We grilled out last weekend, and because we haven't been eating foods with flour in them for a couple months, I neglected to think about the fact that my husband and daughter would want a hamburger bun with their cheeseburger and of course, I hadn't been buying buns at the grocery store. Oops. No worries. I whipped up some homemade buns which not only taste great, but homemade buns are much more filling than the 'mostly air' store bought versions. Men that normally eat 2 or 3 burgers on a store bought bun can usually only eat 1 or 2 on a 'real' bun as they are more substantial, but I also love that they don't include all the preservatives and chemicals a packaged version does.
This recipe is a very basic, classic, white dough recipe. Use it for 2 loaves of bread, one bread braid, 2 or 3 french loaves or of course, buns!
Classic White Dough
12 oz. warm water
1 1/2 t salt
2 T butter
4 c unbleached bread flour (or use all purpose if that is what you already have)
2 T dry milk powder
2 T sugar
1 3/4 t yeast, dry
Either place this in a bread machine
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