Sweet Milk Buns Recipe with step by step pictures. This is simple recipe with basic ingredients and it turnedto be soft, slightly chewy, milky and sweet.
2cup+ ½ cup for kneading All Purpose Flour / Maida
1.5tspDry Yeast
1Egg
½cup/ 120 ml Milk
50gramsButter melted
½cup/ 100 grams Sugar
1tbspWarm Water for activating yeast
For the Paste:
2tbspAll Purpose Flour / Maida
½cupMilk
For Egg Wash:
1Egg
¼cupMilk - ¼ cup
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 one portion and roll it into a smooth ball.
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.