Homemade Hot Dog Buns

If you love a good hot dog during all those summer BBQ’s but want a cleaner ingredient bun, you are going to love these homemade hot dog buns. They are made with only a few simple ingredients, are fluffy, nutritious and your family will love them too.

Ingredients

4 1/2 cups Flour (I use hard white wheat-berries, freshly-milled)

1 tsp Real salt

1 tbsp Yeast

2 tsp Sunflower Lecithin

1 1/2 cups Hot water

4 tbsp Olive Oil

4 tbsp Raw Honey

Directions

1. Add freshly-milled flour to a bowl and then sprinkle the yeast on top. Set aside.
2. Combine oil/honey water mixture and salt into a bowl. Stir together until mixed well.
3. Slowly add the flour/yeast to the bowl,stirring really good.
4. Next, add the Sunflower Lecithin.
5. Once the flour mixture is combined with the water and salt mixture, give it a good stir to make sure everything is combined.
6. Now, start kneading. You can do this by hand, using a back-and-forth movement (usually about
   500-600 strokes) or put the dough in your stand-up mixer. If kneading in the mixer, turn the setting to 2 and gradually go to a 4. Knead for about 10 minutes. Once you see the dough pull away from the sides of the bowl, it’s ready. It should be nice and elastic.
7. Once the dough is kneaded, cover the bowl with a towel and allow to rise until double. It usually takes about 45 minutes – 1 hour.
8. Next, sprinkle some flour on a clean surface. Cut the dough into 10-12 pieces. Depending on how big you want your buns, you might have fewer or more. I made 10 buns with this recipe.
9. Take a piece of dough in your hand and roll it lengthwise six inches.
10. Continue with the other pieces. Place on a parchment lined cookie sheet and cover with the towel again. Allow to rise until double.
11. Bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 or so minutes and enjoy!

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Tips

1. I use a convection oven and this temperature is just fine. If you have a regular oven, you might need to bump it up to 400 degrees or just watch the time so your buns don’t burn.
2. You can also combine an egg/water wash and brush the tops, if you like that shiny look.
3. I use both an English bun pan and a cookie sheet if I’m making a big batch. No fancy pan is needed though.
4. If you are using all-purpose flour, omit the sunflower lecithin. That is only needed if you are using fresh-milled flour. It makes the buns nice and fluffy.

What Kind of Flour to Use?

There’s several types of flours you can use to make homemade hot dog buns. I always aim for the most nutritious ones. I’m a huge advocate for grinding your own wheat. See how I do it HERE.

1. My favorite is using hard white wheatberries. They are loaded with fiber, bran, germ, vitamins and minerals. They make a fluffy bun!
2. My next would be Khorasan wheatberries. Kamut is the brand name and it’s an ancient grain. It is easily digestible and has great benefits as well. It’s one of my favorite grains.
3. You can definitely use flours from the store. I love Sunrise Flour and Guardian Grains. Both companies are organic, no glyphosate, no herbicide or anything bad. Just be careful about using plain all-purpose flour.
   The flours at the grocery store have been bleached, stripped of the bran, germ and all the essential nutrients that wheat naturally has. They have also added in synthetic nutrients, which our bodies have a hard time digesting.

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Hot Dog Toppings

• The West Virginia Hot Dog (my favorite way!) – mustard, hot dog chili, creamy cole slaw
• Classic – mustard, ketchup, relish, onions, sauerkraut, cheese sauce
• Creative – bacon, jalapeños, mac n’ cheese

What to Serve With Hot Dogs

Hot dogs are that versatile meal that goes with so many sides. When I think about hot dogs, it’s usually summertime. We’re either grilling out with family and friends or going to a natural spring park where they have grills.

I actually quit eating them a while ago because of all the processed items that are in conventional store bought ones. I found these all beef grass-fed hot dogs and I love them. No fillers, no junk. Just clean ingredients.

Here are some great side dishes:

• Sweet Potato Fries
• Steak Fries
• Watermelon Feta Salad
• Chickpea Salad
• Hot Bacon Dip (not spicy)
• Grilled Street Corn Salad

Items Used in This Recipe

Baking Sheet

Parchment Paper

Mixing Bowl

Real Salt

I hope you enjoy making this recipe for you and your family all year long.  Please share this post over on Pinterest and tag me on Instagram.

Wendy Lea Walker, NTP

Nutritional Therapy Practitioner

I’m Wendy. A wife, empty-nester mama, homemaker, homebaker, gardener and small-time farmer. I love sharing wisdom and mistakes I’ve learned along the way. Anyone can garden or homestead, no matter where you live. It’s a mindset. You just have to start somewhere. I believe food is medicine. Feed the body real whole foods and healing will begin. I’m an advocate for eating real food and enjoy sharing all my fresh-milled flour recipes. I’ve learned to slow down over the years from all the noise that came with life and enjoy creating a simple cottage home.