Homemade Hamburger Bun Recipe

Homemade Hamburger Buns – these soft rolls are so easy to make, taste amazing and go perfectly with burgers! Make these ahead for burger night!

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Why you’ll love this

• 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!

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.

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• 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.

1. Add the bread flour, sugar, salt and active dry yeast into the bowl of your stand mixer.
2. Blend together the wet ingredients and pour in. Mix with the paddle until a dough forms.
3. Switch up for the dough hook and knead until smooth and elastic.
4. Transfer to large bowl greased lightly with olive oil, cover and allow to rise to double in bulk (about an hour).
5. 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).
6. Place on a greased baking sheet, and set somewhere warm until puffy and doubled in size (about 30-45 minutes).
7. In a small bowl, melt the butter.
8. Brush the buns with melted butter (carefully), and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Heat the oven to 375°F, and bake for 12-15 minutes. Remove from oven, and allow to cool before slicing. Devour.

How do you toast a hamburger bun?

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).

How do you shape hamburger buns?

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.

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Homemade Hamburger Buns

Author Kylee Ayotte

Servings 8 buns

Prep Time: 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Cook Time: 15 minutes mins

Total Time: 1 hour hr 45 minutes mins

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Homemade Hamburger Buns – these soft rolls are so easy to make, taste amazing and go perfectly with burgers!

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Equipment

• Stand Mixer
• Bread Machine
• Baking Sheet

Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 1 ½ cups milk warmed slightly
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ 2 tablespoons butter melted
• ▢ 3 ¾ cups bread flour
• ▢ ¼ cup white sugar
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 ¼ teaspoon yeast

TOPPING

• ▢ 2 tablespoons butter melted
• ▢ ¼ cup sesame seeds

Instructions

BREAD MACHINE DIRECTIONS:

• Add all bread ingredients to a bread machine, and use the dough function.
  1 ½ cups milk, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons butter, 3 ¾ cups bread flour, ¼ cup white sugar, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 ¼ teaspoon yeast
• 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)
• Carefully brush with 2 tablespoons butter (melted), and sprinkle with ¼ cup sesame seeds.
• Heat the oven to 375°F, 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.
  3 ¾ cups bread flour, ¼ cup white sugar, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 ¼ teaspoon yeast
• Blend together the wet ingredients and pour in.
  1 ½ cups milk, 2 tablespoons butter, 1 egg
• 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)
• Carefully brush with 2 tablespoons butter (melted), and sprinkle with ¼ cup sesame seeds.
• Heat the oven to 375°F, and bake for 12-15 minutes.
• Remove from oven, and allow to cool before slicing.
• Devour.

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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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Nutrition

Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 224mg | Potassium: 107mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 280IU | Calcium: 102mg | Iron: 0.9mg

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Update: This recipe was originally published in January of 2019. It was republished in June of 2021.

About Kylee Ayotte

I am a born and raised New Zealander (a Kiwi), now living in Phoenix, Arizona. I’m happily married to the love of my life – a hot American boy I met while traveling the world. I’m a mama to 2 awesome little boys and love red things, rugby, cheesecake, and bacon. Mmmmm. Bacon. Meet Kylee