Condensed Milk Row Bun 炼奶排包

I combined the recipes from Windsor Row Bun 温莎排包 and Sweet Milk Bun into this new recipe that suit my taste - sweet bun with soft texture and buttery aroma 😋

Yield: 8 x 14cm long buns
Raw dough weight: 460g
Baking temperature: 160℃ for 25 minutes at lower rack of oven

Ingredients 

Ingredient A
190g bread flour
20g top/cake flour
35g fine sugar
2g instant dry yeast
20g beaten egg
50g natural yeast/sourdough*

Ingredient B
100g milk
20g condensed milk

Ingredient C
3g fine salt
30g unsalted butter, cold

Glazing ingredients
4g salted butter, melted
Some bread flour for dusting

* 50g of natural yeast/sourdough can be replaced by 25g water + 25g bread flour + 1g instant dry yeast

For growing natural yeast please click this link 😊

Directions

1. Mix Ingredient A in a mixing bowl before adding Ingredient B.

Mix till all the ingredients come together into a ball. Cover and let it rest for about 15 minutes.

Use low speed of a stand mixer to mix the dough for about 2 minutes.

Increase the stander mixer speed to medium and mix for about 5 minutes.

Add in the Ingredient C and allow the butter to thaw for about 5 minutes. Mix at low speed for about 3 minutes, then increase to medium speed (about 4 to 5) till the dough reaches window pane stage.

2. Shape the dough into a ball and let it rest for about 15 minutes.

 After the 15-minute rest, flatten the dough a little, and divide it into 8 portions.

Shape the dough into balls

cover and let them rest for about 10 minutes.

While waiting for the dough, melt about 4g of salted butter for glazing the dough later.

3. Roll out the dough into a flat dough of about 5mm thick.

Flip over and roll up from the longer edge, into a long dough.

pinch to seal at the end.

Arrange the dough in a 35x26x3cm baking tray lined with non-stick baking sheet.

Brush the dough with melted butter.

Let the dough proof in a closed oven for about 60 minutes.

4. Remove the dough from the oven, and start to preheat the oven to 160℃ for about 10 minutes.
Dust some bread flour over the top of the buns.

Ready for baking.

Bake at lower rack of a preheated oven at 160℃ for about 25 minutes, or till the top becomes golden.

5. Transfer the hot buns to a wire rack to cool down.

Enjoy 😍