GAI MEI BAO (CHINESE BREAKFAST PASTRY)
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Ingredients You'll Need
Bread Dough
1 lb of bread flour
1 ½ eggs
4 tsp of yeast
¾ cup warm water
2 tbsp milk
3 tbsp oil
3 ½ oz sugar
Filling:
3 oz butter
4 oz sugar
1 ½ oz of coconut
1 oz flour
2 oz cornstarch
2 tbsp milk
¼ tsp vanilla extract
Topping:
1 oz plain flour
1 ½ oz soft butter
1/2 oz of sugar
Directions
PREPARATION
Make dough and place in glass bowl and cover with cheesecloth. Allow dough to rise until it is in double inside (usually 4 hours) Knead out dough (do not roll!) and divide into 24 equal parts.
Make filling, keep them cool.
Assemble bun with filling making sure you seal the opening well
Pipe 3 thin lines of topping on each end of the dough
Bake at 350 F for about 25 minutes. If it is starting to get too brown turn down temperature
Glaze with sugar syrup well done.
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