Stuffed Pull Apart Flower Bun

Stuffed Pull Apart Flower Bun

Many of us love pull apart buns . Who doesn’t ? That soft , tender inside with golden buttery crust !!! But here you go with my stuffed pull apart bun , the recipe being my own . Really loved the filling with spinach, potato and cheese complimenting the super soft buns , making it super exotic !!

Ingredients:

2 cups of all purpose flour
2 tbl spoon Milk powder
1 tea spoon Instant dry yeast
2 teaspoon sugar
Little less than 1 tea spoon salt
1 beaten egg
2 tbl spoon ghee or butteroil
2 tbl spoon of oil
1/2 cup of luke warm ,regular liquid milk ( to make the dough )
Little water , 2 tbl spoon or more ( if needed to make the dough after adding milk), luke warm

Other Ingredients:

1 beaten egg mixed with 1 tbl spoon milk for egg wash
Sesame and nigella ( black seed)
Butter to rub on the bun after taking it out from the oven

Filling :

Spinach
Boiled mashed potato
Cottage cheese and cream cheese
Chopped onion and garlic
Butter
Salt to taste

Heat butter and fry the chopped onin and garlic for a minute . Add the chopped spinach . Don’t add any extra water . The leaves will release water . Add little salt . When the water is almost dried out add the mashed potato . Stir and then add the cottage cheese .

When cool , mix the cream cheese with it .

Procedure:

1. Mix all the ingredients for bun except oil . Be careful while adding luke warm milk and water . If you use too hot water the yeast might get killed , and if you use room temperature or cold water, the yeast won’t wake up !!!!!! In both case the dough will not rise and everything will go in vain . So always use luke warm water in any recipe where you have yeast as an ingredient. Make a soft dough . If you make the dough hard , the bun will be hard , so make it a soft dough .

2. Knead well . The dough will be very sticky . Now add the oil and form the dough into a round ball . Now it’s easier to work with the dough. Knead very well . The more you knead, the softer bun you get . Knead at least 8-10 minutes .Put the dough into a closed lid box and place it in a warm place . It may take an hour or more to get the dough double in volume . If it becomes fluffy and double in volume , the dough is ready to make the bun. Sometimes it may get longer time to rise . Sometimes it takes almost 2 and half hour to rise up and to be fluffy . So don’t do anything until it rise up in volume and becomes fluffy .

3. Punch down all the air form the dough . Now Make balls from the dough . Flatten the ball and put some filling into it. Reshape the ball . Make all the buns like this . All of them should be of same size .

4. Grease a springform or any other pan . and place the balls closely to each other . Cover with a wet cloth for 20 minutes and let it rise again a bit . In the mean time pre-heat your oven to 400 FH or 200 Centigrade.

5. Brush with egg and sprinkle some sesame and nigella seed . Bake for not more than 20 minutes at 400 FH in a pre heated oven . If you bake for longer , the buns will be hard .

6. After taking out from oven rub some butter on it for a smooth and glossy finishing .

Notes:

1. The softer is your dough , the softer is your bun .

2. Don’t over bake , as it may make your buns hard .

3. Use the ghee and oil both in making the dough .