Hamburger buns

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 8 buns, you will need:

• 1 500 g plain white flour (French Type 65)
• 2 180 g milk
• 3 75 g butter
• 4 2 eggs
• 5 9 g salt
• 6 15 g yeast
• 7 50 g sesame seeds
• Total weight: 929 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
49 min.	2 hours 45 min.	25 min.	3 hours 59 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Put into a food-processor bowl: 15 g yeast, 500 g plain white flour (French Type 65), 180 g milk, 75 g butter, 2 eggs and 9 g salt. The milk should be at fridge temperature.
2	Knead on slow speed for 10 minutes (the mixture should ideally reach 73°F [23°C] during this process). Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.
3	Gather the dough into a ball, transfer to a clean bowl and cover with a plastic sheet. Leave to rest for 1 hour.
4	After this, weight out into 100 g lumps.
5	Shape into balls, cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 15 minutes.
6	Prepare 2 dishes, one with sesame seeds, the other with wet absorbant paper.
7	Press out a ball of dough into a disc by hand, then reform into a ball. Roll the top of the ball over the wet paper to moisten it thoroughly.
8	Then roll it around in the sesame seeds...
9	...to coat the top of the ball.
10	Place the ball on a baking sheet. Prepare all the balls of dough like this, cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 1 hour 30 minutes.
11	Preheat the oven to 460°F (240°C) and bake for about 25 minutes, until the buns are golden brown. Note: As when baking any bread, you should ensure that the oven is filled with steam for the first 15 minutes of baking. This page shows you how; it really is the secret of golden-brown, crusty loaves..

Remarks

This is a new version of the classical recipe for even softer rolls.

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