Artificial Food Coloring Free Brioche Burger Buns
Soft, pillowy, and rich with butter and eggs, these brioche burger buns are the kind of thing that makes a backyard cookout feel genuinely special. Store-bought buns are a surprisingly common source of hidden dyes — artificial yellows and caramels sneak into the ingredient lists more often than you'd expect — so baking your own is the cleanest way to know exactly what's in every bite. Every ingredient here is straightforward: flour, butter, eggs, milk, yeast, sugar, and salt. No color additives, no mystery stabilizers, just real food doing its job beautifully. The enriched dough gets its gorgeous golden color naturally from the egg wash brushed on before baking, so that deep amber crust is completely dye-free. The two-rise process takes a little patience, but the result is a bun that's tender and slightly sweet with a feathery crumb that holds up to even the juiciest burger without falling apart. Once you've made these, it's genuinely hard to go back to the packaged kind.
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8 servings
For the dough
- ¼ cup warm water (105–110°f / 40–43°c)
- 2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast (1 standard packet)
- ¼ cup whole milk, warm
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp fine salt
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened and cut into 1-inch pieces
For the egg wash
- 1 large egg
- 1 tbsp whole milk
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the warm water, warm milk, and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer. Let stand for 5–8 minutes, until the mixture is foamy and the yeast is visibly active.
- 2
Add the sugar, salt, and 3 eggs to the yeast mixture. Add the flour on top. Mix on low speed with the dough hook until a shaggy dough forms and no dry flour remains, about 2 minutes.
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