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Mantou: the super soft Chinese buns!
Ingredients
- Flour½ cups
- Sugar · for dusting⅔ cups
- Milk½ cups
- Vegetable oil2 tbsp
- Yeast½ tsp
- Butter · melted3 tbsp
Instructions
- In a small bowl, stir the dry yeast into the warm water and let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes until foamy.
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour and sugar, then add the yeast mixture, milk and vegetable oil.
- Mix until a dough forms, cover it and let it rest for 5 minutes.
- Roll the dough out on a floured surface, brush it evenly with melted butter, roll it up tightly into a log and cut it into equal pieces.
- Place each piece on a parchment square, cover loosely and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
- Put the buns in a bamboo or metal steamer and steam over medium-high heat for 12 minutes without opening the lid.
- Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm.
Summarized from Cookist Wow's video. Watch it for the details.
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