Homemade Hamburger Buns Recipe! {Soft + Delicious}

Once you try this easy Homemade Hamburger Buns Recipe, you’ll never want to go back to store bought buns again!

Did you know it’s actually ridiculously easy to make your own burger buns? Thanks to this simple Homemade Hamburger Buns Recipe, you’ll be baking up fresh, gourmet style buns at home in no time!

Kimberley writes: “So so so much better than store bought!”

This Soft Hamburger Bun Recipe is the easiest way to upgrade your lunch or dinner… and a must have at your Summer backyard cookouts! Plus, you can get all fancy and top them with sesame seeds, everything bagel seasoning for an outrageously delicious bun, or dehydrated onions for an ‘Onion Bun’.

So just how do you make the best hamburger buns of all time? It’s actually really easy! You’ll just use your stand mixer to create the dough, let it rest, form into balls, let it rest again, and bake!

These delicious buns are the perfect way to take your Hamburgers, Grilled Chicken Sandwiches, Sloppy Joes, and Pulled Pork Sandwiches to the next level! If we’ve got anything like that on our menu, I’ll either make them that morning, or the night before.

So are you ready to learn how to make your own fresh hamburger buns? Trust me… once you try these, you’ll never go back to store bought buns again!

Here’s what you’ll need to get started…

Homemade Hamburger Buns Recipe

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What is in a Hamburger Bun?

There are several ingredients you may even already have on hand that come together to make the most AMAZING buns. You’ll need…

• All Purpose Flour
• Active Dry Yeast
• Sugar
• Honey
• Eggs
• Salt
• Water
• Avocado or Olive Oil
• Butter
• Milk
• and optional Sesame Seeds, Everything Bagel Seasoning, or Dehydrated Onions for a topping.

How Do You Make Hamburger Buns from Scratch?

It’s actually really easy, and the hands on time is really minimal! Using your stand mixer, you’ll whip up some dough, let the dough rest, then form into buns, let the dough rest again, and bake!

What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About This Recipe…

Kimberley writes: “So so so much better than store bought!”

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Homemade Hamburger Buns Recipe

Once you try this easy Homemade Hamburger Buns Recipe, you'll never go back to store bought buns again!

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Cook Time15 minutes mins

Rise Time2 hours hrs

Total Time2 hours hrs 35 minutes mins

Course: Main

Cuisine: American

Servings: 8 – 12, depending on size

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 tsp. Active Dry Yeast
• 1 cup Warm Water
• 1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons Granulated Sugar
• 3 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
• 1 Large Egg {lightly beaten}
• 4 tablespoons Unsalted Butter {melted}
• 2 tablespoons Honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 2 teaspoons Avocado Oil or Olive Oil
• 1 Egg + 1 tbsp. Milk + Pinch of Salt {for egg wash}
• Optional: 1 1/2 teaspoons Sesame Seeds, Minced Onion, or Everything Bagel Seasoning {for topping}

Instructions

• Add yeast, warm water, and 2 teaspoons sugar into your stand mixer’s bowl, and whisk until well combined. Allow to stand for 10 minutes.
• After 10 minutes, add beaten Egg, melted Butter, Honey, Salt, and 1 tbsp. Sugar into bowl, and whisk again until well combined.
• Then add Flour into bowl, and using your stand mixer’s dough hook, knead dough on low speed {Level 2} for approx. 5 minutes, or until dough ball forms. {scrape down sides as needed to ensure all mixture is incorporated into dough}. Do NOT overmix.
• Brush 1 tsp. Avocado or Olive Oil onto bottom and sides of separate large mixing bowl.
• Remove dough from stand mixer’s bowl, shape into ball using your hands, tucking sides underneath, and place into oiled bowl. Then brush an additional 1 tsp. oil onto top of dough ball.
• Cover bowl loosely with light tea towel or flour sack cloth, and allow dough to rise in a warm area of your home. After it has doubled in size {around 1 – 2 hours}, you’re ready to make some buns!
• Transfer your dough to a floured countertop, large cutting board, or pastry mat, and gently roll out with floured rolling pin to a rectangular shape {around 6″ x 12″}
• Dust the top of the dough with some additional flour, and cut into equal portions. {8 for extra large buns, 10 for large buns, or 12 for standard buns}
• Pick up one portion with well floured hands, form into a round disc, tucking the seams underneath. Then on well floured surface, if necessary… gently press down to about 1/2″ in height, while keeping edges formed in a circular shape.
• Transfer dough disc to parchment lined cookie sheet, and repeat again until all discs of dough have been placed on the cookie sheet. Dust lightly again with flour, and gently cover cookie sheet with light tea towel or flour sack cloth, allowing dough to rise again for 1 hour.
• After 1 hour, preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Now it’s time for the egg wash. Beat 1 Large Egg well, then stir in 1 tbsp. Milk + a pinch of salt. Dip your pastry brush in the egg mixture, and brush over the entire top and outer edges of your buns.
• For plain buns, you can leave as is. Or if you’d like a topping, sprinkle top of each bun with Sesame Seeds, Dehydrated Onions, or Everything Bagel Seasoning.
• Bake for 13 – 17 minutes, or until done and golden brown on top. As buns bake, they will spread out and connect. Once you remove them from the oven and they have cooled completely, you can cut them where they’ve connected or gently pull apart before slicing them lengthwise. ENJOY!
• Freezing Tip: After buns have cooled, and before slicing, wrap each bun individually in plastic wrap. Then transfer wrapped buns to freezer storage bag, removing as much air as possible from the bag. Store up to 1 month in the freezer.

Notes

Carefully measure your Flour by spooning into a measuring cup, and leveling off with a knife. {The correct amount of flour will make all of the difference}

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