Hamburger Buns

(vegan, gluten-free)

These vegan, gluten-free hamburger buns are soft and a slightly airy, but still contain enough integrity to make them taste like real bread and not the flavorless commercial air-pumped gluten-filled pillows or the dry-as-sawdust gluten-free pucks that our industrialized palates have become accustomed to. Just because you are gluten free doesn’t mean you can’t have nice things. Case in point.

INGREDIENTS

• 6½ oz millet flour
• 2½ oz sorghum flour
• 3 oz tapioca starch
• 2 oz potato starch
• 2 tablespoons soymilk powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 2½ cups lukewarm water (75-78°F)
• ¼ cup psyllium powder
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• ¼ cup mild tasting vegetable oil (e.g. canola, avocado)
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Cover a large cooking sheet with baking parchment.
2. In large bowl, whisk together millet flour, sorghum flour, tapioca starch, potato starch, soymilk powder, and baking powder.
3. In separate bowl, mix together ½ cup flour mixture, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 tablespoon yeast, and ½ cup water. Let sit for 10-15 minutes until mixture forms bubbles.
4. In third bowl, mix together psyllium and 2 cups water. Let sit for a couple minutes to form a gel, then stir in salt, oil, and sugar.
5. Add yeast mixture and psyllium mixture to flour mixture in a large mixing bowl, and knead together with a dough hook for 5-6 minutes.
6. Roll dough into balls, each about 1/3 cup. Flatten each ball on the parchment paper to make ¾ inch thick rounds. Keep a 2-inch space between each round.
7. Cover with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel and let rise for about 60 minutes until double in size.
8. Remove plastic wrap and baking for 30 minutes until buns are lightly browned and sound hollow when thumped. Let cool completely before serving
9. Slice in half to serve with burgers. Buns will get firm if stored in the refrigerator, but they soften up with 5-10 seconds in the microwave.

Makes 10 buns.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

Per bun: 225 calories, 6.8g fat, 3.8g fiber, 2.8g protein