Hamburger rolls

I have a recipe for pretty much every kind of bread imaginable.  This one makes a great loaf of bread...soft, with a nice tender crust but my favourite use for this recipe is sandwich buns.  When made into buns, the crust is just a little crusty and the center is nice and tender.  Aside from a little more bite to the crust, (and the no preservatives and funky stuff part) you won’t be able to tell the difference from store bought.  I don’t know why anyone would want to buy hamburger rolls at the grocery.  Make these and freeze them.  They thaw beautifully.image

Ingredients:

1-1/2C warm water (110°-120°)
2 TBSP sugar
1 TBSP yeast
1 tsp salt
2 TBSP oil
4C flour

Place first 5 ingredients in a mixer bowl and stir.  Add 3 cups of the flour and mix to combine.  Add remaining flour until you have a nice dough ball.  This dough will be somewhat slack and sticky.  Knead either in a stand mixer with dough hooks or by hand 7 minutes or so.  Do not add too much flour.  To keep it from sticking to your hands either keep them floured or rub a little shortening on your hands.  Form into a smooth ball and place in a greased bowl, (please use glass or metal, cuz I said so) cover with a kitchen towel and let rise until doubled.

imageTurn the dough out onto your lightly floured counter.  Shape it into a rectangle about 1/2” thick.  Using a 4” or 4-1/2” circle cookie cutter, cut out the buns and place on a greased sheet pan.  Cover with a kitchen towel and let rise until doubled again.  It will take less time for the second rise.  Form remaining dough into a ball, knead it a little and let rest for 10 minutes before you cut the remaining buns.  If you prefer them to be a bigger bulky roll size, pat out to about 1” to 1-1/2” thick and cut with a 5” cutter.

Bake 30-35 minutes.  Brush tops with a little butter when you take them out of the oven.

Makes about 10 hamburger sized rolls or 6 or 7 bulky sized rolls.

For simple, round cutters, I recommend these.  You get a bunch of different sizes and Alton Brown says you should have these and he is a God who must be obeyed.

Posted by Donna on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 03:45 PM
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