HOW TO MAKE ANPAN RECIPES

Steps:

• First, make the dough in a bowl. Combine flour. egg, milk, yeast, sugar, and salt. Knead the dough with your hand for 10 minutes. Add butter and knead again for 10 more minutes.
• Cover the bowl with damp cloth and let it rest for an hour.
• On a clean flat surface, sprinkle some flour and divide the dough into 6 equal amounts. Round each dough and let rest again for 15 minutes.
• Divide the red bean paste into 6 equal amounts and round each of them with your hand.
• Take 1 dough part and flatten it in your hand. Put the red bean paste ball inside and close the dough and make sure the dough on the outside is covering the red bean paste equally. If some part of the dough covering the paste is too thin, the red bean can leak outside during baking. Do this step to make all the buns.
• Brush some oil lightly on the dough and let rest again for 1 hour.
• Heat the oven to 160~180 degree celcius. Brush some egg wash on the surface of the buns. Sprinkle a bit of sesame seeds on top, and bake the buns for 14 minutes.

Steps:

• Combine the yeast, milk and sugar in a small bowl or jug and cover and set aside for 10 minutes or until frothy, then stir in the egg. Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre of the flour and add the liquid mixture and stir to form a soft dough. Transfer to an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook and knead for about 5 min or until smooth and elastic. With the mixer motor running, add the chopped butter until the butter is combined and a smooth and silky dough forms. Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover and set aside in a warm place to prove for 1 hour or until doubled in size. Divide the bread dough into 8 equal sized balls and knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Roll the red bean paste (An filling) into 8 even-sized balls. Roll out one dough ball until it is slightly flat and place one red bean paste ball in the centre, then mold the dough around it to form a bread roll. Repeat for the remaining dough and red bean paste balls. Place them on a cooking paper lined oven tray and cover with clean damp cloth and set aside for about 45 min or until doubled in size again. Preheat oven to 350°F and bake for 15 minutes.