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    Coconut & Tutti Frutti Buns Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Coconut Buns Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a soft bun with delicious sweet coconut & tutti frutti stuffing inside.

    Coconut & Tutti Frutti Buns

    You know i have a addiction to all things buns, i make them quite often. I love the smell and taste of freshly made homemade buns, there is something in them which makes it so tasty. After my attempt of making homemade brioche,  i thought they are the best buns and i am gonna keep that recipe in my repeatore. But yesterday i made this buns and now i am thinking these are the best.

    Similar Recipes,
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    Ingredients for Coconut Buns Recipe

    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 2 cup + ½ cup for kneading
    • Dry Yeast - 1.5 tsp
    • Egg - 1
    • Milk - ½ cup / 120 ml
    • Butter - 50 grams melted
    • Sugar - ½ cup / 100 grams
    • Warm Water - 1 tbsp for activating yeast

    For the Paste:

    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 2 tbsp
    • Milk - ½ cup

    Filling:

    • Coconut - 1 cup ( Use fresh or desiccated)
    • Tutti Fruity - ½ cup
    • Powdered Sugar - ¾ cup
    • Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
    • Melted Butter or Ghee - 1 tbsp

    For Egg Wash:

    • Egg - 1
    • Milk - ¼ cup

    (My 1 cup measures 240 ml)

    These sweet milk buns are made using tangzhong starter, but i made the paste using flour and milk, normally it is made with flour and water. These are also called as Hokkaido bread or buns. I will soon share a bread recipe using this method.

    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you...

    How to Make Coconut & Tutti Frutti Buns

    1. First make the paste, take flour and milk in a sauce pan, heat it on low heat till it gets pasty like. remove and set aside to cool.
    2. Take yeast in a bowl, add in warm water and let it sit for 5 mins or so till it is activated.
    3. Now take the cooked flour paste in a bowl, add in sugar, ½ cup of milk, egg, melted butter, yeast liquid and mix really well.
    4. Take flour in a large bowl, add this sugary liquid into the flour and knead to a sticky dough.
    5. Cover and set aside for 1.30 hours to 2 hours till the dough is doubled in size.
    6. Now add more flour and knead it for 10 mins or so till it is soft, smooth.
    7. Divide it into equal portions.
    8. Take the filling ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Set this aside.
    9. Take one portion and roll it into a smooth ball.
    10. Flatten it lightly, fill with the coconut stuffing, bring the edges together, seal them and roll it smoothly.
    11. Arrange it in a parchment lined baking tray and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside for 1 hour or so till it is doubled in size.
    12. In the last 10 mins of the proofing stage, preheat oven to 180 degree C.
    13. Now mix egg and milk for egg wash and use a brush to paint this all over the buns.
    14. Now bake this in the oven for 25 to 30 mins till the top is golden.
    15. Remove it and let it cool for 5 mins.
    16. Remove it serve warm with a cup of milk.
     

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    Coconut & Tutti Frutti Buns Recipe

    Coconut & Tutti Frutti Buns Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a soft bun with delicious sweet coconut & tutti frutti stuffing inside.
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Baking Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6 Big Buns
    Calories: 166kcal

    Ingredients

    • 2 cup + ½ cup for kneading All Purpose Flour / Maida
    • 1.5 tsp Dry Yeast
    • 1 Egg
    • ½ cup / 120 ml Milk
    • 50 grams melted Butter
    • ½ cup / 100 grams Sugar
    • 1 tbsp Warm Water for activating yeast
    • For the Paste:
    • 2 tbsp All Purpose Flour / Maida
    • ½ cup Milk
    • For Filling:
    • 1 cup Coconut Use fresh or desiccated
    • ½ cup Tutti Fruity
    • ¾ cup Powdered Sugar
    • 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
    • 1 tbsp Melted Butter or Ghee
    • For Egg Wash:
    • 1 Egg
    • ¼ cup Milk

