Absolutely Smashing Brioche Buns - No. 248

For the best smash burgers, I update James Beard’s 50-year-old brioche recipe and wind up with something to bake on repeat for burger nights or just cozy mornings with tea

YOU KNOW THOSE BRIOCHE buns on $17 hamburgers? Well, I hate to disappoint, but most of them aren’t real brioche.

And honestly, I didn’t give the ‘’brioche bun’’ a second glance until it was in my supermarket bakery.

I saw tumeric and annatto for coloring on the label, and this imposter hit a nerve. OK, I was once the Cake Mix Doctor but also someone who …