Red Bean Paste Roll Bread
A Chinese recipe for red bean paste roll bread featuring bread flour, milk, white sugar, egg, and yeast.
Ingredients
bread flour
250 g
milk
135 g
sugar
35 g
egg
1
yeast
3 g
salt
1 g
butter
20 g
red bean paste
to taste
egg wash
to taste
Instructions
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Step 1
Place all ingredients except butter and salt into the bread pan.
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Step 2
Once the dough becomes smooth, add butter and salt and continue kneading (salt-after-butter method).
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Step 3
After the butter is incorporated, you can snip the dough a few times with scissors and continue kneading.
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Step 4
The dough after kneading.
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Step 5
Cut off a small piece of the kneaded dough; it should stretch into a thin film that does not tear easily.
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Step 6
Shape the dough, place it on a baking sheet, and proof for the second time. When proofed, poke a hole with a flour-dusted finger — the dough should neither spring back nor collapse.
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Step 7
Divide the dough into six portions, roll each into a ball, and let rest for about 10 minutes.
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Step 8
Flatten one portion of dough and place some red bean paste in the center.
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Step 9
Seal the dough with the seam facing down.
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Step 10
Roll it out into an oval shape.
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Step 11
Cut four slits down the middle, leaving both ends intact.
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Step 12
Pull the two ends and twist once around.
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Step 13
Tie a single knot and place into a paper liner.
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Step 14
Arrange them on the baking sheet one by one.
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Step 15
Cover with plastic wrap and proof for the second time.
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Step 16
Once proofed, gently brush a thin layer of egg wash on top.
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Step 17
Preheat the oven in advance. Bake on the middle rack at 150°C for about 25 minutes (time and temperature are for reference only). Cover with foil once the surface is nicely browned.
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Step 18
Let cool until warm to the touch, then seal in a bag for storage.
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Step 19
Enjoy the finished product.
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Step 20
Enjoy the finished product.
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Step 21
Enjoy the finished product.
