This Week’s Recipe: Hamburger Buns!

So this particular recipe came about thanks to my husband, who bought me a new mixer for Valentine’s Day. Some girls like diamonds. Others enjoy candy. But this one loves books and small appliances – especially since I’ve managed to wear out my fancy Kitchen Aid mixer!

In any case, said mixer, made by Ankarsrum (a Swedish company whose design I am totally in love with), came with a hardback cookbook. Which included a hamburger bun recipe that turned out perfectly on the first try! Which, considering how many I’ve attempted over the years, was downright astonishing!

(Now, Ankarsrum does have a blog with a bun recipe on it – but it’s not the one I used.)

The only changes I made to the recipe were using honey rather than white sugar (as I invariably get better results). And rather than dumping everything into the mixing bowl all at once, I add the honey, yeast, and warm milk (110-115 degrees F), stir it together – then let it froth up for six minutes – then I slowly add the flour, then the salt, then the rest of the flour.

Christie: I think Colonel Race, our detective in Sparkling Cyanide, would on occasion enjoy a burger and chips!