudgeFactor says
What a good idea! I don't see why it wouldn't work. Let me know how the hot dog buns turn out!
Chula
Janet says
Hey there!!! They turned out fine,..didn’t add any bacony flavor I was hoping for tho.....
PudgeFactor says
Hi Janet, I'm surprised that they didn't have the bacony flavor. However, I'm glad that they turned out!
Chula
Janet says
Made these several times and they’re AWESOME!!
Making more today, using bacon grease instead of butter....
Tried asking what y’all thought about it, but, apparently my comment didn’t post!
PudgeFactor says
Janet, I think that using bacon grease instead of butter would be an interesting twist to the hamburger buns. In other breads that I've made, I've successfully use vegetable oil and olive oil. Therefore, I suspect that bacon grease would work as well and provide a Yummy taste to the hamburger buns. Let me know how they turn out!
Chula