2 Hour Hamburger Buns

These homemade hamburger buns with a soft and fluffy brioche like interior will take your burger game up a notch! They are done in 2 hours from start to finish!

📝 Ingredients

• 220 ml / 1 cup warm milk (whole or skimmed)
• 7 g / 1 tbsp active dry yeast
• 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
• 1 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 400 g / 3 cups + 2 tbsp white bread flour or all purpose flour (read notes)
• 1 egg for brushing
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds or poppy seeds

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1In a small bowl combine the warm milk, yeast and sugar and let it stand for 5 minutes. Then add the oil, salt and 1 egg. Mix with a fork.
2. 2Add the liquid to the flour, mix until rough dough forms, then take it out of the bowl onto a floured surface and start kneading until smooth and elastic dough is formed for approximately 8-10 minutes. If using a stand mixer, knead using a dough hook attachment for 1 minute on low speed, then switch to medium and kneed for 4 minutes longer.
3. 3Take the dough out of the bowl and rub the bowl with vegetable oil, then return the dough to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and a towel and let it rise for 45 minutes in a warm place until it more than doubles in volume. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F.
4. 4After the dough doubles in volume, take it out of the bowl onto a floured surface and divide into 8 equal parts. (You might want to weigh them to ensure they are all the same.) Roll into balls and place on parchment-lined sheet 2 inches apart from each other. Cover with a tea towel and let them rise one more time for 30 minutes.
5. 5Brush with a beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds or poppy seeds or both and bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Then cool on a wire rack.