Arlyn Osborne's Ube Cheese Pandesal Recipe – Cherry Bombe

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons (56 grams) unsalted butter
• 1 cup (240 grams) whole milk
• ⅓ cup (66 grams) plus 2 tablespoons (25 grams) granulated sugar, divided
• One ¼ oz. (7 grams) envelope active dry yeast
• ⅓ cup (83 grams) ube halaya, at room temperature
• 1 large egg, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon ube paste
• 3¾ cups (468 grams) all-purpose flour
• 1½ teaspoons kosher salt
• ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon (200 grams) ube halaya, cold
• Twenty 5 gram-pieces Velveeta cheese, shaped into 1-inch (2.5 centimeters) coins (see Note)
• ¼ cup (25 grams) finely crushed cracker crumbs