Home Made Hamburger Buns!!

Hamburger buns are so easy to make and they add wonderful flavor to your hamburgers. These can be flash frozen after they are formed on your baking pan without any covering. When they are completely frozen, then take them out of the freezer and place in bread bags or an airtight container. When you want to use them, take them out of the freezer, place on a greased jelly roll pan, and cover and let thaw and rise--8 hours or more. Then bake. You can also freeze hamburger buns after they are baked.

Hamburger Buns:

from: Shelly's Bread Cookbook (click here to see the cookbook) Please note that I can manually adjust shipping cost, if you are interested in this cookbook! Just give me a call.

First the bread recipe:
You can use the basic bread recipe or a multi-grain bread recipe for an enhance flavor.

Here is the basic bread recipe:
Paula's Whole Wheat Bread (3 Loaves)

* 3 1/2 cups warm water (about 120 to 125 degrees temperature)
* 3 Tablespoons SAF yeast
* 1 Tablespoon Dough Enhancer
* 1/3 cup oil
* 1/3 cup honey
* 1 Tablespoon salt
* 10 cups of whole wheat flour

Place all ingredients in your Bosch Mixer with only 5 cups of whole wheat flour. Turn Bosch Mixer on Speed 1. Add the rest of the whole wheat flour till the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl..about 5 more cups of flour! Mix/knead for 4 minutes. Form into 3 loaves and place in Stainless Steel bread pans to rise once. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. OR MAKE into hamburger buns!

Instruction for hamburger buns taken from Shelly's Bread Cookbook:

Method #1- Roll your dough into a 10"x14" rectangle 3/8" thick on a greased counter. Using a large pastry cutter, cut into rounds. Place each bun on a greased jelly roll pan and brush with an egg-wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Let rise 20 minutes and bake 12-18 minutes at 350 degrees.

Method #2- Using 1/6 of your dough, divided your dough into 10-12 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a ball in the palm of your hand, and press down firmly on a greased jelly roll pan. Brush with an egg-wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Let rise until doubled and bake 12-18 minutes at 350 degrees.

Tip: If you let the dough sponge (dough sits in the bowl for about 10 min. after kneading) it really helps to make the dough softer.

Hamburger buns are so easy to make and they add wonderful flavor to your hamburgers. These can be flash frozen after they are formed on your baking pan without any covering. When they are completely frozen, then take them out of the freezer and place in bread bags or an airtight container. When you want to use them, take them out of the freezer, place on a greased jelly roll pan, and cover and let thaw and rise--8 hours or more. Then bake. You can also freeze hamburger buns after they are baked.

So our family is enjoying an outdoor cookout today only one week after blizzard conditions and 30" of snow! Welcome to Oklahoma!