Melon Pan (Japanese Melon Bread)
A Japanese sweet bun coated in cookie dough that bakes into a crunchy shell. The contrast between crispy exterior and fluffy interior is its signature charm.
Instructions
- 1
Mix bread flour, sugar, and yeast; add milk and butter, knead into bread dough.
- 2
Combine cake flour, sugar, butter, and egg into cookie dough; chill 30 minutes.
- 3
Proof bread dough 1 hour, divide into 8, and round each.
- 4
Divide cookie dough into 8, flatten each, drape over bread dough, and score a crosshatch pattern.
- 5
Dip tops in granulated sugar and proof 30 minutes.
- 6
Bake at 170°C for 13-15 minutes, watching carefully as they brown quickly.
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