Conchas

Conchas

Ingredients

• 500 g bread flour
• 100 g sugar
• 7 g instant yeast
• 2 eggs
• 120 ml warm milk
• 90 g butter, soft
• 1 tsp salt
• Topping: 100 g flour, 100 g powdered sugar, 80 g butter or shortening, 1 tsp vanilla or 1 tbsp cocoa

Instructions

1. Mix flour, sugar, yeast, salt, eggs and milk
2. knead in butter until smooth and elastic, 10 min.
3. Cover and rise 1.5 hr until doubled.
4. Divide into 12 balls and place on lined trays.
5. Mix topping ingredients to a paste, press into thin discs and lay one on each bun.
6. Score a shell pattern with a knife or concha cutter.
7. Rise 1 hr, then bake at 180°C 18–20 min.