Coconut Cream Buns

Why this recipe?

• It has a very simple and foolproof milk bread dough with minimal hands-on time.
• Your kitchen mixer will do most of the work for you.
• The bread is light and soft, with a pillowy texture.
• Filled with a sweet whipped cream, it is sure to be a hit!

Coconut cream buns ingredients

Ingredients for the milk bread

• Bread flour
• Yeast
• Sugar and salt
• Whole milk
• Sweetened condensed milk
• Butter
• Egg

Ingredients for the filling and topping

• Egg
• Sugar (granulated sugar and powdered sugar)
• Heavy whipping cream
• Vanilla extract
• Salt
• Unsweetened desiccated coconut

How to make ham and cheese buns

Prepare the milk bread dough – first rise

1. Activate the yeast
2. Mix all the ingredients together
3. Mix with a spatula until a rough dough forms
4. Let the dough rest for 20 minutes
5. Knead the dough with a mixer, scraping down once halfway through
6. Mix until a smooth sticky dough forms
7. The dough should pass the windowpane test
8. Gather the dough in a bowl and rest until its size doubles

Shape the buns and bake – 2nd rise

1. Punch down the dough
2. Gently knead the dough, then divide it into 10 even pieces
3. Shape each piece into a small ball
4. Roll the dough with your hand to make it round
5. Let the dough rest until doubled in size
6. Brush the dough with egg wash then bake

Assemble the buns

1. Once the buns are baked, slice them in half with bottom attached
2. Use your hands to open the buns to create a big opening for the cream filling
3. Whip the cream until medium stiff peaks form
4. F…