Wheat-Oat-Flax Buns

Wheat-Oat-Flax Buns – hearty homemade buns made with flax seeds, oats, and whole wheat flour. Perfect for burgers or sandwiches!

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!

Oh, and these are my Thai Turkey Burgers with Peanut Sauce and they are SO GOOD. 

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.

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Wheat-Oat-Flax Buns

Yield: 12 buns

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Additional Time: 3 hours

Total Time: 3 hours 45 minutes

from King Arthur Flour

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Ingredients

For the dough:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• ½ cup 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 1 cup lukewarm water

For the top:

• 1 large egg white, reserved from dough, whisked with 2 tablespoons cold water
• rolled oats, for topping

Instructions

1. Combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl and mix until just combined - you are not kneading here, just making sure all ingredients are moistened. Cover the bowl, and let the dough rest for 20 minutes to give the grains a chance to soften. Then knead, by hand, stand mixer, or bread machine, to make a smooth, soft, elastic dough.
2. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl and let it rise for 1 to 1½ hours, until it's almost doubled in size.
3. Gently deflate the dough, and divide it into 12 pieces. Shape each piece into a round ball; pull and flatten each ball into a circle about 3" across.
4. Place the buns on a lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet, cover, and let rise for about 90 minutes, until almost doubled. Towards the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 350F.
5. Brush the buns with the egg white/water mixture. Sprinkle with oats.
6. Bake the buns for 21 to 25 minutes, until they'rere golden brown. Cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.
7. Store in an airtight container.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 335Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 360mgCarbohydrates: 45gFiber: 5gSugar: 5gProtein: 8g

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