With our hankering for hamburgers (or turkey burgers) but no buns at home, and the knowledge that I could probably make some decent ones myself, dinner was off to a start.
Not just any burgers though, cheddar cheese stuffed ones. With some bleu cheese on top for Joel.
We also needed sweet potato fries with this meal...and just to be a little healthier, some cut up baby cucumbers as well.
The buns turned out great, so here is the recipe:
Ingredients:
* 2 1/2 c all purpose flour
* 1 c whole wheat flour
* 1 c warm water
* 3 tbsp warm milk
* 2 tbsp yeast
* 2 1/2 tbsp sugar
* 1 egg
* 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
* 2 1/2 tbsp butter, softened
(optional)
* garlic powder
* italian herbs
* parmesan cheese
Method:
In a bowl or measuring cup combine warm water, milk, sugar and yeast. Set aside and allow yeast to activate.
Beat egg.
In a large bowl combine both flours, salt, and if using, garlic powder, Italian herbs, and Parmesan cheese. Mix well.
Add in softened butter.
Mix in with pastry blender or fingers to make what looks like crumbs.
By the time you are done with the egg and flour your yeast should be nice and bubbly! You can see how much foam there is in the measuring cup.
To the flour add egg, then yeast mixture. Stirring well (or using hands to form dough).
Turn dough out on floured surface, and knead until smooth. Form into ball.
Place dough in lightly oiled bowl, turning ball several times to coat dough.
Cover bowl and allow dough to double. (This will take somewhere around an hour depending how warm it is where you are letting the dough rise).
After dough has doubled, give it a good punch to deflate it a little.
Divide into 8 pieces and roll into balls.
Place dough balls on cookie sheet (I greased it a little with butter).
Cover and allow to rise for an additional half hour.
Preheat oven to 400˚
Brush tops of buns with melted butter/garlic powder. Place in oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until lightly golden on top.
Voila! Buns! There are only seven on the plate rather than the eight I made because we may have tested one a little before it had a chance to make it into the picture. Oops :)
For the burgers I just used turkey burger patties we have and filled the (thawed) patty with cheddar cheese. Then grilled it on our panini press/griddler. You do have to be careful not to squish down too hard or the cheese can come flowing out - it may even be easier to cook these in a pan or in the oven.
Joel's dinner (with bleu cheese)
Mine sans bleu cheese, but remember they both have cheese hiding in the middle :)
Yum!
Oh, and these really did taste pretty good on those homemade buns...mmm.
Yummy!
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