Soft, pillow-y, and the perfect balance of sweetness. With the perfect golden brown top and fluffy, yet structured crumb - these homemade hamburger buns are sure to impress.
Course Staples
Cuisine Portuguese
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
5 hourshours
Total Time 5 hourshours50 minutesminutes
Servings 8Buns
Author Two Market Girls
Ingredients
Dough:
½tbspinstant yeast
2tbsplukewarm water
100g(½ cup) granulated sugar
360g(3 cups) all-purpose flour
pinchsalt
½cupnon-dairy milk
24g(2 tbsp) shortening
28g(2 tbsp) vegan butter
½cupJust Egg
Egg Wash:
1tbspJust Egg
1tbspsoy milk
Instructions
Dissolve yeast in water and add a pinch of the sugar. Set aside until foamy.
Combine all-purpose flour and salt, set aside.
In a small pot over medium-low heat add non-dairy milk, vegan butter, and shortening until melted and combined. Set aside and cool until lukewarm.
In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer beat granulated sugar and just egg until combined. Add yeast mixture, flour mixture, and the milk mixture and knead together with your hands or a dough hook until a dough forms. The dough will be sticky – we recommend using stand mixer but we have also made these by hand. Knead it until it comes together as a smooth ball. Cover the bowl with Saran Wrap and a kitchen towel and set aside to rise for 3-4 hours or doubled in size.
Prepare a baking sheet by lining with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Set aside.
Punch down the dough then divide into 8 even sections. Roll each section into a tight ball the place on the prepared baking sheet evenly spaced apart. Let rise again until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 300°F. We use the convection setting on the oven.
Make the egg wash by combining Just Egg and soy milk. Using a pastry brush brush the top of the proofed dough with egg wash.
Bake for 25-35 minutes or until a deep golden brown. We tend to lean towards 30 minutes when we bake ours.
Once baked, remove from the oven and let cool on the baking sheet. You can also enjoy them after just a few minutes, warm and with a little butter.