Pineapple Buns Recipe | Epicurious

Pineapple Buns Recipe | Epicurious

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Despite the name, the pineapple bun has no pineapple—it's a soft milk-bread bun with a crackly cookie-like top that, after it's baked, resembles pineapple skin.

Keywords

  • bread
  • chinese
  • bread flour
  • snack
  • side
  • nut free
  • vegetarian
  • make ahead
  • stand mixer
  • lunar new year
  • harper collins
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Ingredients

  • ¼ cup plus 3 tablespoons (100g) milk
  • 2 tablespoons (20g) bread flour
  • ½ cup plus 1 Tbsp. (125g) warm milk, at 110ºF
  • 1 tsp. active dry yeast
  • ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar, plus a pinch
  • 2⅔ cups (335g) bread flour, plus more for work surface
  • ½ teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 4 Tbsp. (55g) unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
  • 1 tsp. canola or other neutral flavored oil, for bowl
  • 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1 stick (113g) unsalted butter, softened
  • ½ cup (100g) sugar
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 drops yellow food coloring
  • 1 large egg, white and yolk separated into two small bowls

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