Coconut custard buns
| Serves: | makes 12 |
| Cooking Time: | 40 minutes |
| Prep Time: | 15 minutes + 1 hour proving |
Ingredients
- 200 g desiccated coconut + extra for sprinkling
- 2 free-range egg yolks
- 50 g castor sugar, plus extra for dipping the pastry shapes
- 100 g butter, room temperature
- 50 g unsalted butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- 125 ml coconut milk
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- 400 g white sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 sachet instant dry yeast
- 4 cups bread flour
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Cooking Instructions
- Grease 2 cake tins. Sprinkle the yeast over the warm water and rest for 5-10 minutes until the mixture begins to foam.
- Place the sugar and eggs in a standing mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and beat until light and foamy. While the eggs and sugar whisk, mix the coconut milk and butter and set aside.
- Add the coconut milk and butter to the egg mixture, together with the yeast mixture and mix until combined.
- Slowly add the flour to the egg mixture until the dough begins to come together. Once the dough forms a ball, turn out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth.
- Place in an oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Leave in a warm area of the kitchen for roughly an 1hr or until doubled in size.
- While the dough rises make the filling. Cream the butter and sugar until pale. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down between additions. Finally add the coconut, mix well and set aside.
- Once the dough has risen, knock back the dough and turn out onto a clean table. Cut the dough into 12 equal sizes and roll out into rectangles. Divide the filling among the pieces of dough and spread evenly over the surface. Roll up into a sausage shape, flatten with rolling pin and roll up again to enclose the filling. Tuck in the edges to form a round dough ball. Place in the cake tins, cover with plastic and leave in a warm area to double in size. At this point preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Brush egg wash onto the surface of the buns and sprinkle with desiccated coconut. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown. Turn down the oven to 180°C if the buns are browning too fast.
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