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Sourdough Coconut Buns (Sourdough Chinese Cocktail Buns)

Delicious sourdough coconut buns / Sourdough Chinese cocktail buns soft and fluffy milk buns filled with sweetcoconut filling and decorated with sweet toppings is  made with naturally leavened sourdoughstarter.
Prep Time8 hours
Cook Time35 minutes
5 hours
Total Time13 hours 35 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: #sourdoughbread, Chinese cockatil buns, Coconutbuns
Servings: 13 buns
Calories: 298kcal

Ingredients

Tangzhong

  • 25 g bread flour
  • 100 g whole milk

The Bread Dough

  • All Tangzhong
  • 180 g Bread flour
  • 120 g Unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 150 g Sourdough Starter all purpose flour starter
  • 40 g Sugar
  • 3.5 g Salt
  • 25 g Water
  • 1 large egg
  • 60.5 g Unsalted butter

Filling

  • 75 g Unsalted butter softened at room temperature
  • 65 g Powdered sugar
  • 15 g Cake flour
  • 20 g Milk powder
  • 50 g Desiccated coconut
  • Topping /Mexican batter

Topping /Mexican Batter

  • 35 g Cake flour
  • 40 g Unsalted butter Softened at room temperature
  • 20 g Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Black Sesame seeds
  • 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds

Egg wash

  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

The Tangzhong (Flour-Water Roux):

  • In a medium saucepan whisk together lightly the flour, milk in a saucepan until smooth and there are no lumps. Place the saucepan on the stove, and over medium heat, let the roux cook till it starts thickening. Keep stirring/ whisking constantly so no lumps form and the roux is smooth.
  • If you have a thermometer, cook the roux/ tangzhong till it reaches 65C (150F) and take it off the heat. If you do not have a thermometer, then watch the roux/ tangzhong until you start seeing “lines” forming in the roux/ tangzhong as you whisk/ stir it. Take the pan off the heat at this point.
  • Let the roux/ tangzhong cool completely and rest for about 2 to 3 hours at least. If not using immediately, transfer the roux to a bowl and cover using plastic wrap. It can be stored in the refrigerator until the color changes . Discard the tangzhong after that.

For Dough

  • In a kitchen aid stand mixer add all the ingredients except the butter knead with dough hook to form a cohesive, sticky mass, 2 to 3 minutes on low speed of a stand mixer.
  • Gradually add butter and incorporate about 1 minute on low speed. Once all
  • the butter is incorporated, turn the mixer up one speed and knead the dough
  • until it is smooth and supple though still somewhat soft and tacky, about 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Cover the dough and let it rest in a warm (75°F) place for 8 hours . To develop strength in the dough, stretch and fold it in the bowl three to four times during the rest. This will increase the elasticity of the dough.
  • Next morning divide the dough into 13 pieces.

For the Filling

  • In a medium bowl make filling, add coconut, milk powder, powdered sugar, cake flour and butter. Mix well and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
  • After 1 hour divide the filling into 13 pieces and roll them into cylinder.
  • Spread the dough into oval and wrap the coconut filling to each bun and shape them into sausages.
  • Set aside for second proof for about 1 hour or until the dough puff up bit.
  • While the dough rising, pre-heat oven to 350F.

For Topping / Mexican Batter

  • Make the topping by mixing butter, cake flour, sugar incorporate until you get a piping consistency. Set aside.
  • Do and egg wash
  • Then pipe the topping mixing using a Ziploc bag or pastry bag.
  • Then sprinkle both black sesame seed and white sesame seeds. Then bake the bun at 350 F for 33 minutes or until it registers 195F internally.
  • Let cool the bread completely and enjoy
  • This is not overly sweet bread. If you want sweet bread, go ahead and increase the amount of sugar in the filling and also double the filling amount.

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Notes

Double amount of filling if you like sweet bread. 

Nutrition

Calories: 298kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 127mg | Potassium: 95mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 401IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 1mg
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