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Eric_Cartman Jul 21, 2012 10:10 AM

About how many burger buns would this brioche recipe give me?

Its ingredients consist of:
1/3 cup very warm water (110-115 degrees)
One 1/4-oz. package (2-1/4 teaspoons) active dry yeast
2-1/2 cups cake flour
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2-1/2 teaspoons fleur de sel or fine sea salt
6 large eggs, at room temperature
2-1/2 sticks (10 oz.) unsalted butter, cut into 1" cubes at room temperature

I get 2 loaves (8 1/2-by-4 1/2-by-3-inch) from this recipe but would like to use it for burger buns this time.

  1. tim irvine Jul 22, 2012 01:40 PM

    Well whatever it turns out to be, please let us know so we can plan how many to feed! It sounds so good.

    1. tim irvine Jul 21, 2012 03:56 PM

      I'd guess maybe ten to a dozen. I have an I have a recipe for English muffins that has a cup of starter, two and a half cups of flour, and a cup of water (plus, of course, salt), and it gives me eight muffins.

      1. splatgirl Jul 21, 2012 03:53 PM

        I didn't do the math on the total ingredient weight (you could--pretty easy to google up all the conversions, which, IMO is how bread recipes should all be written anyway), but I'll guess 18 ish based on the size of the loaves you said you make. Depends on how big though, too. I think I usually make mine 2-3oz.

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        1. re: splatgirl
          chowser Jul 21, 2012 04:57 PM

          This is what I'd say, too. I just made crescent rolls w/ about these proportions flour/liquid and made 24. They were slightly smaller than hamburger rolls, or how large I'd make hamburger rolls. I get 8-10 rolls for a loaf of bread dough.

          1. re: splatgirl
            Eric_Cartman Jul 21, 2012 05:05 PM

            Thanks. I wasn't sure how big my buns should be. The weight estimate really helped. I plan to divide half of the dough into 3 ounce portions and the other half as a loaf.

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