Easy Way to Make Delicious Cute Hedgehog Shaped Steamed Bread

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day. Today I will show you how to make a special dish, Cute Hedgehog Shaped Steamed Bread. It is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cute Hedgehog Shaped Steamed Bread Recipe.

You can have Cute Hedgehog Shaped Steamed Bread using 9 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cute Hedgehog Shaped Steamed Bread

1. Take 150 grams of For the dough: Cake flour.
2. It’s 3/4 tsp of Dry yeast.
3. Prepare 1 tbsp of Sugar.
4. Make ready 1/2 tsp of Salt.
5. Prepare 65 grams of Lukewarm water.
6. You need 1 tsp of Vegetable oil.
7. Prepare 100 grams of Filling: Anko (sweet azuki bean paste).
8. You need 1/2 tbsp of Filling: Kinako.
9. It’s 16 of Eyes: Cooked mung beans.

Cute Hedgehog Shaped Steamed Bread instructions

1. Put all the dough ingredients in a bowl, and mix and knead until smooth. Form into a ball and leave to rise for 30 minutes (1st rising). Using a bread machine for this step is convenient..
2. Punch down the dough to deflate, and divide into 8 balls. Mix the anko and kinako together to make the filling. Divide into 8 balls..
3. Cover the dough with a moistened kitchen towel to prevent drying..
4. Press each piece of dough flat as shown in the photo, so that the edges are thin and the center is a bit thicker..
5. Place a ball of filling in the middle..
6. Wrap the dough around it..
7. Seal the opening and place the ball seam side down..
8. Press into an oval shape..
9. Use a clean comb to make a line for the neck of the hedgehog..
10. Make eyes with 2 mung beans. You can use any small beans for this. Black sesame seeds can be used too..
11. Cut the dough under the eyes to make the mouth..
12. Cut the body to make the needles..
13. Keep cutting all the way down. Repeat to make 8 hedgehog shaped buns..
14. Put the hedgehogs in a warm place for 30 minutes for the 2nd rising. It's convenient to do this in the steamer, by putting 85F/30 C water. Cover with a lid so the dough doesn't dry out..
15. After the 2nd rising, the dough will double in size..
16. Bring the water in the bottom of steamer to a boil. When it's steaming, put the steamer on with the lid and steam the buns for 13 minutes over high heat. Turn the heat off and leave to rest with the lid still on for 3 minutes. Done..