Easiest Way to Make Any-night-of-the-week ‘Melon Pan’ (Buns covered with Cookie Crust)

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‘Melon Pan’ (Buns covered with Cookie Crust). Melon pan is quite similar to pineapple bun, pan dulce and conchas. They all share some sort of cookie crust topping. You can completely cover the bread roll in cookie dough, or choose to only cover the top, leaving exposed bread at the bottom.

‘Melon Pan’ (Buns covered with Cookie Crust) There are some Melon Pans that include chocolate chips, cocoa powder, or even matcha, and some bakeries put custard (cream) inside the bun. Melonpan are Japanese sweet buns covered with a thin layer of cookie dough. They take many steps to make but freshly-baked Melonpan are scrumptious!

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, ‘melon pan’ (buns covered with cookie crust). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Melon pan is quite similar to pineapple bun, pan dulce and conchas. They all share some sort of cookie crust topping. You can completely cover the bread roll in cookie dough, or choose to only cover the top, leaving exposed bread at the bottom.

‘Melon Pan’ (Buns covered with Cookie Crust) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. ‘Melon Pan’ (Buns covered with Cookie Crust) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have ‘melon pan’ (buns covered with cookie crust) using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make ‘Melon Pan’ (Buns covered with Cookie Crust):

  1. {Prepare of <Bread Dough>.
  2. {Get 1/2 cup of Warm Milk *125ml.
  3. {Prepare 1-2 teaspoons of Yeast.
  4. {Prepare 1 of & 3/4 cups Bread Flour *plus extra for kneading.
  5. {Make ready 2-3 tablespoons of Caster Sugar.
  6. {Take 1 pinch of Salt.
  7. {Prepare 1/2 of Egg *lightly whisked.
  8. {Make ready 20 g of Butter *melted.
  9. {Prepare of <Cookie Crust>.
  10. {Make ready 60 g of Butter.
  11. {Take 1/4 cup of Caster Sugar.
  12. {Get 1/2 of Egg *lightly whisked.
  13. {Take 1/2 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract.
  14. {Prepare 1 cup of Self Raising Flour.
  15. {Get 1-2 teaspoons of Milk *optional, only if you need to soften the dough.
  16. {Get of White Sugar OR Caster Sugar for coating.

Both Melon Pan and Pineapple Bun are made from a soft milk bread dough, and are covered with a crunchy cookie like crust. The tricky part of making pineapple buns (or melon pan) is getting the cookie dough wrapped around the ball of bread dough. The cookie dough is really soft and sticky. Japanese Melon Pans was such a fun bread to bake this week.

Steps to make ‘Melon Pan’ (Buns covered with Cookie Crust):

  1. Using a saucepan over low heat or a heat-proof bowl in the microwave, warm the Milk slightly, add Yeast and Sugar, stir and set aside for 5 minutes..
  2. Place Bread Flour and Salt in a large bowl, and mix to combine. Make a well in the centre and pour in the yeast mixture, Egg (save 1/2 for the Cookie Crust) and melted Butter. Mix well to form a soft dough..
  3. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for 2 to 3 minutes, gradually adding extra flour if required, until smooth and elastic. Place the dough in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size..
  4. Mix softened Butter and Sugar until smooth, add the remaining Egg and Vanilla, and mix well. Add Flour and mix to combine. If you need more moisture, add small amount of Milk and knead gently and divide into 8 portions..
  5. Divide the bread dough into 8 portions as well, and make them into round balls..
  6. Roll one portion of cookie dough and roll out, using a rolling pin, to about 15cm round. Place one ball of bread dough in centre and cover the bread dough with the cookie dough. Repeat to make 8 buns..
  7. Preheat oven to 180C. Line a large baking tray with baking paper..
  8. Places some sugar on a small plate, coat the top side of each bun with the sugar, and make a pattern using the back of a knife, then place the bun on the prepared tray. Repeat with the rest of the buns..
  9. Bake for 15 minutes or until top is golden..

I have been slacking a bit this month with all my baking projects, but this bread definitely brought my The cookie dough is flavored with lemon zest and my son has renamed the bread as Lemon pan and that is what he insists on calling it. Melon pan – メロンパン – le « pain melon » spécialité boulangère japonaise – Macaronette et cie. Et pourquoi pas vous donnez envie de cuisiner, et de partager mes recettes de cuisine, mes découvertes culinaires, mes envies, coups de coeur. A melonpan (メロンパン, meronpan) (also known as melon pan, melon bun or melon bread) is a type of sweet bun from Japan, that is also popular in Taiwan and China. They are made from an enriched dough covered in a thin layer of crisp cookie dough.

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