Baked Buns With Red Bean Paste
By: Cafenilson
Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 12:59am

Ingredients




1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
1 1/2 tablespoons granulated yeast
1 1/2 tablespoons salt
8 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup honey
3 sticks butter, melted plus some for greasing pan
7 1/2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
tablespoon egg wash (1 beaten egg with 1  water)

Preparation

1 Mix yeast, salt, eggs, honey and melted butter with water in a bowl. 2 Mix in the flour without kneading using a wooden spoon or your hands. 3 Cover and allow to rest at room temperature until dough rises and collapses, approx 2 hours. 4 Cut off a 1-pound portion and put the rest in a lidded container and refrigerate for up to 5 days or freeze. 5 Dust the 1-pound portion with flour and then shape into a ball. Divide into 8 equal portions. At this point, shape each portion into a ball, flatten into a circle and add 1 tbs of red bean paste at the center. Fold over and re-shape into a ball. Repeat with the rest of the rolls. 6 Allow to rest for 1 hour and 20 minutes. 7 Preheat oven to 350F.  Using a pastry brush, brush the top of the crust with egg wash. Sprinkle with black sesame seed on top. 8 Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. 9 Cool in a wire rack.

About


This recipe makes four loaves from the Brioche Dough  recipe from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day .  I used ready-made red bean paste.
Something sweet for recipe #9 in our Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration series .  This dim sum is baked, not steamed. A twist on the delicious steamed buns.