Pineapple Bun

Name: Pineapple Bun
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 350g bread flour; 7g instant yeast; 60g sugar; 1 egg; 150ml warm milk; 60g butter, softened; 1 tsp salt; 100g icing sugar for topping; 80g butter, softened for topping; 1 egg yolk; 120g plain flour for topping

Fluffy Hong Kong bread with a sweet, crumbly topping — a must in every cha chaan teng. Pressing the topping into a crosshatch pattern before baking gives the bun its signature cracked, pineapple-skin-like crust.

Total time

45 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Chinese

vegetarian

Ingredients

350gbread flour

7ginstant yeast

60gsugar

1egg

150mlwarm milk

60gbutter, softened

1 tspsalt

100gicing sugar for topping

80gbutter, softened for topping

1egg yolk

120gplain flour for topping

Instructions

Knead bread ingredients into a smooth dough. Prove 1 hour.

Make topping: cream butter and icing sugar. Mix in egg yolk and flour to a soft dough.

Shape bread into 10 buns. Place on lined tray. Prove 30 minutes.

Press or pipe topping over each bun in a crosshatch pattern.

Bake at 190°C for 15 minutes until bread is cooked and topping lightly golden.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

685

Protein

15.5g

Fat

33.5g

Carbs

81.2g

Fiber

2.8g

Sodium

520mg

Reviews

Leave a review

★★★★★

No account needed to post. New reviews are checked before they appear publicly.