Melonpan

inner dough

• 250g flour
• 40g butter
• 100ml milk
• yeast
• 60 sugar
• 1 egg

outer dough

• 200g flour
• 60g butter
• 100g sugar
• 1 egg

baking

• mix ingredients for the outer dough and refrigerate. make sure it won't freeze.
• mix ingredients for the inner dough and rise for 30-60 minutes until it puffs up nicely.
• form 5 buns, cover each in a layer of the outer dough. only cover the upper side, it doesn't have to fully surround the bun.
• cut the typical melonpan pattern into the outer layer and rise for 30 more minutes.
• roll buns in sugar
• preheat oven to 180°C and bake for ~15 minutes.

"melonpan" by me CC BY-SA 4.0