These Homemade Hamburger Buns are incredibly fast, easy and delicious!  In less than an hour, you can have soft and fluffy hamburger buns without going to the store.  Make this 40 minute hamburger bun recipe for your next cookout! (2024)

FAQs

What is the secret of soft buns? ›

The secret to soft, light rolls, if you're looking for something like a dinner roll, is an enriched dough that contains butter or other dairy, eggs, or both. If you want something more bread-like, you want a high hydration dough that's been properly kneaded and given at least two bulk fermentations before shaping.

Most burger buns, including enriched white and whole wheat, average 20 to 25 grams of carbohydrates per serving. All those carbs come with at least 1 gram of fat and more than 200 milligrams of salt. Compare that nutritional profile to premium produce like fresh, baby iceberg lettuce.

The ideal soft burger bun should be pillowy, squishy, and tender, with a tight but soft crumb and a distinct sweetness. It should hold up nicely to the burger's juices, but should never be tough or cottony. On the opposite end of the spectrum, you don't want a burger that disintegrates half way through your meal.

Too much flour, or not the right kind, could be to blame. Dough made only from flour with a high or even average amount of protein (like bread flour or all-purpose flour) can become tough from overmixing. Protein gives bread structure in the form of gluten—the more you mix and move the dough, the more gluten you get.

Add a little bit of milk to your egg yolk before brushing over the bread/before baking. The milk helps keep the buns soft and the yolk gives them a good colour.

Chemical preservatives in the beef, bun, or packaging deter mould growth. High salt content in the burger prevents decomposition. The small size of the McDonald's hamburger allows for quick dehydration, making the environment inhospitable for mould. Lack of mould spores on the burger and in the surrounding air.

Try basting your buns for moisture and flavor.

"Using melted butter with just a 1/2 teaspoon each of garlic powder, chili powder, or cumin can totally transform a boring bun."

The bun is white bread, just like you can buy at the grocery store.

Though we don't serve 'bunless burger' per se, you can simply order a burger without the bun - just ask your server when ordering and they'll take care of it.

McDonald's burgers are made of 100% ground beef, formed into hamburger patties, and then quickly frozen at our suppliers to seal in great fresh flavor. We add salt and pepper to our burgers when they are cooked on the grill at our restaurants to bring out all that great beef taste.

What does "no Big Mac bun" mean? ›

Assuming the employee taking the order gets it right, they'll add a "special request" and note that you don't want the center bun. That way you don't run the risk of the kind of sloppiness that comes from disassembling and reassembling your burger on your own.

Ciabatta. If you like your buns toasted, try a ciabatta bun. They are a little healthier, as they are lower in fat and higher in protein, and their heartiness can withstand a juicy burger and lots of whatever sauce or condiments you fancy.

You've crafted the tastiest, juiciest patty; procured the meltiest cheese; and assembled an array of scrumptious fixings—so don't stop there. Complete the perfect package by toasting your bun. Toasting the burger bun provides additional flavor and exterior crispness that can enhance the sandwich.

Cover with a clean towel and let rise again until puffy and almost doubled, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Egg wash the burger buns. Brush the tops of the buns lightly with the egg wash. This will encourage a deeply golden shiny exterior and provide a glue for the sesame seeds to stick to.

The magic of an egg

There's a substance called lecithin, E-322, that helps the dough to rise and stretch, and you can add it at home just by adding egg yolk to your dough. Adding egg white will make the dough more stable as it rises, less likely to collapse, giving you buns that feel more soft and bouncy.

Add Milk

To make your bread soft and fluffy, another trick used by commercial bakers is replacing water with milk. Milk has fats which make bread softer. We at Old Bridge Bakery, carrying years of tradition of bread making, provide authentic and delicious loaves of bread in different flavours.

Milk powder.

Instant milk powder makes bread dough super soft and fluffy and also helps to give it a good rise. It also contributes to the dough staying nice and soft after baking for a little longer than a recipe that does not use milk powder.

Many of these breads, especially packaged ones, are made with a ton of chemical additives such as calcium propionate, amylase, and chlorine dioxide which help keep them soft, light, and fluffy for days.