    Instructions

    • First make the paste, take flour and milk in a sauce pan, heat it on low heat till it gets pasty like. remove and set aside to cool.
    • Take yeast in a bowl, add in warm water and let it sit for 5 mins or so till it is acivated.
    • Now take the cooked flour paste in a bowl, add in sugar, ½ cup of milk, egg, melted butter, yeast liquid and mix really well.
    • Take flour in a large bowl, add this sugary liquid into the flour and knead to a sticky dough.
    • Cover and set aside for 1.30 hours to2 hours till the dough is doubled in size.
    • Now add more flour and knead it for 10 mins or so till it is soft, smooth.
    • Divide it into equal portions.
    • Take the filling ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Set this aside.
    • Take one portion and roll it into a smooth ball.
    • Flatten it lightly, fill with the coconut stuffing, bring the edges together, seal them and roll it smoothly.
    • Arrange it in a parchment lined baking tray and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside for 1 hour or so till it is doubled in size.
    • In the last 10 mins of the proofing stage, preheat oven to 180 degree C.
    • Now mix egg and milk for egg wash and use a brush to paint this all over the buns.
    • Now bake this in the oven for 25 to 30 mins till the top is golden.
    • Remove it and let it cool for 5 mins.
    • Remove it serve warm with a cup of milk.

    Notes

    1) I made 6 big buns, you can make 12 small ones. It will take around 12 to 15 mins to bake those buns.
    2)You just just leave the egg in the egg wash and brush it with just milk. But egg gives the beautiful golden colour.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 166kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 37mg | Potassium: 146mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 129IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Coconut Buns Recipe Step by Step

    Take all your ingredients
    Lets start by making the paste..Take flour in a sauce pan
    Add in milk and mix well
    cook it on low heat till it gets thick and pasty..
    Set this aside till it cools 
    Take yeast in a small bowl
    i added 1 tblspn of warm water to activate it..
    Important, the yeast has to bubble up, if it didn't bubble up then start a new batch..or the buns wont rise at all
    take butter in a microwave safe bowl
    melt it down
    Now take the flour paste in a bowl
    add in sugar
    Pour in milk
    Add in egg
    use a whisk to whip this up
    now it is all mixed well
    add in melted butter
    and the yeast water
    Mix well 
    Now take flour in a bowl
    Pour this liquid mix in
    mix well
    the dough will be sticky at this stage
    cover with a plastic wrap and set aside till it is doubled in size
    Now it is doubled in size
    add in some more flour and knead it for 5 to 10 mins
    you have to keep kneading this dough till it is totally
    nonsticky and smooth and soft
    Just like this
    divide it into equal portions..I made 6 big buns, you can
     make 12 medium size buns from this mixture
    Take the ingredients for filling
     
     
    Take coconut in a bowl, i used dessicated, 
    you can use fresh
     
     
    add in powdered sugar
     
     
    tutti fruity
     
     
    some vanilla
     
     
    some ghee
     
     
    mix wel
     
     
    now take a portion of dough
     
     
    roll it smoothly
     
     
    use your fingers to flatten it
     
     
    like this
     
     
    stuff it
     
     
    now bring the edges together
     
     
    Seal them
     
     
    Like this
     
     
    seal them well
     
     
     
     
     
    Roll it out smoothly
     
     
    arrange it on a tray
    cover with plastic wrap and let it rise for another hour
    look how it has risen
    now for the egg wash, this gives the golden sheen
    on top of the buns
    add little milk to the egg
    mix well
    dip a brush in this egg wash
    and paint all over the buns
    time to bake
    look at those beauties
     
     
    enjoy
     
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    1. umamahi

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      what is the need of adding more flour when punching down the risen dough??is it necessary to add the flour? not only for this recipe..all these kinda yeast based recipe..thankyou 🙂

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    2. Anonymous

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      Hi, I keep reading your blog everyday and would love to try all the new recipes. Tried appam the way you had said, it came out so well. Like to have a request, can you please take snaps of using in otg/griller oven. how u preheat the oven and the rack u keep for baking. as i am quite new to baking this will help me alot

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    3. Anonymous

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      what is the need of adding more flour when punching down the risen dough?is it necessary to do it?not only for dis recipe..also for these kinda yeast based dishes.thankyou

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    4. Aarthi

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      @AnonymousThe dough will be sticky, so u add more flour and knead till it gets soft

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    5. Anonymous

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      i made simple hamburger buns yesterday..it turned out super good but the yeast smell was overpowering n also i didnt add more amount of yeast..i juz added 1tbsp of dried yeast for 3cups of flour.then y is that smell??

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    6. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousit may be because of the yeast which u use, add less yeast next time

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    7. Avni

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      Aarthi is it necessary to add eggs .........we don't eateggs tell me plz tell me something which i can use instead of eggs
      Thanks & regards
      Avni

      Reply
    8. Aarthi

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      @Avnileave egg and add little more milk

      Reply

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