Snack · 120 min · chinese

Pineapple Buns

All-purpose flour does the heavy lifting here, with butter rounding it out. A Chinese snack that takes 120 minutes, start to finish.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 3 cups All-purpose flour
• 0.5 cup Butter
• 0.75 cup Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 0.5 cup Milk
• 2 tsp Yeast
• 2 tbsp Custard powder
• 1 tsp Baking powder

Steps

1. Mix the flour, yeast, milk, one egg, and half the sugar into a soft dough; knead 10 minutes and rise 1 hour until doubled.
2. Cream the butter with the remaining sugar, custard powder, and baking powder into the crumbly cookie topping. Chill 20 minutes.
3. Divide the dough into 12 buns. Roll the topping thin, drape over each bun, and score a crosshatch — the cracks are what make it look like a pineapple.
4. Proof 30 minutes, brush with beaten egg, and bake at 350 degrees for 18 minutes until deeply golden.
5. Serve warm, ideally with a thick slab of cold butter tucked inside. No pineapple involved — the name is all about the crackled top.

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