Heart-shaped coconut buns

Heart-shaped coconut buns

Overview

I prefer making bread than making cakes. Its shapes can be varied according to your own creativity. I like to watch it slowly expand in the oven. It feels like a magical and interesting process. The originally small and ordinary dough can turn into such a delicious bread after baking

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Cut the butter into small pieces and soften, stir well

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 1
  2. Add sugar and continue stirring

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 2
  3. Add the egg liquid in portions and mix well after each addition

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 3
  4. Add grated coconut and mix well

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 4
  5. Pour in the milk and mix well

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 5
  6. Let the coconut filling sit for a while so that the milk can be fully absorbed

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 6
  7. Use the post-oil method to knead the dough to the expansion stage for basic fermentation

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 7
  8. Divide into five equal portions and let rise for 15 minutes

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 8
  9. Roll the dough into a ball and stuff it with grated coconut

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 9
  10. Roll out the dough into an oval and fold it in half

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 10
  11. Then fold it in half and make a cut in the middle but don’t cut it

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 11
  12. Turn it outward from the middle to form a heart shape

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 12
  13. Place in a warm and humid place for secondary fermentation

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 13
  14. Brush the fermented dough with egg wash and put it into the middle shelf of a preheated 180-degree oven for 20 minutes

    Heart-shaped coconut buns step 14