Making Hamburger Buns Out Of A Bread Loaf Recipe

[vyrantium]

Hi there! This may or may not be a silly question, but as a bread baking newbie it's one I felt the need to ask before wasting tons of dough trying it myself

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[a_boleyn]

Any yeast bread can be divided up into rolls, proofed/let rise and then baked. Use baking sheets sprinkled with cornmeal for the final rise and then bake on that.

For information on times, temperatures (375-400 F) etc. go here.

http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t--1100/bread-baking-guide.asp

For shaping, check out this page.

http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t--1121/shaping-rolls.asp

[vyrantium]

Thank you very much! I'll have to give it a try :)

[rachelpage]

This sounds great. It's exactly what I need.

[janewilliams20]

YOu should be able to use your bread maker for this: check the instructions, but I bet there's a setting that produces the dough, then lets you take it out and shape it into rolls. It may even give cooking times.

[vyrantium]

I actually don't have a bread maker, which is why I was asking about non-bread maker recipes. I really have no idea if a maker can do that or not, lol.

[hourglasscreate]

I do it all of the time. I bake my bread at 350 for 33 minutes and my buns for 14 minutes

[vyrantium]

Wow, this was really helpful! Thank you so much for all the information... it doesn't seem as daunting a task as I thought! I'll have to give these a try :)

[hourglasscreate]

If you have to err one direction or the other, being a bit too wet is better than a bit too dry. It rises better. Flouring your work surface and hands if it is too wet is really necessary. It lets you handle the dough without it sticking to everything.

[vyrantium]

Will do! I do have one question though... is it doable without having a stand mixer with a bread hook? I basically have the good old "by hand" method, and a hand mixer. I really need to invest in a stand mixer... everything I want to do seems to call for one!