Kittencal's Hamburger/burger Buns

Total Time: 2 hrs 22 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon dry yeast
• 3/4 cup warm whole milk
• 4 tablespoons sugar (for a less sweeter bun reduce to 3 tablespoons)
• 1/4 cup melted crisco shortening (i use butter flavor)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose white flour (u.s. residents use bread flour, you may need more four start with 3-1/2 cups and add in more while m)
• 1 egg white
• 1 teaspoon water
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 proof the yeast in 1 cup warm water with 1 teaspoon sugar; let sit for 10 minutes until foamy.
• 2 in a heavy duty stand mixer, fitted with a kneader hook, add in the 3-1/2 cups flour, 4 tablespoons sugar, melted crisco, warm milk and salt (and the malt powder if using).
• 3 add in the proofed yeast; mix to create a soft semi-sticky dough that holds around the blade, adding in more flour as needed (do not add in too much as it will create a heavy bun, dough should be semi-sticky.
• 4 knead dough for 7-8 minutes.
• 5 remove dough, and let rest on the counter, covered with a clean dish towel for 10 minutes (this is an important step!).
• 6 knead the dough gently for 30 seconds with hands.
• 7 place dough in a large well-greased/oiled bowl.
• 8 cover, and let rise in a warm spot for 60-90 minutes, or until double in size (i like to rise my dough in the oven, just set oven to 200 degrees and warm for 3 minutes, then turn off the heat while you are making the dough, this will create a perfect temperature to raise dough in, and usually takes only 1 hour to rise with oven method).
• 9 punch down dough.
• 10 shape into large balls, and place on a large greased cookie sheet (you should get 12 balls on the sheet).
• 11 cover with a light clean tea towel, and let rise in a warm place for 30-40 minutes, or until almost doubled (warm oven rise should take 30 minutes.
• 12 set oven to 375 degrees.
• 13 in a small bowl, mix together 1 egg white with 1 tsp water; whisk/mix well.
• 14 carefully brush the tops and sides of the buns with the egg/water mixture.
• 15 sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• 16 bake for approx.22 minutes, or until golden brown.