Perfect for coffee lovers! Infuse your bread with a delicious coffee filling. Try substituting coffee powder with cocoa, matcha, or milk powder for variety. This recipe yields 8 buns.
Sweet Stiff Starter:
- 30g sourdough starter
- 90g bread flour
- 40g water
- 15g sugar
Dough:
- 230g bread flour
- 20g sugar
- 4g salt
- 165g milk
- 20g unsalted butter
- All of the sweet stiff starter
Coffee Filling:
- 90g softened butter
- 50g sugar
- 1 egg (55g)
- 80g milk powder
- 8g coffee powder
Instructions:
- Prepare sweet stiff starter and let it triple (7-8 hrs at 27-28°C).
- Mix all dough ingredients except butter. Knead until strong, then add butter in batches.
- Bulk proof for 2 hours.
- Punch down dough, divide into 8, and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Roll out dough, spread coffee filling, shape, and proof for 3-3.5 hours.
- Egg wash and bake at 180°C for 15-18 minutes.