This recipe makes soft hot dog buns that may also be used to create hamburger buns. According to my husband, they are “top of the line.”
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 hamburger buns or 16 hot dog buns |
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup butter
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 (.25 ounce) package instant yeast
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients.
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- Heat milk, water, and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat until very warm, about 120 degrees F (50 degrees C).
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- Mix together 1 3/4 cups flour, sugar, yeast, and salt in a large bowl.
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- Pour in warm milk mixture; stir until combined.
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- Mix in egg. Add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
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- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
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- If making burger buns: Divide dough into 12 equal pieces. Shape into smooth balls; place on a greased baking sheet and flatten slightly. Cover and let rise for 30 to 35 minutes.
- If making hot dog buns: Divide dough into 16 equal pieces. Shape each piece into a 6×4-inch rectangle. Starting with a long side, roll up tightly, then pinch edges and ends to seal. Place on a greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise for 20 to 25 minutes.
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- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Bake buns in the preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 230 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 39 g |
| Cholesterol | 27 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 334 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
swopped one cup white to whole wheat and substituted some oats for flour. was too lazy to melt ingredients in the pan. used hot water as per recipe instead
I tried this recipe, and the 3rd time, I got it right! It took me awhile to figure out how to shape the dough (watched the video a few times), but the taste is always fantastic! I ended up doing the egg wash on top, and turned out great! My husband loves these!
I wasn’t impressed with this recipe. The dough came out the heavy and hard. The exact opposite of what burger buns should be.
I have been a baker for some time. The first batch were dense and didn’t rise. 2nd batch I made how I bake I bloomed the yeast in the 1/2 cup of warm water and the 2 tsp of sugar. Came out much better soft rose good. I have never made anything that takes yeast without blooming it 1st.
I have been making this recipe for about one year now, they came out perfect. I added about quarter teaspoon turmeric got a yellow look and very healthy. Thank you.
Simple and perfect. I do two rises usually. Trying just one tonight. My go to bun recipe.
Wonderful recipe. Came out amazing.
Received compliments on the recipe and it came out better then I had expected.
After 3rd try this buns came out soft, fluffy and nice as it should. I used convection oven still baked at 400 but for 8 min. Nice easy recipe, it tasted pretty good! Very versatile recipe and you can add herbs or other ingredients to kick it up a notch!
These have a very good flavor. They take a long rise time to get them as light and fluffy as you would want. My flour was probably very dry because I had to add an extra half cup of milk to get the dough to form a ball.
I have been baking bread for 40 years and this recipe qualifies for the effort of Ho-made. It will enhance any sandwich. I substituted one cup flour with one cup of high quality rye. I will always be true! Best hot dogs ever.
Quick, easy and delicious. I never use instant yeast and for this recipe I didn’t even proof it. Mixed dry ingredients, added wet and ran on #2 on my Kitchen Aide until the dough was silky and smooth (about 10 minutes). Formed 70 gram biscuits and baked at 400 for 12 minutes. Delish. I bake artisan breads, sourdough and specialty breads quite regularly and this was a pleasant surprise. No work, or wait at all.
Turned out super dense and super flat! Very dissapointing given that kids were waiting for them.
Great texture! I did put the dough in an oiled bowl for half and hour for a first rise before shaping. The second rise took about half an hour.
I love this recipe,so easy to make.i have made them many times and always turn out great. I Bake them for 20 minutes on top rack
I dump all of the ingredients in the bread machine and use the dough setting. Afterwards, when I’m dividing the dough for buns, I weigh each dough ball to make sure they are all the same size. Great recipe!
Pretty tasty recipe. Instead of making rectangles, I just rolled them to about a 2” diameter “snake” (like with play dough). That seemed to work better.
Easy to prepare with yummy product.
Love this recipe! Probably made it dozens of times. Today I forgot the egg, and they still came out great ??
Easy and tasty! Second time I’ve made these, and both times I was successful. I did not have milk, so I used 3/4 c. Kefir watered down with 1/4 c. Water. The buns freeze well. Totally worth it.
Wonderful buns! Made both hamburger and hot dog buns= great!