Cream Pan (Custard Buns)
Cream Pan (Custard Buns)

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cream pan (custard buns). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

We are making Cream Pan filled with a generous amount of pastry cream. This bread has been popular in Japan since I was a child. And now, let's shape the cream pan.

Cream Pan (Custard Buns) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Cream Pan (Custard Buns) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have cream pan (custard buns) using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cream Pan (Custard Buns):
  1. Make ready <Bread Dough>
  2. Make ready 3/4 cup Milk *warmed
  3. Make ready 1 teaspoon Sugar
  4. Take 1 teaspoon Dry Yeast
  5. Take 2 cups Bread Flour
  6. Prepare 2 tablespoons Caster Sugar
  7. Get 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  8. Get 1 Egg *lightly whisked, save 1 tablespoon for brushing the buns later
  9. Prepare 20 g Butter *softened
  10. Prepare <Custard Cream>
  11. Take 3 Egg Yolks
  12. Take 3-4 tablespoons Caster Sugar
  13. Take 2 tablespoons Plain Flour
  14. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  15. Make ready 1 cup Milk

I loved it when I was a little girl, and, of course, I still love it. I bet you would love it once you taste it. Try and make the custard much in advance, perhaps the previous night if you intend making the buns the next morning. It will save you a lot of work and also give the custard enough time to chill and firm up to be scooped up with an ice. (Japanese sweet bread buns filled with a thick baked vanilla custard.) As a child, I died for these buns.

Steps to make Cream Pan (Custard Buns):
  1. Make Custard: Place Egg Yolks and Sugar in a saucepan and combine well. Add Flour and mix well. Add warmed Milk and mix well. Cook over a medium to low heat, stirring constantly until custard comes to the boil and thickens.
  2. Alternative Microwave Method: Place all ingredients in a heat-proof bowl and whisk well to combine well. Cook in the microwave in medium power about 500W for 2 minutes. Mix well, then cook again in medium power for 2 minutes and mix well, and cook again for 1 minute and mix well.
  3. Make Bread Dough: Heat Milk and Sugar in microwave for 30 seconds. When it is warm, add Yeast and mix well.
  4. Combine Bread Flour, Caster Sugar and Salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour the yeast mixture, half of the lightly whisked Egg and softened Butter. Mix well to form a soft dough. Knead for 2 to 3 minutes, adding extra flour if required, until smooth and elastic.
  5. Cover the dough with plastic wrap. Set aside in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
  6. Make Buns: Turn the dough onto lightly floured surface and divide into 8 even portions. Flatten each portion to about 10cm x 18cm oval. Place 1 heaped tablespoon of custard, fold in half to enclose pinching the edges.
  7. Place the bun on baking paper on a baking tray. Repeat with the remaining dough and custard, then set aside for about 1 hour to rise.
  8. Preheat oven to 180°C. Add small amount of water to the remaining egg, brush the top of the buns with the egg mixture, and bake for 15 minutes or until nicely brown.

I only got to eat them once in a blue moon… but It's so hard to find good Cream Pan these days. Sometimes Mitsuwa market has packages of Cream Pan for sale (loaded with preservatives for long. This is the most popular sweet bread in Japan. This is the latest trend of cream pan you can find at department store. One of the most famous Japanese sweet bread loved by all generations.

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