Wheat-Oat-Flax Buns

April 25th, 2012 by amanda

Part of the reason I bake bread so often is pure laziness. It’s just easier to bake a loaf than it is to strap 3 kids in carseats and get in and out of a store. And that’s exactly what happened with these buns – I realized I had all the ingredients to make a burger I had been wanting to try but no buns. Normally I would’ve just slapped the burger on some sandwich bread (which we had) and called it a day but if I wanted to blog about the burgers, I had to make it pretty!

(Yes, that means the burger recipe is coming soon. It’s gooooood.)

These buns are packed full of good-for-you ingredients – ground flax seeds, whole wheat flour, oats – and yet somehow they don’t really taste like they are. They are great for burgers but I think they would be fantastic for regular ol’ sandwiches too.

Wheat-Oat-Flax Buns

from King Arthur Flour

Ingredients

For the dough:

2 cups all-purpose flour

½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats

1 cup whole wheat flour

½ cup whole flax meal

2½ teaspoons instant yeast

1½ teaspoons salt

¼ cup canola oil

1 large egg yolk, white reserved for topping

3 tablespoons honey

¼ cup orange juice

¾ to ₖ cup lukewarm water

For the top:

1 large egg white, reserved from dough, whisked with 2 tablespoons cold water

rolled oats, for topping

Instructions

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