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Melon Pan [Melon-Shaped Bun] is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Melon Pan [Melon-Shaped Bun] is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Check Out Mold For Melon On eBay. Melonpan (Japanese Melon-Shaped Bread) One of my friends has been raving about the Japanese bread melonpan, so I decided to try making it. Melonpan is an enriched dough bun, which reminds me a bit of a sweet dinner roll, with a crispy cookie shell that looks a bit like a melon (hence the name).

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook melon pan [melon-shaped bun] using 15 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Melon Pan [Melon-Shaped Bun]:

1. Prepare Cookie Crust
2. Take 35 g unsalted butter, room temperature
3. Prepare 50 g granulated white sugar
4. Make ready 30 g lightly beaten egg
5. Get 110 g low protein wheat flour/cake flour
6. Take 1/4 tsp pandan paste, can be substituted with 1 tsp matcha powder
7. Prepare Bread dough
8. Take 110 g high protein wheat flour/bread flour
9. Get 40 g low protein wheat flour/cake flour
10. Make ready 18 g granulated white sugar
11. Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
12. Take 1 tsp instant yeast
13. Get 80 ml milk, warm to 40-50°C or follow your yeast product instruction
14. Make ready 20 g lightly beaten egg
15. Get 14 g unsalted butter, room temperature

You can adjust the amount to taste. Melon pan is Japanese sweet bread made to resemble the shape of melon through its crisp cookie crust. It is quite similar to Mexican conchas, Chinese pineapple bun, and Korean soboro bun. This melon bun traditionally does not contain any melon.

Instructions to make Melon Pan [Melon-Shaped Bun]:

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2. Cookie dough: In a medium bowl, whisk butter until creamy. Then whisk in sugar until thoroughly combined.
3. Add egg and whisk until well-blended.
4. Switch to a silicone spatula and mix in flour until almost combined. Then add pandan and mix thoroughly.
5. Transfer onto a cling wrap. Wrap and refrigerate until firm.
6. Bread dough: In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and yeast. Make a well on its center.
7. Pour milk and egg into the center. Using a wooden spoon, stir the dry mixture into the wet mixture until all dry is absorbed.
8. Transfer dough onto work surface and start kneading with your hands for about 1 minute. Then wrap butter into the dough.
9. Continue kneading. It will be messy and oily. But the more we knead, the less sticky it becomes. Add a little flour onto the work surface and the dough if it is easier for you to knead.
10. After 10-15 minutes of kneading, the dough will become smooth, elastic and not sticky. Transfer into a bowl. Cover the bowl with a cling wrap. Let it ferment for about 1 hour or until double in size.
11. Meanwhile, divide cookie dough evenly into 10 balls. Refrigerate again with a cover.
12. After bread dough has doubled in size, release the gas inside by pressing it down. Transfer onto work surface and divide evenly into 10 balls. Cover them with a cling wrap to prevent drying out.
13. Press a chilled cookie ball between two pieces of parchment paper to a thickness of about ¼-inch. You can use a dough scraper or anything with a flat side to press.
14. Take one bread dough and roll again to release any gas. Remove the top parchment paper from the cookie dough. Then place the dough ball onto the center.
15. Flip over so the cookie dough is facing up and remove the second parchment paper. Gently press to wrap all sides of dough ball with the cookie dough. The bottom part of dough ball can be left unwrapped.
16. Dip the ball into a bowl of granulated sugar (2 tbsp) to coat the cookie dough. Then use a dough scraper or knife to gently score criss-cross or any pattern onto the cookie.
17. Place on a baking sheet and cover with a cling wrap. Repeat with the rest. Let them sit and rise until one and a half times bigger.
18. Bake in a preheated oven at 400°F or 200°C for 12 to 15 minutes.

Thought I should note that first. Melon Pan is a Japanese sweet bread with a crisp cookie crust. It was originally made to resemble the shape of a melon. Newer recipes nowadays do incorporate melon, but here I am using pandan as the flavoring and the color. Traditional melon pan doesn't contain any melon or melon flavour but nowadays some melon pan does have a bit of a melon flavour and some stores do colour them green to make them look more like a melon.

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