Best Homemade Hamburger Buns

Mix: 5 minutes

Knead: 10 minutes

Rise: 1 hour

Form: 10 minutes

Second Rise: 1 hour

Bake: 15 minutes

Total Time: 2:40

Ingredients:

1 C water, warmed

3 Tbsp milk, warmed

2 tsp yeast

2 1/2 Tbsp sugar

1 large egg, beaten

3 C bread flour

1/3 C all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp salt

2 1/2 Tbsp butter at room temperature

Egg wash: 1 egg + 1 Tbsp water

Directions:

1. Combine water, milk, yeast, and sugar. Let stand until bubbly, approx 5 minutes

2. In another bowl, whisk flours and salt. Work in butter with your fingers making crumbs

3. Add egg into yeast mixture, then add into flour bowl. Use a dough scraper or spatula to work the dough together until a moist dough forms. The dough is very moist and sticky and not able to be kneaded traditionally. Resist dusting with any flour. Use your dough scraper or spatula to scrape up the dough and ten use the slamming method for kneading for 5-7 minutes

4. Rise 1 hour

5. Divide dough into 8 equal pieces and form into balls/buns. Make sure your outer dough has increased tension, this creates a higher bun vs a flatter bun

6. Place buns evenly spaced on a greased baking sheet and cover loosely with a clean kitchen towel. Let rise until doubled again, approx 1 hour

7. Preheat oven to 400 deg. Set a large shallow roasting pan of water in the lowest rack of the oven. Not glass, as the glass may crack

8. Brush with egg wash

9. Bake for 7 minutes, then rotate buns 180 degrees and bake an additional 8 minutes or until golden brown