If you love soft and chewy sourdough hamburger buns, this recipe is made for you! Our sourdough hamburger buns are made without no yeast. Just imagine the mouthwatering burger juice will seep through this yeast-free sourdough soft bun, yet amazingly maintaining its perfect structure. To finish it, brush the bun with egg whites to make it look inviting. You may add seeds or seasoning to make it more delectable. This burger bun recipe is a dream come true for any burger lovers! To make this sourdough burger bun, refresh your sourdough starter in advance. If you don’t have a sourdough starter, click on sourdough starter link to make one.
Ingredients For Sourdough Buns:
- 2 1/4 cups (270g) Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup milk or water ( 60 grams)
- 1 cup Sourdough Starter (220 grams)
- 1 egg ( 50 grams)
- 1 teaspoons salt (5 grams)
- 2 tablespoon sugar (30 grams)
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter (45g) cut into cubes
- 1 egg for brushing the buns (beaten)
Instructions For Sourdough Buns:
- Combine the flour, sourdough, egg, milk, salt, sugar, and add to the mixing machine with the hook attachment.
- Mix all the ingredients for 5 minutes until the dough is sticky and cohesive.
- Add the butter, then increase the speed of the mixer to a higher speed and mix the dough until it smooth and shiny.
- Try the windowpane test, stretch a piece of dough until you can see through it.
- Cover the dough in a bowl and let it rest in a warm place ) for about 3 hours.
- Stretch and fold the dough in the bowl once after the first hour, this will degas the dough and even out the temperature of the dough.
- Divide the dough into six to 6 equal pieces or weigh each piece into 100 grams.
- Shape the dough pieces into tight round balls and place them on a lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet or into the lightly greased wells of a hamburger bun pan.
- Gently flatten the dough balls about 1/2 inch them or until it comes close to filling the wells of the bun pan if you’re using it.
- Cover the buns with plastic and let them rise until double the size of about 90 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 190°C or 375°F, thirty minutes before baking.
- Once the buns are proofed, brush the tops with the beaten egg.
- Sprinkle with topping like sesame or poppy if desired.
- Bake the rolls for 18-20 minutes or until it is light golden brown.
- Remove the buns from the oven. Cool it them down on a cooling rack before serving.
- You can keep your sourdough hamburger buns packed in a bag for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 30 days.
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Sourdough Burger Buns No Yeast
A classic sourdough burger bun made with no yeast.
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups 270g Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup milk or water 60 grams
- 1 cup Sourdough Starter 220 grams
- 1 egg 50 grams
- 1 teaspoons salt 5 grams
- 2 tablespoon sugar 30 grams
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 45g cut into cubes
- 1 egg for brushing the buns beaten
Instructions
- Combine the flour, sourdough, egg, milk, salt, sugar, and add to the mixing machine with the hook attachment.
- Mix all the ingredients for 5 minutes until the dough is sticky and cohesive.
- Add the butter, then increase the speed of the mixer to a higher speed and mix the dough until it smooth and shiny.
- Try the windowpane test, stretch a piece of dough until you can see through it.
- Cover the dough in a bowl and let it rest in a warm place ) for about 3 hours.
- Stretch and fold the dough in the bowl once after the first hour, this will degas the dough and even out the temperature of the dough.
- Divide the dough into six to 6 equal pieces or weigh each piece into 100 grams.
- Shape the dough pieces into tight round balls and place them on a lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet or into the lightly greased wells of a hamburger bun pan.
- Gently flatten the dough balls about 1/2 inch them or until it comes close to filling the wells of the bun pan if you’re using it.
- Cover the buns with plastic and let them rise until double the size of about 90 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 190°C or 375°F, thirty minutes before baking.
- Once the buns are proofed, brush the tops with the beaten egg.
- Sprinkle with topping like sesame or poppy if desired.
- Bake the rolls for 18-20 minutes or until it is light golden brown.
- Remove the buns from the oven. Cool it them down on a cooling rack before serving.
- You can keep your sourdough hamburger buns packed in a bag for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 30 days.
Pete
July 12, 2020 at 5:05 amUsed water instead of milk and these buns turned out perfect.
Jenny
August 7, 2020 at 3:24 pmI can’t believe I made these delicious rolls without yeast. Great recipe!
Manny
September 2, 2020 at 8:20 pmFantastic recipe, Thank you!
Rykie Smit
November 18, 2021 at 2:05 amI made these hamburger buns and they are 100% what I am looking for. I used recipes with yeast combined with SD before, but they were just not the same. I used half all-purpose, half bread flour and only water.
Thank you for this great recipe.
Kate
February 3, 2022 at 1:06 pmI used only my King Arthur flour century-old sourdough starter for leaven. Baked up perfect beautiful sandwich buns! Will be my go to sandwich bun recipe going forward.
Shirley
June 25, 2022 at 3:39 pmI have made these buns three times now and have turned out perfect every time the only change I made was I used water instead of milk and Vegan butter as my son cannot have any dairy at all. They are light and fluffy and taste amazing.
BakerRecipes
June 28, 2022 at 11:29 pmHi Shirley,
Thanks for your feedback!!