Mexican Coffee Buns (Rotiboy)
Mexican Coffee Buns (Rotiboy)

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mexican coffee buns (rotiboy). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mexican Coffee Bun (Rotiboy) - Sweet bun with coffee topping and butter filling. It's popular in Malaysia and Asia. The joy of baking this Mexican coffee bun or rotiboy is as fun as the joy of eating it hot and fresh.

Mexican Coffee Buns (Rotiboy) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Mexican Coffee Buns (Rotiboy) is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have mexican coffee buns (rotiboy) using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mexican Coffee Buns (Rotiboy):
  1. Take A. Tangzhong method(*)
  2. Get 25 g bread flour
  3. Get 25 g boiling water
  4. Get B. 250g bread flour
  5. Take Above tangzhong
  6. Prepare 5 g instant yeast
  7. Prepare 50 g sugar
  8. Take 2 g salt
  9. Take 15 g unsalted butter(soft)
  10. Make ready 1 egg (50g)
  11. Prepare 80 g water
  12. Make ready C. Filling
  13. Make ready 120 g cold unsalted butter(divided in to 8 pcs : 15g*8)
  14. Prepare D. Topping
  15. Make ready 80 g bread flour, sifted
  16. Take 80 g melted butter(unsalted butter)
  17. Get 40 g icing sugar
  18. Prepare 1 egg (50g)
  19. Prepare 30 g instant coffee mixed with 30g hot water

It is like a thin coffee butter cookie spread over the bun. When you bite into these the outside is crisp while the inside is soft and buttery. This bun is a purely Asian creation. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with Mexico although buns with a cookie-like topping are reminiscent of conchas.

Instructions to make Mexican Coffee Buns (Rotiboy):
  1. A. Tangzhong method: Mix flour with boiling water. Cool, cover and chill at least 4h until 24h in the fridge. (*)
  2. Let the tangzhong dough (*) at room temperature about 30’ to 60’ (depends on weather). Place all (B)ingredients in bowl of standing mixer except butter and knead until it comes together, then add butter, knead until elastic. Cover and let it rise double in size.
  3. Divided into 8 equal portions. Rest 10 minutes. Put cold butter in the middle of the buns. Cover and let them double in size.
  4. Make topping: Mix well coffee with melted butter, icing sugar and eggs. Add flour and mix until smooth. Cover and chill in the fridge for later use.
  5. Preheat the oven at 190oC.
  6. Once the buns are risen until doubled in size, pipe a spiral onto the buns, covering them as close to the outside edge as possible.
  7. Bake 15-18 mins until the bottoms are browned and the top has darkened slightly.
  8. Now it’s done!
  9. Love it! ❤️❤️❤️
  10. Fresh day!
  11. Note: if you have a sourdough starter, using 100g active starter and no need to use commercial yeast. It takes 4h (28oC) to let it double in size. Other steps will be the same. Or you can use 50g unfed starter (discard) and need 5g of instant dry yeast.

You can leave out the coffee and have a plain vanilla topping. I used a tangzhong milk loaf for my buns. Mexican Coffee Buns or known as Rotiboy Recipe. These Crispy Coffee Bun's actually originated from Malaysia. These Buns (Rotiboy) with their buttery filling is simply the best just out of the oven.

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