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Homemade Hamburger Buns – these soft rolls are so easy to make, taste amazing and go perfectly with burgers! Make these ahead for burger night!
Homemade Hamburger Buns
Ohhhhh, homemade hamburger buns is probably one of the greatest things in the world. Fresh from the oven, still warm and soft inside…. and you know what’s in it.
I find it particularly satisfying to feed my family homemade items that we’d normally buy, and this is no exception! If we take the time to craft a great burger recipe – why not have a fabulous bun to wrap around it?
I alternate between using my stand mixer and a bread machine and sometimes, I like to make it all by hand. Kneading dough is seriously therapeutic, and some days… I need some therapy.
Why you’ll love this recipe
- It’s really easy. Using a stand mixer or bread machine will make this even easier!
- These buns taste AMAZING. They’re light and fluffy and making them the perfect hamburger bun recipe!
- They are adaptable. Top them with poppy seeds, sesame seeds, bagel seasoning – anything you want! You can make them bigger for huge burgers, or smaller if you wanted to make Breakfast Sliders!
I like to use a scale, and weigh each piece of dough so they are relatively the same sized. Pinch the dough off and roll into a ball. Then pull, and squish, and twist the end underneath so you have a nice smooth roll.
Split the buns in half, and light spread with butter or mayo. Place on a baking sheet. Then use the broil function on your oven and gently toast until they are golden brown.
A toaster oven, air fryer or toaster can also be used (without the butter).
Ingredients
The full list of ingredients and quantities is found in the printable recipe card below.
- Egg and butter. Make sure the egg is room temperature and the butter is softened.
- Yeast. I use active dry yeast that comes in a jar. You can buy it in sachets, as well.
- Bread flour. I use bread flour for the high gluten content which makes our rolls soft and chewy. If you’d like to, you can use all purpose or whole wheat flour, but the crumb will be slightly different.
How to make Homemade Burger Buns
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The full list of ingredients, quantities and instructions can be found in the printable recipe card below.
Add the bread flour, sugar, salt and active dry yeast into the bowl of your stand mixer.
Blend together the wet ingredients and pour in. Mix with the paddle until a dough forms.
Switch up for the dough hook and knead until smooth and elastic.
Transfer to large bowl greased lightly with olive oil, cover and allow to rise to double in bulk (about an hour).
Punch down and dump out onto a floured work surface. Divide the dough into 8 pieces (use a kitchen scale if you want to be super consistent).
Place on a greased baking sheet, and set somewhere warm until puffy and doubled in size (about 30-45 minutes).
In a small bowl, melt the butter.
Brush the buns with melted butter (carefully), and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Heat the oven to 375 degrees F, and bake for 12-15 minutes.
Remove from oven, and allow to cool before slicing.
Devour.
Kylee’s Notes
Substitutions/Additions
I use bread flour in this recipe. All-purpose flour can be used.
When using the bread machine, put the sugar and yeast on one side and the salt on the other (we need sugar to feed the yeast).
Heat the milk to 114 (ish) degrees F. This is luke warm. Too cold and the yeast won’t activate as well. Too hot, and it will kill the yeast.
Freezing instructions
This recipe can be frozen after baking. Cover tightly with foil and wrap with plastic wrap. Freeze. To use – thaw at room temperature and use as normal.
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Homemade Hamburger Buns
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Ingredients
- 1.5 cups milk – warmed slightly
- 1 egg
- 2 Tbs melted butter
- 3 ¾ cups bread flour
- ¼ cup granulated white sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ¼ tsp yeast
TOPPING
- 2 Tbs melted butter
- ¼ cup sesame seed
Directions
BREAD MACHINE DIRECTIONS:
- Add all ingredients to a bread machine, and use the dough function.
- When done, punch down, and divide into 8 pieces.
- Place on a greased baking sheet, and set somewhere warm until puffy (about 30-45 minutes)
- Brush with melted butter (carefully), and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Heat the oven to 375F, and bake for 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from oven, and allow to cool before slicing.
- Devour.
STAND MIXER DIRECTIONS:
- Add the dry ingredients into the bowl of your stand mixer.
- Blend together the wet ingredients and pour in.
- Mix with the paddle until a dough forms.
- Switch up for the dough hook and need until smooth and elastic.
- Transfer to bowl greased lightly with olive oil, cover and allow to rise to double in bulk (about an hour).
- Punch down, and divide into 8 pieces.
- Place on a greased baking sheet, and set somewhere warm until puffy (about 30-45 minutes)
- Brush with melted butter (carefully), and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Heat the oven to 375F, and bake for 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from oven, and allow to cool before slicing.
- Devour.
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Notes
Freezing instructions
This recipe can be frozen after baking. Cover tightly with foil and wrap with plastic wrap. Freeze. To use – thaw at room temperature and use as normal.Nutrition
Disclaimer
Nutritional information is an estimate and provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
Update: This recipe was originally published in January of 2019. It was republished in June of 2021.
Cheryl says
Made these rolls today and made them a little smaller to have as dinner rolls ….AMAZING! I’ve been looking for a great recipe, the one I’ve been using is good, but these are great! I left out the salt since my husband is limited with his sodium intake, but they were still very good. We really didnt’ miss the salt! Thanks for sharing. I will definitely be making these regularly !!
Sue Conforzi says
For those concerned with salt, in 1/2 tsp there are 1150mg sodium….in 10 buns, that equates to 115mg……not bad even if you’re trying to watch your salt intake. I love this recipe…..makes great Hamburg buns, or I’ll often make 10 slightly smaller buns.
Ilana says
Delicious and so easy to make. My family loved it 🙂
Chanel says
I had been looking for a hamburger bun recipe, and these were beautiful and delicious!