Sourdough Burger Buns
sugarspunrun.com · 2026 · 10 buns
Against 143 hamburger bun recipes
No yeast, unlike 95% 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.
- No yeast at all, where 95% of recipes use some (most of those 1.1 to 2% of the flour weight).
- Less fat than 86% of recipes: 5.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%, about half as much.
- More salt than 90% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.8%.
- Egg in the middle half of recipes: 9.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%.
Ingredients (10)
- ⅔ cup active (bubbly sourdough starter)≈ 160 g
- 1 ¼ cup warm water ((about 100F/38C))≈ 296 g
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil≈ 27 g
- 2 Tablespoons honey≈ 42 g
- 1 large egg≈ 50 g
- 4 cups bread flour (+ additional as needed)≈ 508 g
- 2 teaspoons table salt≈ 12 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 egg ((any size))≈ 50 g
- 1 teaspoon water≈ 4.9 g
- Sesame seeds (optional)n/a
flour 508 gbatter 1096 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.
- Liquid58% · 61st percentile · median 55%
- Fat5.4% · 12th percentile · median 10%
- Sugar8.3% · 73rd percentile · median 6.3%
- Egg9.8% · 25th percentile · median 13%
- Salt2.4% · 92nd percentile · median 1.8%
- Yeast0% · 2nd percentile · median 1.5%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 375°F
- Time
- 15 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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