Burger Buns
1/4 cup warm water
3 tablespoons yeast
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 cups nondairy milk (I use soy)
2 teaspoons salt
5-6 cups flour, as needed
If you have a bread machine... combine everything in the correct order and make the dough. Otherwise,
1. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Let sit 10 minutes. Add sugar, oil, and milk to yeast mixture. Mix well. Add salt and gradually add the flour until the dough is thick enough to knead, but not too stiff.
2. Knead for 8-10 minutes, until dough reaches and elastic consistency. Let rise 15 minutes. Separate dough into 12 balls. (If you want smaller buns, make about 20). Knead/form each ball well, and place on a baking sheet about 1 1/2" apart.
3. Cover with a damp dish cloth and place in a warm spot. (An oven that was heated but has cooled quite a bit works well). Let rise 20-30 minutes, or until the edges of the buns are about 1/4'' apart. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
4. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until brown on the top. Best served warm; store in a plastic bag to keep in the moisture if keeping overnight.
SO HOW'D IT GO?
These were good as rolls, but I think that they are much too dense to be burger buns.
Thanks!
These buns are fabulous!!! ;)b
I was concerned that they made so many buns and the recipe says that they have to be eaten right away.....not the case..they keep well in the fridge and with a quick zap of the microwave (15 sec) they are great!!!! I wonder how they freeze???? Has anyone attempted to freeze them???
Great recipe! I followed it exactly, except that I was out of soy milk so made oat milk (posted recipe in 'Oat Milk' in milk alternatives unless it's still in 'new recipes')... divided dough in half, & made 6 jumbo buns with one half; put the rest in a greased loaf pan & let it rise for about an hour vs. 15 min, & made it sandwich bread... The loaf was done in 20 min, but I took it out of the pan & returned it to oven for 5 min to brown crust. Both buns & loaf are delicious! The extra rising time made the loaf really light & fluffy-- both forms, though, have a great taste & texture. Next time I'll make 12 vs. 6 buns, out of the 1st half of the dough-- I think they're bigger than they need to be for my v-burgers... but very yummy: 5 stars! Thanks!
does the sugar serve a purpose, or is it just for flavour? I'd like to leave it out. I'm making them right now with the sugar and if they turn out well I'd like to not add the sugar next time, unless there is a reason it needs to be there.
Generally, when baking bread, you need some sort of sugar or sugar substitute (agave, molasses) to feed the yeast. The reason bread rises is because of the gases released when yeast eats and digests sugars. You could try it with less sugar, but you need at least some to make the hungry yeast happy! Good luck!
does the sugar serve a purpose, or is it just for flavour? I'd like to leave it out. I'm making them right now with the sugar and if they turn out well I'd like to not add the sugar next time, unless there is a reason it needs to be there.
I'm home for the holiday and my mom didn't have any vegan bread. I've never made bread before, but these rolls came out so good that my mom asked me to make a big batch for Thanksgiving! Thanks for the well-explained recipe!
YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!!!! Oh goodness these were just so very simple and yummy!!! And the smell of them while they baked...WOW... :o I made them with all wholemeal flour and chucked it in the breadmaker to mix and rise the dough, then made the buns and popped them in oven til they were brown, which wasnt long at all!! The only bad thing I can say, and this is COMPLETELY my fault, is that I made them wayyyyyyyyyy too big cos I kinda underestimated how much they'd rise and they came out huge, BUT that was ok cos I made the TSP sloppy joes recipe from this site http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=9816.0 which was delicious and the huge size of the rolls just meant that I could fit more on there!!! (I'm such a pig!!) I never buy bread, EVER, I don't even keep it in the freezer because I don't like all the yucky stuff they put in it, but now that I know how easy and yummy these are I'm gonna make them every week!!! Thanks so much for this recipe, I worship you, ha ha :-D
this is a great recipe, the buns are delicious. I won't buy store bought buns again because these were sooooo easy to make.
Mine stuck to the baking sheet, though. Guess I should have oiled it first. I thought so, but since it didn't say so in the recipe, I didn't. Mistake. Grease sheets or use parchment paper.
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