RED BEAN PANDA BUNS

Red Bean Panda Buns
(recipe adapted from here)

Ingredients:

(A) 200g bread flour / 20g plain flour / 25g sugar / 1/4 teaspoon salt / 1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp yeast / 15g milk powder / 25g eggs / 115g water / 15g butter 

(B) 200g red bean paste (divide into 8 portions) / 20g white sesame (I did not use this)

How we do it:

1. Mix ingredients (A) with bread machine for 30 minutes until it become a smooth and elastic dough. 
2. Place the dough into a clean bowl and cover with cling wrap to proof for 60 minutes. 
3. Divide the dough into 8 portions and round them into small balls. Then fill the doughs with red bean and shape it into a smooth balls. Let the dough proof for 15 minutes.
4. Slightly flatten each dough and use a scissor to cut the edges into 8 flower pedals.(I did not follow this step. Instead I decorated the buns into panda design). Continue to proof for 10 minutes. 
5. Egg wash the doughs then top with some sesame (I did not follow this step). Bake at 190'C (I used 180C) preheated oven for 15 minutes until golden brown.

   

   Before baking