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Butterfly Knot Steamed Bun

Butterfly Knot Steamed Bun

A decorative steamed bun shaped into a bow by stacking colored dough circles and making strategic cuts, then twisting the strips into a butterfly knot.

Instructions

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    Mix all the ingredients except cactus fruit powder evenly to form a smooth and suitable dough.

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    Cut out half and add a little cactus fruit powder, then knead into a pink dough.

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    Roll each into sheets separately. Use two cutters of different sizes to cut out round pieces.

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    The small disc is placed on the large disc.

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    Cut two slits on the top middle and one slit on the bottom.

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    Make two cuts on each side.

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    Take the left side of the dough pieces as an example. Lift the middle piece and bring the top and bottom pieces together toward the center, then place the middle piece back on. Do the same for the right side. As shown in the picture.

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    Fold the top sheet of dough downwards and press it to the bottom.

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    Take a little more white dough and roll it thin, then use a small-holed piping tip to press out small round pieces; you need 14 of them.

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    Stick it onto the pink surface piece. The raw piece is done.

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    Roll out the remaining dough again, finish making them one by one, place them on a steaming tray to ferment until doubled in size, and put them into the MeiYu steam oven.

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    Select the steam mode, 100 degrees for 17 minutes.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Flour
    300 g
  • Water
    150 g
  • Yeast powder
    2 g
  • Prickly pear powder
    a pinch

Seasonings

  • oil
    3 g