Moomie's Beautiful Burger Buns

1 cup water
2 tbsp. butter
1 lg. egg
3-1/4 cups unbleached flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. quick-rising yeast
1 tsp. onion powder (optional)
1/2 tsp. dried onion flakes

Directions:

Combine all the ingredients and mix and knead them together, by hand or by mixer, until you have a soft, smooth dough. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover and let rise for 1 hour.

Divide the dough into 8 pieces and shape each piece into a flattened ball; place the buns on greased baking sheets, cover and let rise 30-40 minutes, until they're puffy. Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake the buns for 12-15 minutes, until they're golden brown; remove from oven and baking sheet and cool them on a rack.

Split and use for burgers or sandwiches. For burgers, butter the split sides and fry them, buttered side down, until they're golden brown and warmed through.

Comments from tiga :

This is the lightest, most delicious and one of the easiest doughs I've ever worked with. The credit goes to whoever Moomie is. As a novice baker, this recipe is wonderful and almost a guaranteed success. It also works well as a loaf.

User Reviews:

I tried this recipe 3 times already. The consistency is just not right, The first (failed) attempt was my own fault, as I omitted the egg, but the dough consistency was right. The second time I followed the recipe exactly, and used warm water, and the "dough" turned out very gooey (did not form a dough at all). The third go, I used water in room temperature, and I still did not get a dough............WHAT HAS GONE WRONG????

submitted by suzhung on December 07, 2006

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