4.1.6 Burgerbun
Serves: 8
Oven Temperature: 190°
Time in oven/on stove: 15 min to 18 min
Resting time: 3 h
Time to actively work on it: 20 min
Ingredients
| Amount | Ingredient | Preparation |
| Dough
|
| 420 | g | flour | |
| 170 | g | water | increase up to 230 g if needed |
| 30 | g | butter |
| 1 | | egg |
| 5 | g | sugar |
| 1.5 | tsp | salt |
| 1 | tbsp | yeast |
| Glaze
|
| 3 | tbsp | butter | melted |
| | | sesame seeds | optional |
| 1 | | egg white | optional |
| |
Instructions
- Mix and knead all of the dough ingredients — by hand, mixer, or
bread machine — to make a soft, smooth dough.
- Cover the dough and let it rise until it’s nearly doubled in bulk,
about 1 to 2 hours.
- Gently deflate the dough and divide it into eight pieces and shape
each piece into a ball.
- Flatten each dough ball with the palm of your hand.
- Cover and let rise until noticeably puffy, about an hour.
- Brush the buns with about half of the melted butter.
- Optional: To make seeded buns, mix egg white with 2 tbsp of water
and brush right over the melted butter; it’ll make the seeds adhere.
Sprinkle buns with the seeds of your choice.
- Bake the buns for 15 to 18 minutes, until golden.
- Remove them from the oven and brush with the remaining melted
butter.
Notes:
For added richness and color, add the yolk left over from separating the egg
when adding sesame seeds to the dough.
