Sweet Blue Poppy Seed Buns
Sweet Blue Poppy Seed Buns are a lovely treat for the taste buds and the eyes! An unusual bread-making method makes a wonderfully-textured, slightly sweet dough, while the Butterfly Pea Flower Powder and the poppy seeds add a special magic!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 24buns | 20minutes |
| Cook Time | Passive Time |
| 30-40minutes | 2hours rising time.m2 |
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Ingredients
Buns
- 5cups bread flouror unbleached flour
- 1/3cup sugar
- 1teaspoon salt
- 4teaspoons instant /fast-rising yeast
- 2Tablespoons butterfly pea flower powderdissolved in 4 Tablespoons of water
- 2 egg replacersI used Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer. Just mix 2 Tablespoons of the powder with 4 Tablespoons of water and let gel for a few minutes.
- 1cup oat milk or other plant milkwarm to the touch
- 6Tablespoons vegan buttersoftened. I used Earth Balance.
- poppy seedsto sprinkle on top
Instructions
Tangzhong
- In a pot or a microwaveable bowl, combine the flour and water and bring to a boil to make a thick paste-like mixture. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
Buns
- Combine the flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a mixing bowl with a dough hook.
- Combine the “eggs” with the milk, the dissolved pea flower powder and tangzhong. Add this to the dry ingredients and knead until you have a soft dough.
- Now add the softened vegan butter and continue kneading for a few minutes until you have a soft, smooth, elastic dough. Add a little more flour, if required, but don’t add until you have kneaded in the butter completely.
- Lightly grease the bowl, and turn the dough so that it is also lightly greased. Cover and let rise until doubled in size, about 40-50 minutes.
- Divide the dough into 24 equal parts and roll each dough in your hands to make a smooth ball.
- Place in two greased 9 x 9 pans, 12 in each pan.
- Cover buns with a lightly greased piece of cling wrap. This should be loosely on top. Allow the buns to rise until almost double in size.
- While the buns are rising, heat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Brush the buns with a little plant milk and sprinkle generously with poppy seeds.
- Bake until golden brown on the top and on the bottom.
- Remove from oven and let cool a few moments before removing them from the pan. This keeps the bottoms from getting too soft.
- Enjoy with some vegan butter, peanut butter, or soft vegan cream cheese!
Recipe Notes
These wonderful Sweet Blue Poppy Seed Buns will brighten up a dreary day with a gentle touch of colour and their scrumptious texture and flavour. (This method was new to me, but is an ancient and wonderful method from Japan.)
