Quick and Easy Sandwich Buns Recipe (Bread Machine)

Recipe Highlight: This is the absolute BEST recipes for sandwich buns or rolls that you can possibly make in a hurry! In less than 3 hours total, you can have amazingly soft bread that are especially delicious for burgers or chicken sandwiches! I can’t wait to use them for breakfast sandwiches as well. The slightly sweet, yeasty dough yields a crowd pleaser … for sure!

Makes 6 to 8 buns.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup of milk (4 ounces)
• 1/4 cup water (Approximately 2 ounces … just enough until the totality of the 1st three ingredients equals 8 ounces. See instructions.)
• 2 tbsp granulated sugar
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp softened butter
• 2-1/2 cups (340 grams) of All-Purpose Flour
• 1-1/4 tsp bread machine or quick rise yeast

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Using a food scale, add 4 ounces of milk to a bowl. Then add egg. From there, add just enough water so that the total liquid mixture is 8 ounces. Using the cup measurements provided is pretty on point if you don’t have a food scale.
2. Add salt and sugar to the liquid mixture and stir until egg is
3. Add liquid mixture to bread machine, adding your softened butter and AP flour in order listed.
4. Make a well in the top of the dry mixture and place your yeast on top.
5. Using the DOUGH setting on your bread machine (our current model is #8 on the setting menu), allow your machine to do the hard work for you! It will mix the dough and proof it, a process that takes around 1-1/2 hours.
6. Once dough has completed this process, turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 6 to 8 dough balls. Once rounded out, place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Lightly press each ball with floured fingertips until they are around 1 inch tall.
7. Let dough rest in a warm environment for about 45 minutes so that they can complete their final rise. If you don’t have warm proofing area, putting the rolls into an oven that has been preheated for a minute and a half and then leaving the oven light on works perfectly!
8. Once rise is complete, preheat oven to 400 degrees.
9. If desired, brush tops of rolls with egg whites and then sprinkle with sesame seeds or topping of your choice.
10. Bake for around 12 minutes or until tops are beautifully brown.
11. Allow rolls to cool for at least 15 minutes.
12. Once cooled, cut horizontally and top as desired!

NOTES

For my kiddos: Enjoy! I hope that these buns elevate your sammies! These are so tasty! Just know that I love you more than homemade bread … and that says A LOT!