Potato Burger Buns

Name: Potato Burger Buns
Yield: Makes 9 Rolls
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound, russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces; 2 1/4 cups (12 1/3 ounces), bread flour; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 2 teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1 teaspoon, salt; 2 , large eggs, 1 lightly beaten with 1 teaspoon water and pinch salt; 1 tablespoon, sesame seeds (optional)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2012, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

SERVESMakes 9 Rolls

TIME1½ hours, plus 1 hour rising

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Mashed potatoes are hefty and substantial, but in a potato rolls recipe, they give the crumb a light, tender, moist texture. That’s because the starches in potatoes dilute the gluten-forming proteins, which weakens the structural network an...

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