Garro's Simple Recipes 

Fewer salt, fewer oil, fewer sugar

Cheesy Bun 芝士麵包

The process is quite simple and you will have a lot of very tasty and yummy buns.  

(May 11, 2008)

Ingredients

2 cups

2.5 tbs

40g

1 tsp

1 round tbs

40 g

6 tbs

Bread flour 高根粉

Milk Powder 奶粉 (低脂)

Butter 牛油 (melted)

Salt

Sugar

Shredded cheese

Mashed Potato powder (OR 30g Potato flour + 180g water OR 120g potato, boiled & mashed + 290g water)

Yeast liquid:

Dissolve 1tsp sugar in 80ml of boiling water + 160ml of water.  Sprinkle 2.5 tsp yeast and whisk it thoroughly.  Leave it for around 10 minutes until about 2cm foam is formed on the surface.

Method

1. Mix bread flour, milk powder, butter, salt, sugar, mashed potato powder and the yeast liquid into a soft dough (use the 'screws' of an electric mixer, I found it very useful and handy)

2.  Knead the dough (constantly sprinkle more flour on the dough) until it's not sticky.

3. Knead 25g of shredded cheese to the dough until it becomes smooth.

4. Put the smooth dough into a large bowl and cover it.

5. Let it raise (ferment) for around 30 minutes.

6. Release the air by punching down the dough and knead it some more and cover it again and ferment for another 30 minutes.

7. Preheat the oven to 180°C.

8. Cut the dough into small pieces (~4-5cm in diameter).  Put some shredded cheese in the middle of the small dough and smooth and mold it into a ball.

9. Place them on a greased tray (I use silicon baking sheet which is an excellent tool, no oil is needed) and let it raise for another 10-15 minutes

10. Bake it for 20 minutes.