Homemade Hamburger Buns
daringgourmet.com · 2018 · 8 buns
Against 143 hamburger bun recipes
More salt than 78% of recipes and more sugar than 75%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 143 hamburger bun recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 78% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.8%.
- More sugar than 75% of recipes: 8.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 6.3%.
- More yeast than 76% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.5%.
Ingredients (9)
- 1 cup lukewarm water≈ 237 g
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast≈ 9 g
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 438 g
- 3 tablespoons sugar≈ 38 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt≈ 9 g
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled≈ 43 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- sesame seeds (optional)n/a
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- butter for brushing (or for a glossy finish beat an egg with 2 teaspoons of water and brush with that)n/a
flour 438 gbatter 823 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 143 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Liquid54% · 48th percentile · median 55%
- Fat9.7% · 44th percentile · median 10%
- Sugar8.6% · 77th percentile · median 6.3%
- Egg11% · 41st percentile · median 13%
- Salt2.1% · 80th percentile · median 1.8%
- Yeast2.1% · 78th percentile · median 1.5%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 375°F
- Time
- 15 to 18 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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