Since we’re not eating nearly as much bread as we once did, I rarely make bread any more. This time of year, with fresh tomatoes, we end up eating a bit more bread – tuna salad sandwiches with fresh tomato slices, BLTs, and grilled burgers with home grown tomatoes just can’t be beat.
Storebought hamburger buns just aren’t good enough for a grilled elk burger with a home grown tomato so yesterday I made buns to go with our burgers.
Hamburger Buns
There are, no doubt, better homemade buns out there, but this recipe truly takes about 40 minutes start to finish. I use a good bit less sugar than the recipe calls for and the recipe says it makes 12 buns but I make 8. The best part is that you can make the buns any size/shape you want them to be. Mine are 4 oz. each and because our burgers are thinner and a bit bigger, that’s how I make the buns. Also, by the time I get tomatoes, onions, pickles, lettuce, and whatever else, on my burger, it’s fat enough so I like my buns just thick enough to hold together and not real big and puffy.
Hamburger Buns
What happens around here is that Vince usually eats 2 burgers and I eat 1 and then he’ll have another one for lunch the next day so we only eat 4 of the 8 buns. The leftovers get sliced into strips (almost like thick French fries) and they make wonderful French toast and amazing croutons! Or, I can open a jar of BBQ pulled pork and we can have pulled pork sandwiches on another day!
Sherrill says
WOW, Judy, that really sounds like an easy bread recipe (this coming from someone who practically NEVER makes anything in the bread family! HA). Will hafta try it out on the extended family next time there’s a cookout. You are DA WOMAN! LOL
Joan says
I don’t know if I dare tell you this, but here goes……..Today at Target (in MD) I saw Dr. Pepper that was vanilla float flavored! I thought of you and debated whether I would pass the info on. It would be quite tasty with your burgers! ‘
disclaimer: I told you about it, but didn’t make you purchase & consume it! You are on your own on that!
CindyM says
Back when I ate bread, I would have cut up the leftover bread, broken out the bottle of rum, and made bread pudding.
Karin Vail says
I have decided this month, that it’s ‘clean out the freezer’ month – in prep for hunting season this fall. So, hamburgers it will be tonight! Off to try that recipe, thanks for posting!
Diana in RR,TX says
We had BLT’s for breakfast this morning, but with store bought bread but the tomatoes were from our local farm stand. Did save your recipe for the next time.
Linda in NE says
That picture of the buns reminded me of the homemade buns the school cooks used to make for our sloppy joes when I was in high school. So good! I wonder if the kids get anything made from scratch in their school lunches any more.
Thanks for mentioning your home canned BBQ pulled pork. Something I hadn’t thought of doing before. A store in the next town over has whole pork loins on sale this week. Other good sales in stores in the other direction too. Just may have to make a food foraging trip tomorrow. The savings would pay for my gas so I’d only be out my time. About the only stuff the local store ever has on special is junk food and boxed stuff.
Diana says
Did I miss the recipe ? Really must be blind if I did !LOL
Sounds good ! Nothing like homemade and less preservatives for sure !
SharO says
I’ve been gone and just catching up on posts.
OH, I wanted to make them right now for the weekend and cannot find the recipe either.
I hope it shows up…….
Karin Vail says
oh, I tried these buns the same day you posted this, and mine turned out terrible 🙁 Kinda biscuit-like and dense, not very bun-like at all. Edible, but not repeatable. Such a shame, they *looked* so good! LOL. I am sure it was something I did – maybe not knead it enough?
JudyL says
That’s too bad! I’ve made them for years and we’ve always loved them. There are lots of good reviews for the recipe but I can’t tell you what might have caused yours not to turn out good.