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Fluffy Homemade Hamburger Buns

These fluffy hamburger buns are great for burgers, sloppy joes, sandwiches, or plain with butter! They are easy to make, and turn out fluffy and delicious!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Resting time 3 hours
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

Dough

  • ¾ Cup Warm Water
  • ¼ Cup Warm Milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 ¼ teaspoon instant yeast
  • 3 ½ Cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • ¼ Cup Sugar
  • 2 tablespoon butter cold + grated

EGG WASH

  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon milk

Instructions
 

  • Gather your ingredients, combining the water, milk, yeast, and egg. Once they are mixed well, combine the flour, sugar, salt on the top and lightly mix before combining with the wet portion of the dough. Grate in your cold butter and knead dough until it is combined. (It will feel a little dry), then oil the bowl and dough ball. Cover and let rise for about two hours.
  • Once it has almost doubled in size, punch down the dough. Form into a ball shape with your hands and divide into 4 parts, then divide those 4 parts in half to make 8 dough balls.
  • Pinch everything into one section to close the ball and pull it into a tight circle. I like to pinch it closed, then roll it around on a lightly floured surface with my hand cupped to pull it tight.
  • Once you have shaped the dough balls, cover with parchment paper and add a hand towel over top of the parchment paper, and then allow to rise for another hour. While you wait, pre heat your oven to 375℉ and make your egg wash. Beat together one egg and about 1 tablespoon milk, maybe a little more if it seems too eggy. After the hour rise, brush the egg mixture onto the tops and bake for about 18 minutes or until golden brown. You might need to bake a few extra minutes since every oven is different.

Notes

Tip: Once you pull these hamburger buns out of the oven, the tops of them may be a little bit hard. To combat this, I place a sheet of parchment paper over the buns and then lay a hand towel over the parchment paper. The steam will help soften them back up. Check on them in about twenty minutes. If they have softened, uncover them so that they do not get soggy.
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