Korean QQ Mochi Bun

Bought this premix from Perling during my precious visit to JB. Almost forgotteb bout it, finally today i did it. I 1/2 the recipe given. Oh ya, only recipe was guven but no instructions. So i googled the instructions.

Rock Bun

finally got the chance to try out rock bun that Cindy my baking buddy introduced to me...i added choc chips instead of raisins..they are so yummy...hard outside, soft inside, like scones...best with coffee..

original recipe: http://dequeenkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/09/rock-buns.html

SPT bread dough

this lady is super good in baking..and my fb group gang is currently following her bread recipe...me being kiasu..followed too...and i love them...soft soft de even on the 3rd day...i followed the dough recipe...but shaping i followed some from the internet, some from books and some from frens...

dough recipe originate from soh pin tee

• 340g bread flour
• 50g sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 200g cold milk
• 1/2 tbsp yeast
• 40g butter

Method:

1. i put all ingredients into my bread machine and set as dough
2. after 1hr 30 mins, i'll remove the dough from bread machine and give it a punch
3. let it rest for another 5 mins before dividing them into smaller pieces
4. covered with damp cloth
5. shape as desired
6. let the shaped dough rest for 45mins
7. *brush with egg or milk (i skip this nowadays)
8. bake them in preheated oven at 185'C for 20 mins

Variety Buns

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Ingredients for bun dough:
250gm  bread flour/ high protein flour
  50gm  plain flour
Note: can mix the flour..sometimes i play around with wholemeal flour too..totalling of 300gm of flour
    1tsp  instant yeast
    1       egg
 60gm  castor sugar/brown sugar (can be lesser, depending on fillings)
150ml  milk
 60gm  butter

Ingredients for bun fillings (I've used):
- ham
- cheese
- hotdogs
- apple jam (homemade refer here)
- chocolate chips (added 5 June 2012)
- nugget (added 5 June 2012)
- popcorn chicken (added 9 June 2012)
- strawberry (added 9 June 2012)
- seafood tempura from shihlin (added 24 June 2012)
- Bak Kwa (dried meat) (added 1 July 2012)

Method:
Using Bread Machine:
1. Pour all ingredients in BM according to BM's instructions, except butter
2. Set BM to dough and 500gm setting
3. Add in butter after 5 or 10 minutes, once the dough is formed
4. When done, punch the dough and let it rest for 10 mins then divide dough to small portions
5. Roll the dough to desired sizes
6. Add/ Roll in preferred fillings
7. Set in pan and let them proof to double the size, bout 1 hour (i put them in oven with a bowl of hot water, changing it bout 20 mins once)
8. Preheat oven at 180C for 10 minutes
9. Brush dough with egg just before baking
10. Bake buns at preheated oven at 180C for 15-20 minutes

Enjoy your buns while it's hot..the most can keep for 3 days, else keep in fridge and reheat before eating.

adopted from:
http://angelcookbakelove.blogspot.com/2009/06/walnut-raisin-cinnamon-roll.html
http://iloveicookibake.blogspot.com/search/label/bread

Up for updates (9 June 2012)
- baked mini buns over the weekend for our breakfast supply for the week, didn't change recipe though wanted to try TZ but it was quite late at night, so just stick to this successful recipe.