Description
Not only does adding sweet potatoes to a burger bun make it more nutritious, delicious, and significantly more beautiful, but it also presents the perfect opportunity to get past your flour-amount phobia, and finally be able to make dough by feel. These are the perfect taste, texture, and appearance for a hamburger bun.
Ingredients
- ½ pound sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup warm water
- 1 (.25 ounce) package dry active yeast (such as Fleischmann’s® RapidRise Yeast)
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 ¼ teaspoons fine sea salt
- 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon water
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, or to taste
Instructions
- Place sweet potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until very tender
- 15 to 20 minutes. Drain well. Mash sweet potatoes with a potato masher. Measure out 1 cup and allow to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate remaining mashed sweet potatoes for another use.
- Whisk 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup warm water
- and yeast together in a bowl. Cover and and place in a warm place to allow yeast to activate
- about 15 minutes.
- Spoon 1 cup of cooled mashed sweet potatoes into yeast mixture and transfer to the bowl of a stand mixer. Add egg
- melted butter
- honey
- and sea salt and about 3 cups flour. Mix using the dough hook. Knead for 2 to 3 minutes. If dough seems too sticky
- gradually add in remaining flour or as needed to where dough pulls away from the sides of the mixing bowl. Continue kneading until dough is very soft
- only slightly sticky
- and somewhat elastic
- about 2 minutes.
- Transfer dough to a floured surface. Shape into smooth ball. Return dough to bowl and drizzle with oil; rub oil over entire surface to prevent dough from drying out. Cover and place in a warm spot until dough has doubled in size
- about 2 hours.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Gently press out air pockets. If needed
- use only enough flour to keep dough from sticking. Press into rectangular shape about 3/4-inch thick. Cut dough into 16 equal sized pieces. Gently shape each piece into a ball. Slightly flatten each ball and place onto a rimmed baking sheet lined with a silicone baking mat. Let rise until double
- about 45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Whisk 1 egg and 1 teaspoon water together in a bowl. Brush each bun with egg mixture. Sprinkle dough with sesame seeds.
- Bake in the preheated oven until browned
- about 15 minutes.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 5 mins
Servings: 16