Melonpan

Mogco Tokyo
Mogco Tokyo @harakiricafe
Tokyo, Japan

Melonpan, which many Japanese people (including Dorami-chan, Doraemon's sister) love, is bread covered with cookie dough. Don't get confused: Melonpan was named after melons, but we cannot find any melons in the recipe. "Melon-looking-bread" ­- that's the Melonpan!
#bread #fluffy #Japanese sweets

Melonpan

Melonpan, which many Japanese people (including Dorami-chan, Doraemon's sister) love, is bread covered with cookie dough. Don't get confused: Melonpan was named after melons, but we cannot find any melons in the recipe. "Melon-looking-bread" ­- that's the Melonpan!
#bread #fluffy #Japanese sweets

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Ingredients

2 - 3 hours
8 pieces
  1. [Bread dough]
  2. 250 gbread flour
  3. 2 gdried yeast
  4. 1/2beaten egg
  5. 60 mLwater
  6. 75 gmilk
  7. 25 gsugar
  8. 4 gsalt
  9. 25 gbutter
  10. [Cookie dough]
  11. 200 gall-purpose flour
  12. 60 gsugar
  13. 1/2beaten egg
  14. 100 gbutter
  15. 1 tbspgrated lemon peel

Cooking Instructions

2 - 3 hours
  1. 1

    [Preparation of bread dough] In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add sugar, bread flour, and salt.

  2. 2

    Turn onto a table; knead until smooth and elastic.

  3. 3

    Add some butter and knead for more a few minutes. Place the dough in a bowl, cover, and rise in a warm place until doubled.

  4. 4

    [Preparation of cookie dough] In a bowl, put softened butter and stir until the texture becomes creamy. Add some sugar and mix it. Then add beaten egg and grated lemon. And mix it well.

  5. 5

    Add all-purpose flour and mix it until it gathers together. Turn onto a table and knead its texture becomes smooth. Then wrap with a wrapping film and put it in a fridge for about 30 minutes.

  6. 6

    Punch the bread dough down and divide the bread dough into eight parts. Cover divided dough with a wrapping film; leave them for 10 minutes.

  7. 7

    Divide the cookie dough into eight parts. Round divided bread dough into a sphere.

  8. 8

    Roll out the cookie dough to make a flat circle. Then take one divided bread dough and cover with the cookie dough.

  9. 9

    Put lines to make mesh pattern like a melon.

  10. 10

    Cover the shaped dough with a wrapping film. And leave it at room temperature for about 60 minutes.

  11. 11

    Pre-heat an oven at 190 ºC (374 °F) and bake for about 16 minutes.

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Comments (3)

Nikolett Szalkai
Nikolett Szalkai @cook_14396467
Where does the milk and egg comes into the bread dough?

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