波羅麵包 Pineapple bread

Taiwanese snack--- Pineapple bread

As a Taiwanese, this bread brings back good old memories. This is one of the snacks that I love. You didn't see it wrong, it's a snack for us. Most Taiwanese don't eat bread as part of a meal. Pineapple--- because of its looks, there is no pineapple at all.

雖然是從冷凍庫裡拿出來的...進烤箱烤一下,還是很好吃 ^ _ ^

After a couple minutes in the oven, it is still delicious even though it came out from the freezer.

如果你看得懂中文,請看這

http://caroleasylife.blogspot.com/2014/06/blog-post_2569.html

If you read Mandarin, here is the recipe I used with a detailed video.

Outer dough

unsalted butter (room temperature) 5 1/3 Tbsp

sugar 6 Tbsp

cake flour 1 1/2 c (sift)

1 egg

vanilla extract 1/2 tsp

salt 1/8 tsp 

beat room temperature butter till creamy

Add sugar and salt

beat until fluffy and butter leaves a point on the beater

scramble egg and divide into 4 parts, one part at a time

add vanilla extract

add flour in, 2-3 parts

form the dough in a roll and wrap with plastic, keep in the refrigerator for at least one hour 

Inner dough

bread flour 1 3/4 c (sift)

cake flour 3 Tbsp (sift)

instant yeast 1/2 tsp

1 egg

milk 2/3 c

sugar 3 Tbsp

salt 1/4 tsp

unsalted butter (room temperature) 2 Tbsp

put all ingredients except butter and 1/8 c of milk in a mixing bowl, mix well

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add remaining milk, a little bit at a time while mixing (2-3 times)

add butter

keep mixing

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keep mixing until the dough can be stretched as thin as paper without breaking (about half hour). I can't imagine how long it will take to knead the dough using your hands as Carol's video shows. @@"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3tznARf6qo

put dough in an oil coated bowl, spray dough with a little water, cover bowl with plastic wrap and set in a warm area (80-90 F) for one hour or until the dough doubles in size (I put the dough in the oven with a cup of hot water...I should have put a pot of hot water. A cup is not enough.)

the dough doubles in size

put the dough on a floured surface (bread flour), sprinkle a little flour  on the top

using your fingers to press and spread the dough (remove air bubbles)

cut dough in 8 pieces

form each piece in a ball and then place a damp towel on top of the dough balls

take out the outer dough from the refrigerator,

divide outer dough into 8 pieces on a cake floured surface

roll each outer dough into a round shape (4-5 inches)

while holding round outer dough in the palm of one hand, place inner ball dough on outer dough round and squeeze outer dough around inner dough

the dough will have a smooth top, use a dough cutter to cross cuts (about 1/8 inch deep) to look like a pineapple

and then brush lightly with egg (Carol's recipe doesn't have this step, so I didn't do it. Anyhow, I think it'll give a nicer color coating.) 

cover top with sugar (I have sugar on the plate, and this is what the bottom looks like)  

place dough on a cooking sheet in a warm place for 40 minutes (the dough has to rise the second time)

Ha! they rise. I should have had the outer dough thicker so they wouldn't have split...

baked in 350 F oven for 18-20 minutes

put the finished bread on a cooling rack 

Enjoy it!

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I suddenly had a strong urge to have some dumplings from scratch.

突然想吃手工水餃...

還不錯吃 ^ _ ^

I treated myself with these three creatures.

今天的戰利品... from Hobby Lobby

They are so... cute!

Here are the books I read recently... all about Chinese martial arts ^ _ ^

最近都在家裡練功, 射鵰英雄傳,神鵰俠侶,倚天屠龍記,天龍八部...欲罷不能...下一套~笑傲江湖,等待San Jose 圖書館寄書來...