Soft White Hamburger Buns
This recipe for Soft White Hamburger Buns is exactly what you want for burgers, turkey burgers, or chicken sandwiches. This easy recipe doesn't use milk or eggs and it creates delicious homemade soft and fluffy homemade hamburger buns that doesn't break!
If you love making homemade bread, check out some of my other favorite recipes like Organic French Baguettes With Instant Yeast, Sourdough Crescent Rolls, Lemon Rosemary Sourdough Bread, or Honey Butter Dinner Rolls.
A Quick Look At The Recipe
- Recipe Name: Soft White Hamburger Buns
- Ready In: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Makes: 8 hamburger buns
- Main Ingredients: bread flour, yeast, olive oil, sesame seeds
- Flavor Profile: soft, simple, tender, fluffy crumb, offering a neutral, comforting base
- Dietary Info: no seed oils, eggless, vegan
- Difficulty: Easy!
- Why You’ll Love It: organic white buns without milk or eggs
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Organic: It's really hard to find organic hamburger buns, but now you don't have to look anymore and you can bake your own soft burger buns at home.
- No Seed Oils: Many hamburger buns (even organic ones) have seed oils, this recipe is free of seed oils as I use extra virgin olive oil.
- Easy: I love this recipe because it's incredibly easy. This mixes up your stand mixer and it only rises for about 1 ½ hours.
- Fluffy Texture: This bread recipe creates a super soft and fluffy burger bun with a golden top that doesn't break! Perfect for burgers, sandwiches or breakfast sandwiches.
- Use for Anything: I love making these for Organic Turkey Burgers With Grilled Onions. You can also use for breakfast sandwiches with Fluffy Scrambled Eggs With Sour Cream, cheese, and avocado!
Ingredients
- Yeast: I use organic instant yeast so these rise quicker. But, if you want to use active dry yeast, you can use that instead if you prefer.
- Cane Sugar: You'll need a little organic cane sugar to activate the yeast.
- Bread Flour: I use King Arthur Organic Bread Flour in these soft and fluffy hamburger buns. Bread flour makes these light, soft, and chewy.
- EVOO: I use organic extra virgin olive oil, no seed oils here! If you want to use avocado oil instead, you can also do that.
- Sesame Seeds: I top these homemade hamburger buns with sesame seeds, but you could also leave them plain or do poppy seeds.
*For a full list of ingredients and measurements, visit the recipe card below.
Variations
- Plain: Leave off the sesame seeds.
- Poppy Seed: Replace the sesame seeds with poppy seeds.
- Seeded: Add Everything bagel spice mixed with pumpkin seeds in place of the sesame seeds.
- Hot Dog Buns: You can make these into hot dog buns by forming them into ropes that are about 6-inches long instead of balls.
Baker's Tips for Soft White Hamburger Buns
- Always weigh ingredients for the best results, especially whenever making bread.
- Make sure your yeast is good. If it doesn't bubble then it may mean it's expired or it wasn't stored properly. If your yeast doesn't bubble, you'll need fresh yeast for these buns to rise.
- Don't add much more flour while forming the dough into the buns as this can dry out the buns.
- If you want to make these into slider buns, you can form them into 12 equal pieces instead and you may need to bake for a few less minutes.
- Make sure to store these in an airtight container so they stay soft.
- High Altitude — Bake at 425°F for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned on the tops.
How to Make Soft White Hamburger Buns
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, add the yeast ½ cup warm water, and 1 teaspoon cane sugar. Let sit for 5 minutes or until bubbly.
- Add the bread flour, olive oil, cane sugar, sea salt, and 1 cup warm water.
- Knead on speed 2 to 4 for 5 minutes, the dough will be smooth. .
- Cover with plastic wrap.
- Let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Form into 8 pieces, weighing about 3.6 ounces each. Form each piece into a round ball by tucking the dough under itself so the top is smooth. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Cover with a kitchen towel and let rise for 30 minutes or until the dough feels springy. Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Using a pastry brush, brush the tops with water and sprinkle sesame seeds on top (optional).
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned on the tops.
- Slice in half and they are ready for burgers or sandwiches!
What to Serve with Soft White Hamburger Buns
- Use on your favorite burgers! Try them with Avocado Lettuce Wrap Burgers for a classic burger or try with Turkey and Lamb Burgers With Dill Sauce!
- Use for breakfast sandwiches with Homemade Pork Breakfast Sausage Patties, eggs, and cheese.
- Make a chicken salad sandwich with my Healthy Honey Chicken Salad with Cranberries.
Recipe FAQ's
To make buns soft without eggs or butter, use bread flour, yeast, sugar, olive oil, and water. Knead until the dough is very smooth, you may need more kneading time if you are not using a mixer. Make sure to let it rise until doubled in size. Not letting the dough rise enough can cause your buns to be more dense instead of soft and fluffy. Even the second proof matters, so make sure the buns feel springy before baking!
The dough may be sticky, don't add much more flour as this can dry them out.
If your yeast is expired or your kitchen is very cold it can cause the dough to not rise. Be sure your yeast is good and let dough rise in a warm place.
Look to ensure that your dough has visibly doubled in size.
I like the weigh the dough so you ensure you get even pieces of dough. I provide a weight measurement for the buns. This ensures you get equal size pieces of dough and buns that are all the same size!
If your yeast was expired, the dough won't rise and your buns can be dense. Or, if you don't let the dough rise until it's doubled in size, this can also cause that.
If they are dry it's most likely from over baking. All ovens are a bit different, so start with the lower end of the time frame and check your buns.
Store them in an airtight container to keep them soft.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge.
Yes, freeze in freezer safe zip bag. You can freeze them for up to 3 months.
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Soft White Hamburger Buns
Equipment
- Digital Food Scale
- Stand Mixer
- Half Sheet Pan
- Parchment Paper Sheets
Ingredients
Dough
- 20 grams instant yeast
- ½ cup warm water
- 1 teaspoon cane sugar
- 454 grams bread flour
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 28 grams cane sugar
- 2 teaspoons fine sea salt
- 1 cup warm water
Topping Ideas
- sesame seeds
- poppy seeds
- everything bagel spice mix
- pumpkin seeds
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, add the yeast ½ cup warm water, and 1 teaspoon cane sugar. Let sit for 5 minutes or until bubbly.
- Add the bread flour, olive oil, cane sugar, sea salt, and 1 cup warm water.
- Knead on speed 2 to 4 for 5 minutes, the dough will be smooth. .
- Cover with plastic wrap.
- Let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Form into 8 pieces, weighing about 3.6 ounces each. Form each piece into a round ball by tucking the dough under itself so the top is smooth. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Cover with a kitchen towel and let rise for 30 minutes or until the dough feels springy.
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Using a pastry brush, brush the tops with water and sprinkle sesame seeds on top (optional).
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned on the tops.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 7 days.
Notes
- Always weigh ingredients for the best results, especially whenever making bread.
- Make sure your yeast is good. If it doesn't bubble then it may mean it's expired or it wasn't stored properly. If your yeast doesn't bubble, you'll need fresh yeast for these buns to rise.
- Don't add much more flour while forming the dough into the buns as this can dry out the buns.
- If you want to make these into slider buns, you can form them into 12 equal pieces instead and you may need to bake for a few less minutes.
- Make sure to store these in an airtight container so they stay soft.
- High Altitude — Bake at 425°F for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned on the tops.
Nutrition
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