UPDATE: Here are the finished buns toasted and ready for a burger
UPDATE: Here are the finished buns toasted and ready for a burger

My Mom gave me a book, The King Arthur Flour Baker’s Companion: The All-Purpose Baking Cookbook, a few months back. My Mom was really interested in unlocking the secrets of making good bread.

If you haven’t seen that book, it describes so many ways to make breads, cookies, bars or anything similar to bread. There’s lots of tidbits about why you would do certain things or how to make yeast rise more. I tried to make their “Beautiful Burger Buns” today.

I started with the ingredients: flour, sugar, water, yeast, butter, salt, an egg and an onion
I started with the ingredients: flour, sugar, water, yeast, butter, salt, an egg and an onion
First I added the yeast and water
First I added the yeast and water
After throwing all of the ingredients in, I put it into the KitchenAid with the dough hook attached and mixed it for a few minutes
After throwing all of the ingredients in, I put it into the KitchenAid with the dough hook attached and mixed it for a few minutes
After taking it out of the KitchenAid, I put it into a lightly greased bowl and covered it to rise. This is what it looked like pre-rise
After taking it out of the KitchenAid, I put it into a lightly greased bowl and covered it to rise. This is what it looked like pre-rise
After an hour, the dough rose a bit. This is what the dough looks like after the first rise.
After an hour, the dough rose a bit. This is what the dough looks like after the first rise.
Next I divided the dough into eight pieces and put it on some foil and covered again to rise. This is what the eight buns looked like pre-rise.
Next I divided the dough into eight pieces and put it on some foil and covered again to rise. This is what the eight buns looked like pre-rise.
Here's what the buns looked like after about 40 minutes of rising
Here’s what the buns looked like after about 40 minutes of rising
Meanwhile, I heated the oven up to 375 and then put the buns in for about 14 minutes. These guys are almost done.
Meanwhile, I heated the oven up to 375 and then put the buns in for about 14 minutes. These guys are almost done.
Here's what the buns look like after I took them out of the oven.
Here’s what the buns look like after I took them out of the oven.