HAMBURGER BUNS
Servings: 8 buns
Equipment
- Stand mixer
- digital scale
- proofing Bucket
Ingredients
Ingredient
- 7 g YEAST INSTANT, DRY
- 218 g WATER COLD*
- 19 g SUGAR GRANULATED
- 7 g SALT
- 10 g MILK NONFAT, DRY
- 350 g BREAD FLOUR
- 15 g SHORTENING MELTED
- 4 g VINEGAR WHITE, DISTILLED
- *WATER COLD 40°F
Instructions
Method:
- Place flour, Instant Yeast, sugar, and NFDM in mixer bowl.
- Mix at low speed just enough to blend.
- Add water slowly.
- Using dough hook, knead at low/2nd speed, for 5 minutes or until all liquid is incorporated into flour.
- Add melted shortening; knead at low/2nd speed 5 minutes.
- Add salt; knead at low/2nd speed 5 minutes.
- Dough temperature should be between 78 F. to 82 F.
- FERMENT: Cover and set-in warm place, 70 - 80 F. until double in bulk.
- PUNCH.
- MAKE UP: Scale into 8- 75 G pieces.
- Shape each piece into a smooth ball; let rest 20 minutes.
- Shape each piece of dough into balls by rolling with a circular motion on worktable.
- Place on 2 greased ¼ sized sheet pans in in 2 rows of 2.
- When half-proofed, flatten with hand or small can to about 1/2-inch thickness and 4-inch diameter, brush with Milk Wash. Sprinkle on seeds, sesame, poppy, everything bagel, etc.
- Proof at 90 F. until double in bulk.
- Bake in 350 F. convection oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Internal temp of 195 to 200° F.
- Cool.