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Bakery Style Butter Bun Recipe

Butter Bun - Bakery Style made with soft pillowy fried buns stuffed with creamy buttercream. Yeasted dough is shaped into buns and fried till soft, this is filled with a creamy butter, icing sugar filling which makes it super soft and buttery. Learn how to make the perfect bakery style butter bun with step by step pictures and video. Make sure you check my Madurai style butter bun.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Resting Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours
Servings: 8 buns
Calories: 329kcal
Author: Aarthi

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Hand Whisk or Electric Beater
  • Cooking pot

Ingredients

For Butter Bun Dough

  • 2 cups All Purpose Flour | Plain Flour
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 tbsp Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Butter Melted
  • ¾ cup Warm Milk or as needed
  • 2 tsp Dry yeast
  • Oil for Deep frying

For Cream Filling

  • 50 grams Unsalted Butter (white or regular)
  • 2 cups Icing Sugar | Confectioners Sugar
  • ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp Milk optional

Instructions

  • Take warm milk and sugar in a bowl and mix well. Sprinkle yeast over the warm milk and mix gently. Let it activate for 5 minutes till foamy. Add in plain flour, salt and mix gently till it forms into a sticky dough. Add in melted butter and knead for 5 to 10 minutes till a soft dough is formed. Cover the dough with a kitchen towel and set aside for 1 to 2 hours till doubles in size.
  • Once the dough is doubled in size. Take it in a work surface and divide it into 8 equal size balls. Roll the ball into a smooth ball and flatten it slightly. Cover it with a cloth and set aside for 20 to 30 minute till it rise in size.
  • Heat oil for deep frying, drop the balls in hot oil and fry till golden on both sides. Drain and set aside.
  • Now make butter filling, take butter in a bowl, add half of the sugar and vanilla. whip well till creamy. Add remaining icing sugar and whip till combined. Add little milk if needed and cream till fluffy and creamy.
  • Take the cooled bun, slit it open and apply some butter cream on top. Cover it and serve.

Video

Notes

Dough : You can use half wheat flour and half plain flour for close to perfect result. If you want a healthier option, you can use whole wheat flour entirely. Honey can be used for sugar. Instead of using melted butter you can use soft butter and knead it well into the dough.
Use Stand Mixer - The entire dough can be kneaded in a stand mixer. Add all ingredients in a stand mixer and knead together for 6 to 8 minutes. 
Filling - white butter makes the filling white in colour. Milk is optional, depending on the consistency you can add milk. If the filling is too thick, you can add some milk and mix. 
Frying - Don't fry the buns in too high heat, else the outer will get too much colour and the centre will be raw. Cook the buns on medium to low heat. 
Baking instead of frying - You can bake the buns at 200 degree C for 15 to 20 minutes instead of frying. But the texture will be entirely different. 
Cool Before Filling - cool the buns completely before filling with cream. Else the buttercream will melt. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 329kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 324mg | Potassium: 79mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 282IU | Vitamin C: 0.003mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg
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