Hamburger Buns
wellplated.com · 2025 · 8 buns
Against 143 hamburger bun recipes
More yeast than 91% of recipes and less fat than 77%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 143 hamburger bun recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More yeast than 91% of recipes: 3.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.5%, about twice as much.
- Less fat than 77% of recipes: 6.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%.
- Liquid in the middle half of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 55%.
Ingredients (9)
- ¾ to 1 cup water (warmed to the temperature indicated on your yeast packet (see notes))≈ 207 g
- 2 packets active dry yeast (or instant yeast, 1 ½ tablespoons)≈ 14 g
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 25 g
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour≈ 438 g
- 2 tablespoons butter (at room temperature)≈ 28 g
- 1 large egg (at room temperature)≈ 50 g
- 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt≈ 6 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 large egg (beaten with 1 tablespoon water to create an eggwash)≈ 50 g
- Sesame seeds (optional)n/a
flour 438 gbatter 768 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.
- Liquid47% · 27th percentile · median 55%
- Fat6.5% · 22nd percentile · median 10%
- Sugar5.7% · 44th percentile · median 6.3%
- Egg11% · 41st percentile · median 13%
- Salt1.4% · 26th percentile · median 1.8%
- Yeast3.2% · 92nd percentile · median 1.5%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 375°F
- Time
- 8 minutes
- median 15 minutes
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