Hamburger buns

[SandyHanson]

Although I've been eating bunless hamburgers for quite a while now, for some reason last week I started thinking about how to have a bun with my burgers. I'm familiar with Oopsie rolls, but I guess I wanted something a bit more breadlike.

I've tried the "Easy One Slice Flax Seed Bread" but wasn't crazy about either the taste or the texture. So I tried an experiment with which I'm quite pleased.

I started with the Flax Seed Bread recipe, but substituted ground almonds for the flax seed meal. Because I intended these for hamburgers, I skipped the sweetener and added a dash of onion powder. Then I cooked it in two round plastic food storage bowls. These came out pretty well, though they were still a bit thicker than I liked. So last night I tried again.

This time I added about a teaspoon of melted butter, which I thought might improve the texture even more. I used Mrs. Dash Garlic and Herb for the seasoning and put the batter into three bowls. These came out great, very breadlike, but low carb and no grains.

I also made this in the square sandwich container (making one slice of "bread") so I could make toast for with my eggs in the morning (the others were too small around to work in my toaster). Came out pretty well, and soft/flexible enough to use to clean up the yolk on my plate.

My counts for the whole recipe:
Calories: 236
Protein: 2.3 g
ECC: 3.0 g

[Karole]

That does sound pretty good Sandy, I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for all the experimentation to get the recipe nailed down.

[maxlharris]

How many serves does one recipe make?

And what is the exact recipe? Or at least the blueprint.

[SandyHanson]

It's based on the Easy One Slice Flax Bread recipe here in this forum:

This is a recipe for one slice of flax bread.

4 Tbs. flax meal (ground flax seed - can also be made with 3 Tbls.)
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 egg
1 packet Splenda or 1 tsp. sugar-free syrup such as Torani

Mix all ingredients together and pour into a square (sandwich) container. Microwave on high for 2 minutes. All done!

Put butter or other toppings on it and enjoy!

so the recipe is one serving.

I basically just subbed ground almonds for the flax seed meal, then made it into two or three pieces and changed flavorings, seasonings, depending on how I planned to use it.

If I'm using for buns, I like to make three from the recipe. I've done this and taken two of them with me when we're planning to stop for a hamburger in town, and it works pretty well.

[Spruce Goose]

Just to be clear with all the alteratoins the final recipe would be something along the lines of:
4 Tablespoons almonds (or flax meal)
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 egg
1 tsp. melted button
To taste - Mrs. Dash Garlic & Herb

Mix ingredients and pour into sqaure sandwich container (round bowls for buns). Microwave on high for 2 minutes.

Did you pour this recipe into 3 bowls or did you make 3x the recipe for your sqaure toast?

[SandyHanson]

You got it right, Spruce.

I poured the recipe into 3 bowls for buns. Even just two made the buns a bit too thick for my taste. These were just the right size for a small burger. If you were using them for a larger burger, you'd want to make them in two bowls that are bigger around. I actually did this to make 2 larger sized pieces for toast to have with my eggs. I don't do it all the time. but it's nice every once in a while.

Oh, and when you make it into smaller portions, you don't need to nuke it quite so long; I usually check it after 1 minute and go from there.

[Nam]

Is it my "cooking" skill or are these just dry and pretty tasteless? I like the burger better without it. I am one who loves bread. I think these would be really good with strawberry preserves on them. (Sorry:rolleyes:)