Asian Style Bun
This versatile gun is slightly sweet, it’s the vessel to all Asian buns, Anpan, Tuna Buns, BBQ Pork Buns, etc.
Servings: 8 Buns
Equipment
- Bread Machine
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 50 ml milk slightly warmed (30C)
- 50 ml water slightly warmed (30C)
- 3 g yeast
- 50 g sugar
- 225 g bread flour
- 25 g cake flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 35 g butter cubed
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp water
Instructions
- Put egg, warmed milk, warm water, yeast, sugar, flours, salt into your bread machine.
- Set it to dough function and let it start
- About 15-20 minutes in, a dough ball should have formed, dump in the butter, and let the machine do the rest
- Once the dough is done, put it onto a flour dusted surface, evenly divide the dough into eighths
- Fold down many times until a ball is formed, pinch the bottom, and roll with loosely cupped hand to make it round
- Press down, and roll with a rolling pin so it becomes flat, fill with your choice of ingredients, fold in and pinch the dough close
- Lay it onto a parchment lined sheet tray
- Cover and let proof for 30 minutes
- Mix together egg yolk and water, brush onto of the buns, add some toppings (sesame seeds, green onions, poppy seeds, or none at all)
- Bake 13-15 minutes