Soft and Light Fresh Milled Hamburger Buns
Ingredients
- 1122 grams fresh milled flour 3 cups hard white 2 cups hard red berries
Yeast Mixture
- 1 cup warm water
- 3 tbsp yeast
- 2 tbsp sugar
Wet Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3/4 cup oil butter/lard/olive oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp molasses
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp vinegar
Dry Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cane sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup groud flax
- 1/2 cup quick oats or oatmeal flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp vitamin C
Instructions
Mill the wheat
- For this recipe mill 3 cups hard white and 2 cups hard red wheat berries. You might not need to use all of it.
Make the dough
- In the stand mixer, mix together the yeast mixture. Warm water, yeast, and sugar.
- Add wet ingredients. Add warm water, oil, eggs, molasses, honey, and vinegar to the mixing bowl.
- Combine dry ingredients: Next combine cane sugar, brown sugar, salt, ground flax, quick oats, baking powder, and vitamin C. Add to mixing bowl.
- Slowly add the milled flour. Once the dough comes away from the sides and cleans the sides of the mixing bowl, you have enough flour. You might have a few tablespoons left. Let the dough knead on low speed for 13 minutes. If the dough is still too sticky in the last few minutes of kneading, add a bit more flour.
First Rise
- Place dough in a large mixing bowl and let rise for 1 hour in a warm place.
- Shape the buns: Lightly flour the work surface if you need to. Divide dough into strips. Weigh a 3 oz ball of dough, roll, and place it onto a greased baking sheet. When rolling buns, cup your hands like you are making a C shape. Make a complete circle and pull the dough towards you to create some surface tension. Repeat 3 times. Give another quick roll and place the bun on the tray. You should have a smooth round ball. You can flatten the dough balls but I prefer to leave them as is.
Second Rise
- Let rise for 1 to 2 hours or until almost tripled in size. The buns are ready to bake when you poke the dough and it comes back very slowly. They should look smooth and puffy.
- Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.