MELON PAN (JAPANESE SWEET BREAD)

Melonpan, which many Japanese people (including Dorami-chan, Doraemon's sister) love, is bread covered with cookie dough. Don't get confused: Melonpan was named after melons, but we cannot find any melons in the recipe. "Melon-looking-bread" ­- that's the Melonpan!
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Ingredients
 8 pieces
[Bread dough]

• 250 g bread flour
• 2 g dried yeast
• 1/2 beaten egg
• 60 mL water
• 75 g milk
• 25 g sugar
• 4 g salt
• 25 g butter

[Cookie dough]

1. 200 g all-purpose flour
2. 60 g sugar
3. 1/2 beaten egg
4. 100 g butter
5. 1 tbsp grated lemon peel

Steps

1. [Preparation of bread dough] In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add sugar, bread flour, and salt.

   

2. Turn onto a table; knead until smooth and elastic.

   

3. Add some butter and knead for more a few minutes. Place the dough in a bowl, cover, and rise in a warm place until doubled.

   

4. [Preparation of cookie dough] In a bowl, put softened butter and stir until the texture becomes creamy. Add some sugar and mix it. Then add beaten egg and grated lemon. And mix it well.

5. Add all-purpose flour and mix it until it gathers together. Turn onto a table and knead its texture becomes smooth. Then wrap with a wrapping film and put it in a fridge for about 30 minutes.

   

6. Punch the bread dough down and divide the bread dough into eight parts. Cover divided dough with a wrapping film; leave them for 10 minutes.

   

7. Divide the cookie dough into eight parts. Round divided bread dough into a sphere.

   

8. Roll out the cookie dough to make a flat circle. Then take one divided bread dough and cover with the cookie dough.

   

9. Put lines to make mesh pattern like a melon.

   

10. Cover the shaped dough with a wrapping film. And leave it at room temperature for about 60 minutes.

    

11. Pre-heat an oven at 190 ºC (374 °F) and bake for about 16 minutes.

    

Recipe By Mogco Tokyo