Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2007

So frustrating. I tried these TWICE, and I gave it two stars because they werent' terrible, my kids at them warm with butter and jelly, but by no means a soft, fluffy bun like I expected. The first time I put it in my mixer, and followed the directions, etc., and they came out way too dense and bland. So, this morning I tried again, and kneaded it by hand thinking maybe using the mixer had over-kneaded them, making them too dense. NOPE! Turned out the same! The only other thing I will try is just using warm water from the tap instead of in a saucepan. I usually make my bread with home milled whole wheat and maybe I am just used to the fresh, soft flavor. My tougnue kind of rejected these. Maybe one more go at it and add gluten this time?

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Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 8, 2007

Excellent! I did the dough in the bread machine and they turned out perfect! They are great the next day for sandwich bread.

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Amy R

Cooking Level: Intermediate

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Reviewed: Jun. 30, 2007

This was a great recipe. I changed it a little bit. For milk, I used instant nonfat dry milk.For the egg I used Meringue powder as a substitute. I could taste the Meringue power, so I might leave it out next time and put a real egg.

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Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2007

Good flavor, they make excellent rolls, but a little too hard for hamburgers. Will make again though, just need to tweak it a bit.

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Amy Williams

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Reviewed: May 16, 2007

tried and failed twice. Dough didn't rise enough for the fluffy buns I expected, seemed more like a dinner roll. Taste was on point, though. Maybe I'll try once more before giving up.

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Reviewed: May 7, 2007

I halved this recipe to make 6 and they turned out delightfully. I am the worst at breadbaking, most of my baking comes out heavy and leaden but these are light, fluffy, and HUGE. I didn't knead, just used a Kitchen Aid with dough hook for 8 minutes and gave it a 15-minute rise time. Yummy!

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Reviewed: May 1, 2007

I've been making this recipe for a few years now. It's even easier if you have a bread maker. Just throw all of the ingredients into the bread maker, making sure to slightly beat the egg first. Run it on the dough cycle. Once that's complete, follow the rest of the recipe from step 3.

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sizzlinhotmomma

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Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2007

I tried this and it came out like rocks, I'm sure I killed the yeast. I will try it again and see what happens.

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KATEFOODFUN

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Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2007

These are good, I made them for both hamburger and hotdogs, the burger buns where great, the hot dogs not so great, but I will try again

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

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Reviewed: Mar. 30, 2007

These turned out beautifully as burger buns. They were a little "bready" inside but will try to make them flatter when i set them out to rise. Will make again.

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Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2007

I made hot dog buns and they were a success. Can't wait to make hamburger buns. I will never buy buns at the store again.

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Sue Shannon

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Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2007

Fantastic! I added the ingredients as described in the recipe to my breadmaker. This also gave it a rising time prior to forming the balls, as other reviewers wisely suggested. Before baking them, I gave them an egg wash and sprinkled on poppy seeds (my husband wants a Chicago style hot dog). I took the original author's suggestion to make 16 hot dog buns instead of 12 but definitely will not do that again. I ended up with "hot dog buns" that might handle a small stick of beef jerky. I LOVE the taste of the bread, though, so will definitely make it again...maybe even tonight.

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Bakette

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Reviewed: Mar. 4, 2007

These were really very good! I have made these twice-once in my kitchen aid and the second time in my bread machine (with the machine, I used less flour than called for). On my second try (which is in the machine right now) I added 1 cup wheat in place of a cup of the white flour. They make really beautiful and big rolls :) Used them for sloppy joes and they were very filling!

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Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2007

These were great! They do not taste like mushy white store buns, and kids may prefer that kind of thing, but my family (including kids) thought these were really good, and that they make burgers seem fancier. I have put sesame seeds, poppy seeds and plain egg wash on at various times, and they were all good.

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Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2007

Very good taste. Will make again

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Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2007

These were not great for me. I made as directed, except like another reviewer added 1/2 c of butter instead of 1/4 c. I put the ingredients into my bread machine on the dough cycle. When I removed the dough, it was gorgeous and easy to work with. I turned my oven on low until it warmed up and then shut it off. I placed the buns in the oven for an hour to rise. After rising, I baked them for 12 minutes at 350. They were soft, but just not a lot of flavor. Probably would not make again

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mmulrich

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Reviewed: Jan. 21, 2007

Excellent. We mades ours with 50% white flour and 50% home-milled whole wheat flour. We also used soy milk instead of cow milk.

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SARAHCCOONNY

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Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2007

Wow!!! Those buns are the best hamburger buns I have ever had! Thank you so much for the awesome recipe! I will have to make them again!

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Rob

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Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2006

These are so delicious! I just put everything in my bread machine on the dough cycle and followed the rest of the recipe. My husband loves them and is requesting them all the time! They are so much better than store bought and taste like they are from a fancy burger joint. I don't think we will ever buy store bought buns again! Yum!

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Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2006

I use this for all my "bun" needs - hot dogs, hamburger, and they are even good as dinner rolls. I love this recipe because you can skip the first rising,as quick as homemade rolls can get!

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