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Cardamom Bun recipe

Soft, pillowy enriched dough buns made with a tangzhong base for extra fluffiness, filled with a fragrant cardamom butter and shaped into beautiful pinwheels. Finished with a cardamom-infused simple syrup.

  • Difficulty
    4 out of 5
  • Prep: 30 minutes, plus 1 hour 30 minutes proving
  • Cook: 15 minutes
  • Servings: 6 buns
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Ingredients

TANGZHONG
65g Whole Milk
25g Strong White Bread Flour

DOUGH
The above Tangzhong
90g Whole Milk
1 Large Egg
240g Strong White Bread Flour
4g Dried Active Yeast
30g Sugar
4g Sea Salt
60g Soft Unsalted Butter
1 Egg (for egg wash)

FILLING
100g Soft Unsalted Butter
100g Soft Light Brown Sugar
1.5 tsp Ground Cardamom
Pinch of Sea Salt

SYRUP
50g Sugar
50g Water
3-4 Bashed Cardamom Pods

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