Beautiful Burger Buns

By anonsouthernbell

Soft, vaguely sweet, and golden yellow from the butter and egg, these simple buns are perfect for burgers, but also fine for any kind of sandwich. Or shape them into round balls and crowd them close together in a pan to make dinner rolls. this recipe first appeared on bakingcircle.com, where is was posted by Ellen Dill, and quickly adopted as everyone's favorite soft bun.

Ingredients

• 1 c (8oz) water
• 2 tabl (1 oz) butter
• 1 large egg
• 3 1/4 c (13 3/4 oz) unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/4 c (1 3/4 oz) sugar
• 1 tea salt
• 1 tabl instant yeast
• 1 tea onion powder (optional)
• 1/2 tea dried minced onion (optional)

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Combine all the ingredients and mix and knead them together - by hand or mixer - until you've made a soft, smooth dough. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover it, and let it rise for 1 hour.

Divide the dough into 8 pieces and shape each piece into a flattened ball. Place the buns on greased baking sheets, cover and let rise 30 to 40 minutes, until they're quite puffy.

Preheat the oven to 375F. Bake the buns for 12-15 minutes, until they're golden brown. Remove them from the oven and cool them on a rack. Split and use for burgers or sandwiches, For burgers, butter the split sides and fry them, buttered side down, until they're golden brown and warmed through.