Hong Kong · East Asia

Pineapple Bun

Name: Pineapple Bun
Total time: 180 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Hong Kong
Ingredients: 400 g bread flour; 60 g sugar; 7 g yeast; 1 egg; 180 ml milk; 40 g butter; Topping: 100 g flour, 60 g sugar, 50 g butter, 1 yolk

菠蘿包

Soft sweet bun with a crackly topping (no pineapple), often split with butter.

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Pineapple Bun

180 minTotal

8Servings

4/5Effort

4/5Wow factor

Ingredients

400 g bread flour
60 g sugar
7 g yeast
1 egg
180 ml milk
40 g butter
Topping: 100 g flour, 60 g sugar, 50 g butter, 1 yolk

Instructions

Knead dough
rise 1 hr.
Shape 8 buns
rise 45 min.
Press topping discs over buns and score.
Brush with yolk and bake 180°C 15 min.
Split and insert cold butter.