Hot Dog or Hamburger Buns

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3380 Location: Washington State

This recipe is from Easy Gluten Free Baking by Elizabeth Barbone, my new favorite GF cookbook. These are by far the best hot dog buns I have tried. They are soft, do not crumble, and hold up well to the hot dog or hamburger. They are even good a day or two later without freezing or refrigerating. When I make hot dog buns, I grease the inside of a gallon-sized ziplock bag. Then I snip off an inch or so of one corner and squeeze out the bun shapes. This makes much neater buns than the spooning method, IMO. Another thing I like about them is that they do not require molds to get the bun shape. Yield – 12 buns

Dry ingredients
1 ½ cup brown rice flour
1 cup white rice flour
½ cup cornstarch
1 T xanthan gum
1 T sugar
1 t. salt
2 ¼ teaspoon (1 packet) active dry yeast

Wet Ingredients
1 ¾ cup milk, room temperature (I use 1 ¾ cup water and ¼ cup + 2 T powdered milk)
1 T vegetable oil
1 large egg, room temperature

Whisk together dry ingredients, except yeast, in a large bowl. In a small bowl, combine yeast with wet ingredients. Whisk until yeast is dissolved – 15 seconds or so. Combine wet ingredients and dry ingredients in the bowl of mixer. Mix on high for 5 minutes.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. For hot dog buns, spoon dough into oblong shapes, about 5 inches long by 2 inches wide. For hamburger buns, spoon dough into rounds bout 3 inches across.

Cover lightly with plastic wrap. Rise in a warm place for 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove plastic wrap and bake 15 minutes or so, until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
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Linda · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:24 am Post subject:

Thanks Colleen!
I'm going to try these as soon as Stampede is over and it cools off a bit. It's supposed to be between 26 - 33c (79 - 91.5F) the next week. Our house faces southwest so it gets all the afternoon heat, even with the blinds closed.
We're heading out to my parent's place the first week of August and I know Ty would love to have some buns to take.
I've never heard of this author. What other types of recipes are in the cookbook?
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cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3380 Location: Washington State

Here is a link to some sample recipes from her website. I hadn't heard of her either, but she puts out a monthly newsletter of GF recipes called Gluten free baking and more. I like this book because she is not a celiac. She can eat regular food with gluten in it, but chooses to make these recipes GF. So she can actually tell if they really taste like their gluten counterparts. She is trained at the culinary institute of america. I have had easy gluten free baking out from the library for so long that I can't renew it anymore and I had to buy my own copy! Very Happy

Hope you like the recipe.
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ostrich · Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 4960 Location: Nebraska

DH and I are going to try this one out as well. It's been forever since I've had hot dog buns. Just need to pick up the brown rice flour. Do you think you can make these and then freeze them?
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cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3380 Location: Washington State

I have not tried freezing them, but I would think they would hold up well. I have frozen the sandwich bread from this book, and it was fine. Hope it works out for you!
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Linda · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject:

Colleen, I tried these today and I have a couple of questions.

1. Did yours actually get golden brown? Mine came out a pukey white raw dough colour. (Where's the "blech" icon?) After they were done I ended up brushing a bit of butter on them and sticking them back in for 3 minutes but they still didn't brown up.

2. How "heavy" are they? Mine seemed unusually heavy and dense. Ty tried a small one made from leftover dough (I made 8 hot dog buns and 2 hamburger buns and had a bit of leftover dough) but he said it was okay. I tried one and it was all right, but seems like you'd get full after 1/2 a hot dog based on the bun alone.
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cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3380 Location: Washington State

Mine did get brown. Maybe my oven rack is closer to the element or something.

Mine were not too dense. I did make 12 buns out of the recipe, and it looks like you got about 10.5? Maybe that has something to do with it. Sorry it didn't work out for you. Sad

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