Pumpkin Buns Recipe

Ingredients

• 700g Flour Type 550
• 2 Eggs (medium), cold
• 180g Milk, cold
• 50g Butter, cold
• 150g sugar
• 3 tsp salt (12g)
• 140g (Hokkaido) Pumpkin baked until soft (weight after baking), cooled
• 30g fresh baking yeast
• 1 tsp Cinnamon, 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
• optional: Chocolate Bits (as much as you like, more = better)
• optional: egg yolk + milk for egg wash

Utils

• Kneading machine (Good luck without)
• Deep backing dish (e.g. Ooni Detroit style pizza dish)
• Blending stick

Method

• Blend milk, eggs, sugar and baked pumpkin with a stick blender.
• Add flour, salt and yeast to kneading machine.
• Slowly add blended ingredients and knead until dough is soft.
• Add cold butter in pieces and mix until incorporated.
• Ball up the dough and let rest for 2 hours.
• Spread out the dough add chocolate chips, fold dough back together and shape it into a ball again.
• Let the dough rest for 30 more minutes.
• Divide dough into 20 pieces of equal weight and shape into balls. Place into the baking dish greased with oil.
• Let rise for 2-3 hours.
• Optional: Mix egg yolk with same volume of milk and brush on the buns.
• Pre-heat oven to 220°C bake with steam for 20-25 minutes. After 10 minutes of baking reduce temperature to 160°C.