Homemade Hamburger Buns
melskitchencafe.com · 2025 · 10 buns
Against 143 hamburger bun recipes
More liquid than 89% of recipes and less fat than 86%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 143 hamburger bun recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More liquid than 89% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 55%.
- Less fat than 86% of recipes: 5.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%, about half as much.
- Egg in the middle half of recipes: 9.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%.
Ingredients (10)
- 1 1/2 cups warm water, 105 to 110 degrees F≈ 356 g
- 2 tablespoons sugar or honey≈ 42 g
- 2 tablespoons olive oil≈ 27 g
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast (see note)≈ 9 g
- 1 large egg (see note for egg-free version)≈ 50 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoons table salt≈ 9 g
- 4 cups all-purpose or bread flour (see note)≈ 508 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 1 tablespoon water≈ 15 g
- Sesame seeds, optionaln/a
flour 508 gbatter 1001 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.
- Liquid70% · 90th percentile · median 55%
- Fat5.4% · 12th percentile · median 10%
- Sugar8.3% · 73rd percentile · median 6.3%
- Egg9.8% · 25th percentile · median 13%
- Salt1.8% · 51st percentile · median 1.8%
- Yeast1.8% · 67th percentile · median 1.5%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 375°F
- Time
- 18 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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