Main Ingredients:
Bread flour: 160g; All-purpose flour: 40g; Egg liquid: 20g; Milk: 110g.
Additional Ingredients:
Sugar: 32g; Salt: 2g; Milk powder: 8g; Yeast: 2.5g; Butter: 20g; Red bean paste filling: 120g; Red food coloring: a little.
Flavor: Sweet; Technique: Baking; Time: Several hours; Difficulty: Moderate.
Detailed Steps for Making Santa Claus Mini Buns
Prepare the ingredients.
Mix all ingredients except butter together and knead into a dough of suitable texture.
Continue kneading after adding butter until the dough is stretchy and can be pulled into a thin, resilient film.
Let the kneaded dough ferment in a warm place. Poke with floured fingers – if the hole doesn’t collapse or shrink, the first fermentation is done.
After deflating the fermented dough, divide it into four portions, then take each large portion and further divide it into a small portion of about 30g, letting it rest for 15 minutes.
Take a rested large portion, roll it into a round dough, and wrap it with a portion of red bean paste filling.
Pinch the edges together like making dumplings, sealing them tightly.
Shape the filled dough into an oval, slightly flatten it, and place it with the sealed side down on a baking tray for the second fermentation.
After the second fermentation, brush the surface with beaten egg, then use a little red food coloring to create Santa’s hat on one end of the dough.
Place in a preheated oven, top and bottom heat, middle rack, at 180 degrees Celsius for about 12 minutes.
While baking, use the small portion of dough to shape the hat, brim, nose, and beard.
After baking, dampen the beard, nose, etc., and dust the beard with powdered sugar.
Return to the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for about 7 minutes.
Once done, use chocolate to dot the eyes, and your Santa Claus is ready.
Cute and adorable Santa Claus Mini Buns.
