Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, roti boy / mexican coffee buns. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Roti Boy / Mexican Coffee Buns is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Roti Boy / Mexican Coffee Buns is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
Dissolve the instand coffee with the hot water. Mexican Coffee Bun is a bun stuffed with butter and has a very crispy coffee pastry topping. It is made popular by this Malaysian bakery called Rotiboy and now this bun is commonly known as "Rotiboy" in Malaysia and throughout Asia. This coffee bun is also a very popular snack in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and even Korea.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook roti boy / mexican coffee buns using 24 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Roti Boy / Mexican Coffee Buns:
- Take A. Coffee Topping
- Take 200 g softened butter
- Prepare 160 g icing sugar
- Take 3 lightly beaten eggs
- Get 2 tbsp coffee essence - highly recommended
- Take (Or use 1tbsp hot water + 2 tbsp coffee)
- Prepare 1/4 tsp - 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon
- Get 200 g flour
- Get B. Filling #1 (salty & buttery)
- Take 17 small cubes of salted butter (10g each)
- Make ready C. Filling #2 (sweet & salty)
- Make ready 200 g Salted butter
- Prepare 30 g soft dark brown sugar
- Get Pinch salt
- Take D. For the Bun
- Prepare 270 ml water
- Prepare 8 g active dry yeast (2 1/4 tsp)
- Prepare 1 lightly beaten egg
- Take 75 g castor sugar (3tbsp)
- Make ready 500 g bread flour
- Prepare 20 g milk powder (2 1/2 tbsp)
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Get 5 g bread improver (1 tsp)
- Make ready 60 g softened butter
Cover and let them double in size. Make topping: Mix well coffee with melted butter, icing sugar and eggs. Add flour and mix until smooth. It was when the Rotiboy bun hit Kuala Lumpur with a storm and "seduced the masses".
Instructions to make Roti Boy / Mexican Coffee Buns:
- A. Coffee Topping - cream butter and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. Then add beaten eggs. Mix again. Next, add coffee essence & ground cinnamon. Stir to combine. Then, Sift in flour and mix until well-combined. You’ll have a paste. Transfer this mixture to a pastry piping bag with round tip attached to it. Into the fridge until ready to use.
- B. Filling #1 - cube salted butter and keep in the fridge before using.
- C. Filling #2 - cream butter, sugar & pinch of salt. Keep in the fridge before using. Scoop generous amount of this mixture onto flatten dough (if using) & seal neatly.
- D. For the Bun - In a bowl, mix yeast, egg, water and sugar. Leave to proof for 5-10mins. Next, Place flour, milk powder and salt in a bowl of a stand mixer with attached dough hook. Add proofed yeast mixture. Mix until well combined using low speed. Then, add butter and mix for another 5 minutes until dough is soft and pliable.
- Remove dough from mixing bowl and keep kneading by hand for another 10mins until dough is stretchy and not breaking when stretched. (Refer to my previous Roti Boy recipe's note on how to check if dough is ready). cover dough & let it rest for 30mins or double in size.
- Divide dough into equal portions. I like mine small for kids lunch box, so my balls weigh around 45g each. Lightly Roll each portion into a ball. Do not press or knead dough so much at this point. Then cover and set aside for 10 minutes.
- After 10mins, Next, flatten each dough and place a cube of hard butter into the center of the dough. Gather the edges and pinch to seal. Lightly roll buns into balls and place on a greased baking tray. Proof buns for at least 45 minutes. Cover with greased cling film.
- 10mins before baking, preheat oven to 160-170°C.
- Next, pipe the topping in a spiral pattern onto the buns. Bake at 160-170°C for 15 minutes or until the buns are lightly brown. Note: different oven has different temperature so adjust oven accordingly when baking. Serve warm.
Add flour and mix until smooth. It was when the Rotiboy bun hit Kuala Lumpur with a storm and "seduced the masses". Recently I have been craving for Malaysian food and thought of the Rotiboy bun (recipe based on Mexican bun). Mexican coffee bun is a sweet bun that filled with butter and covered with crusty coffee on top. Many people might think that this bun is originally from Mexico because of its name.
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