i’d made many burger buns in the past but nothing specifically caught my liking until i dawn on this recipe when i was reading the article on The Perfect Burger and All Its Parts. i then quickly did a search and realise many people had made this bun and absolutely swore by it… i like this because it is really soft…. plus it is so fuss free -(๑☆‿ ☆#)ᕗ you need to try this out… and i dedicate these buns to Nelson Mandela…
Light Brioche Buns Recipe adapted by Hidefumi Kubota of Comme Ça via NY Times
Ingredients (makes 8 buns)
3 cups bread flour
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
3 tablespoons warm milk
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 large eggs
Directions
– In a glass measuring cup, combine 1 cup warm water, the milk, yeast and sugar. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, beat 1 egg
– In a large bowl, whisk flours with salt. Add butter and rub into flour between your fingers, making crumbs. Using a dough scraper, stir in yeast mixture and beaten egg until a dough forms. Scrape dough onto clean, unfloured counter and knead, scooping dough up, slapping it on counter and turning it, until smooth and elastic, 8 to 10 minutes
– Shape dough into a ball and return it to bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, 1 to 2 hours
– Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using dough scraper, divide dough into 8 equal parts. Gently roll each into a ball and arrange 2 to 3 inches apart on baking sheet. Cover loosely with a clean kitchen towel and let buns rise in a warm place for 1 to 2 hours
– Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using dough scraper, divide dough into 8 equal parts. Gently roll each into a ball and arrange 2 to 3 inches apart on baking sheet. Cover loosely with a clean kitchen towel and let buns rise in a warm place for 1 to 2 hours
– Set a large shallow pan of water on oven floor. Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack in center. Beat remaining egg with 1 tablespoon water and brush some on top of buns. Bake, turning sheet halfway through baking, until tops are golden brown, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool completely
Personal notes:
– i baked my buns for the full 15mins, tenting it 10 mins into the baking time
– i did not add the tbsp of water to the egg for egg wash as i wanted a more golden brown top for my buns
– picture and wordings are painted with cocoa- egg yolk mixture ~ add 1tsp of cocoa powder to one egg yolk and mix well. paint buns after egg washing buns and allow the egg wash to dry slightly for otherwise your painting will smudge
and a made a Mandela burger for hubby’s lunch …. woot! (❁´▽`❁)*✲゚*
… sometimes i wonder if i can earn some decent bucks with my personalised burger outlet.. mmm..
Pollution index: 45 (excellent)
我还没吃过有写字和画画的汉堡呢?
这让人感觉好特别,
如果我做,我就写上我讨厌的事,然后大口,大口的把它吃掉,哈。。。。。
你太太太有心思了。。。看了真不舍得吃!
好丰富的汉堡包 :)
Great painting on the buns! Selling personalised burger outlet is not a problem 🙂
Of all burger buns I come across from food bloggers, I guess this is the first burger buns come with drawings, wordings. Indeed, your buns looks so fluffy….
i\’m sure you will do very well if you open a bakery one day. You are an artist and creative with all that paintings and designs.
完美汉堡,我来罗!!!
那个人头像是奥巴马吗?连奥巴马都爱吃的汉堡,我也要。。。。。嘻嘻嘻。。。
噢! 我最爱吃Brioche Buns 了…还是Light 版的… perfect!!
Victoria, i wish i can bite on that burger especially the one with lots of prawns, ,yummy !
my table top oven do not have 400 degree… at most only 300 degree. If that case, how long is the baking time?
Hi Shirleen, it is difficult for me to give you a time since very oven works differently. i suggest you use a thermometer and bake till it reads 95-96 degrees C. that\’s when the bread is ready
Hi Victoria,
Can I make this with instant dry yeast instead of active dry yeast?
Regards,
noelle
Hi u definitely can
Hi Victoria,
Your bakings were really good and it really inspires me.
Can you share me the tips to drawing smoothly on bread dough? It’s takes me long time to draw and my drawing expended after baking. Any idea what went wrong?
Thank you and hope the hear from you soon.
Regards,
CW
Hello
Thanks for the compliments . It really ain’t much trick but I practised a lot as well .. very steady hands and the consistency of the paste must be right. U may like to keep those buns waiting to be drawn in the fridge. Once drawn, place them back in the fridge again and remove the next bun and repeat process till all buns have been decorated.
Hope this helps.