Melon Pan [Melon-Shaped Bun]
Melon Pan [Melon-Shaped Bun]

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A melonpan (メロンパン, meronpan) (also known as melon pan, melon bun or melon bread) is a type of sweet bun from Japan, that is also popular in Taiwan and China. They are made from an enriched dough covered in a thin layer of crisp cookie dough. Melonpan メロンパン (melon pan, melon bun or melon bread) is a Japanese sweet bun, also popular in Taiwan, China and Latin America.

Melon Pan [Melon-Shaped Bun] is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Melon Pan [Melon-Shaped Bun] is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have melon pan [melon-shaped bun] using 15 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Melon Pan [Melon-Shaped Bun]:
  1. Take Cookie Crust
  2. Make ready 35 g unsalted butter, room temperature
  3. Take 50 g granulated white sugar
  4. Get 30 g lightly beaten egg
  5. Take 110 g low protein wheat flour/cake flour
  6. Get 1/4 tsp pandan paste, can be substituted with 1 tsp matcha powder
  7. Take Bread dough
  8. Get 110 g high protein wheat flour/bread flour
  9. Take 40 g low protein wheat flour/cake flour
  10. Get 18 g granulated white sugar
  11. Take 1/4 tsp salt
  12. Get 1 tsp instant yeast
  13. Take 80 ml milk, warm to 40-50°C or follow your yeast product instruction
  14. Make ready 20 g lightly beaten egg
  15. Prepare 14 g unsalted butter, room temperature

Melon Pan is sweet bread covered in a thin layer of crisp biscuit/cookie crust with grid line pattern on Today, if you visit the Kansai area, the football shape bread you see above with white bean paste Bread Similar to Melon Pan in the World. Pineapple Bun - Hong Kong, Taiwan, China (We buy this. See recipes for Melon Pan [Melon-Shaped Bun], Melon pan too. Melon pan, also known as melon bread or melon bun, is simply a sweet bread.

Steps to make Melon Pan [Melon-Shaped Bun]:
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  2. Cookie dough: In a medium bowl, whisk butter until creamy. Then whisk in sugar until thoroughly combined.
  3. Add egg and whisk until well-blended.
  4. Switch to a silicone spatula and mix in flour until almost combined. Then add pandan and mix thoroughly.
  5. Transfer onto a cling wrap. Wrap and refrigerate until firm.
  6. Bread dough: In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and yeast. Make a well on its center.
  7. Pour milk and egg into the center. Using a wooden spoon, stir the dry mixture into the wet mixture until all dry is absorbed.
  8. Transfer dough onto work surface and start kneading with your hands for about 1 minute. Then wrap butter into the dough.
  9. Continue kneading. It will be messy and oily. But the more we knead, the less sticky it becomes. Add a little flour onto the work surface and the dough if it is easier for you to knead.
  10. After 10-15 minutes of kneading, the dough will become smooth, elastic and not sticky. Transfer into a bowl. Cover the bowl with a cling wrap. Let it ferment for about 1 hour or until double in size.
  11. Meanwhile, divide cookie dough evenly into 10 balls. Refrigerate again with a cover.
  12. After bread dough has doubled in size, release the gas inside by pressing it down. Transfer onto work surface and divide evenly into 10 balls. Cover them with a cling wrap to prevent drying out.
  13. Press a chilled cookie ball between two pieces of parchment paper to a thickness of about ¼-inch. You can use a dough scraper or anything with a flat side to press.
  14. Take one bread dough and roll again to release any gas. Remove the top parchment paper from the cookie dough. Then place the dough ball onto the center.
  15. Flip over so the cookie dough is facing up and remove the second parchment paper. Gently press to wrap all sides of dough ball with the cookie dough. The bottom part of dough ball can be left unwrapped.
  16. Dip the ball into a bowl of granulated sugar (2 tbsp) to coat the cookie dough. Then use a dough scraper or knife to gently score criss-cross or any pattern onto the cookie.
  17. Place on a baking sheet and cover with a cling wrap. Repeat with the rest. Let them sit and rise until one and a half times bigger.
  18. Bake in a preheated oven at 400°F or 200°C for 12 to 15 minutes.

It is not melon flavored (although you can find ones that are). Melon pan is quite similar to pineapple bun, pan dulce and conchas. They all share some sort of cookie crust topping. Melon Pan Bun is a holiday-exclusive hot dog bun available during Cherry Blossom Festival in Papa's Hot Doggeria HD. These buns are delicate, fragrant and super fun.

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