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Freshly baked soft milk burger buns cooling on a rack

Soft Milk Burger Buns

These soft milk burger buns are Barry’s favourite buns for smash burgers. They are soft and fluffy but still hold their shape. They are a better burger bun for a better burger.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Resting Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 33 minutes
Servings: 10 Buns
Course: BBQ, Bread
Cuisine: American, Australian, BBQ
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 185 g Milk Room temp
  • 10 g Yeast
  • 460 g Bread Flour Develops better glutens.
  • 14 g Dough Improver
  • 14 g Milk Powder Gives a better crust (optional)
  • 50 g Sugar
  • 8 g Salt Add salt later in the mix as it inhibits gluten development.
  • 1 Egg Yolk Brush onto buns before baking
  • 2 Whole Eggs
  • 42 g Butter Room temp
  • 20 g Melted Butter Brush onto buns as soon as they come from the oven

Equipment

  • 1 Stand Mixer Kenwood Premier or similar stand mixer with dough hook.
  • 1 Kitchen Scales Accurate weighing helps get consistent buns.
  • 2 Baking Trays Lighter coloured trays work best.
  • 1 Wire Cooling Rack Allows the buns to cool properly without trapping steam underneath.
  • 1 Small Bowl
  • 1 Small Whisk

Method
 

Make The Dough
  1. In a small bowl combine milk, sugar, yeast and let rest for 10 minutes.
  2. Add 2 whole eggs to the milk mixture and slightly whisk to break yolks.
  3. In a stand mixer, combine milk mixture, flour, dough improver and milk powder.
  4. Start on slow speed to combine all ingredients
  5. Increase to medium to form a rough ball. Then add softened butter.
  6. Mix for 8 minutes, the dough should be coming off the wall.
  7. Add salt and mix for another 2 minutes.
First Rise
  1. Let the dough rest in the bowl for 1.5 hrs (should double in size).
Shape the Buns
  1. Punch down the dough and separate into 10, 90 gram balls.
  2. Rolling the dough in the palm off your hand on a wooden chopping board shapes them nicely.
  3. Place on a lined baking tray and let rest for another 30 minutes. Cover with lightly damp towel.
Bake
  1. Brush the tops of the buns with the egg yolk.
  2. Place in a 180 degree Celsius oven for 18 minutes or until internal temp gets to 96 Celsius.
  3. Let them rest on a wire rack, and brush with melted butter.