Beautiful Burger Buns

By ezunich

Ingredients

• 1 cup lukewarm water
• 2 tbs butter
• 1 large egg
• 3 1/2 cups Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tbs instant yeast

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 160mins
Adapted from kingarthurflour.com

Preparation

Step 1

1) Mix and knead all of the dough ingredients — by hand, mixer, or bread machine — to make a soft, smooth dough.
2) Cover the dough, and let it rise for 1 to 2 hours, or until it's nearly doubled
in bulk.
3) Gently deflate the dough, and divide it into 8 pieces. Shape each
piece into a round ball; flatten to about 3" across. Place the buns on a lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet, cover, and let rise for about an hour, until noticeably puffy.
4) Brush the buns with about half of the melted butter.
5) Bake the buns in a preheated 375°F oven for 15 to 18 minutes, until golden. Remove them from the oven, and brush with the remaining melted butter. This will give the buns a satiny, buttery crust.
6) Cool the buns on a rack.
Yield: 8 large buns.