Chocolate Buns

Again, Mbak Retno's kitchen inspired me to spend my day in the kitchen and baked these buns. It was fun to play with the dough and made some cute forms...heheh. I made the filling from home made choco paste from happy home baking. These buns are really moist :-) . Thanks Mbak Retno!

Ingredients:

• 500g bread flour
• 100gr mashed potato powder (dissolved with 200ml hot water)
• 75g sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 75g margarine+25g butter
• 150ml warmed milk
• 7gr dry yeast
• 2 egg yolks + 1 egg yolk (for the topping)

Choco filling:

• 1 egg white
• 20gr all purpose flour
• 50g sugar
• 80ml milk
• 18g cocoa powder
• 10g butter

Method:

choco paste:

1. mix flour, sugar & egg white using whisker until dissolved
2. heat the milk until simmering, then add the cocoa powder, stir it well til is incorporated into milk
3. add egg white mixture into the cocoa mixture and stir it until thickens (use low heat)
4. add butter in and stir until incorporated
5. remove from the heat and let it cool

Buns:

1. mix all ingredients in mixer bowl except salt, knead using speed 1 for 5 minutes, then add salt, change the mixer speed into speed 2, continue kneading until you get elastic & unsticky dough
2. Place the dough in a big bowl and cover it with damp cloth, keep it in warm place and let it proof
3. punch the dough to release the gas and divide the dough ( make each dough into 60-80gr) fill each bun in with choco paste then form each dough.
4. preheated the oven into 180C
5. brush the dough surface with egg yolk, then bake it in the oven for 30 minutes