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American · Bread

Sesame Hamburger Buns

Soft, tall gluten-free buns with a toasted sesame crown: a sticky yeasted batter is shaped with wet hands, risen once and baked until a thermometer says they are done.

  • YieldServes 6 · 6 buns
  • Hands-on30 min
  • Total3 h 20 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 1 tbspfast-rising dry yeast
  • ¾ cupwarm water, 40 to 46 °C (105 to 115 °F)
  • 0.81 cuptapioca flour, 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon
  • ½ cupwhite rice flour
  • ¼ cupsweet white sorghum flour
  • ¼ cupgarbanzo and fava bean flour
  • 1½ tspxanthan gum
  • 1 tspguar gum
  • 0.63 cupcornstarch, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons
  • 1¾ tspsalt
  • 1½ tspgluten-free baking powder
  • 2eggs, large
  • ⅓ cupsugar
  • ¼ cupsunflower oil
  • ½ tspapple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbspsesame seeds
  • 1egg white, beaten, for brushing
  • to tastecooking spray, the kind without flour

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

  • Egg
  • Soy
  • Sesame
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Legumes (any)
  • Chickpeas
  • Fava (broad) beans
  • Carob
  • Sunflower seeds
  • Corn (maize)
  • Rice
  • Sorghum
  • Pome fruits (any)
  • Apple
  • Cassava
  • Yeast
  • Lecithin (any source)
  • Gums and thickeners
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Richness / fat

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Probe thermometer

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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