The Bottom Line
Pros
- Delicious gluten-free buns in your choice of Plain or Onion.
- Light and moist, not crumbly. They don't fall apart.
- Good for burgers, sandwiches, and even on its own.
- You can take one along to a party where everyone else will have "regular" buns.
Cons
- One bun is 230 calories.
- A package of 8 costs $8.80.
Description
- Use these delicious buns for burgers, sandwiches, toast, French toast, grilled cheese sandwiches, garlic toast, and more
- Contains: Gluten-Free Flour Mix (Tapioca Flour, Corn Starch, Corn Flour), Eggs, Xanthan Gum, Canola Oil, Sugar, Yeast, Salt
- Stays fresh for 4 to 5 days at room temperature, 8 to 10 days in the refrigerator, and up to 6 months in the freezer
Guide Review - Bristol Baking Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Hamburger Buns
Bristol Baking sent me samples of their plain buns and their onion buns, but for various reasons -- holidays, heavy travel, my conviction that I needed to lose weight -- the buns arrived just when I couldn't conveniently eat them and write about them. Besides, now that I'm used to surviving without bread products, it was hard to get enthusiastic about a gluten-free hamburger bun. I was expecting another disappointing approximation of the rolls I ate before my celiac disease diagnosis. So, I stashed them in the freezer, until the owner of Bristol Baking politely reminded me that I'd promised her a review, good or bad.
Well, I love them. They're great for sandwiches as well as for burgers, and as Bristol Baking points out, if you fold one in half it makes a good gluten-free hot dog bun, too. My favorite way to eat one is simply to microwave it for a couple of seconds, melt some margarine on each half, and savor it with a cup of tea. If like me you don't have a sweet tooth, you might like these rolls better than cake.
Speaking of cake reminds me to warn you, however, that each roll contains 230 calories. That's a significant percentage of my daily calorie allotment on my lose-a-pound-a-week diet, so I have to save them for special treats. If I weren't dieting, I'd have one every morning with breakfast and every night before bed.
Another word of warning: a package of 8 buns is $8.80, again proving how expensive it is to buy ready-made gluten-free products. (A pack of 8 store-brand hamburger rolls costs $1.75 in my neighborhood.) But if you're sending your kid off to a party, being able to send along a hamburger or hot dog roll could be priceless.
