Sweet 'Concha' Buns
 
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Serves: 8 buns
Ingredients
  • Dough:
  • ⅔ cup warm milk
  • ⅓ cup warm water
  • 3 tsp active dry yeast
  • 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
  • ⅓ cup butter, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ~3 cups all-purpose flour
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  • Streusel Topping:
  • 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1⁄4 cup butter
  • 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Add milk and water to a bowl. Liquid should be warm but not hot. Add yeast and leave for 5-10 minutes until foamy. If the yeast does not foam after this time, either the liquid was too hot or the yeast is past its expiry.
  2. Add sugar, butter, egg, salt and 2 cups of flour. Mix until a sticky dough forms. Kneading with your hands (or in a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment), sprinkle in the remaining cup of flour until the dough is smooth, elastic, and tacky but not sticky. Lightly oil a large bowl, place dough in bowl, cover with a tea towel and let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size- roughly 2 hours.
  3. While you are waiting for the dough to rise, you can prepare the streusel topping. Beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Stir in flour. Mix in cinnamon and vanilla extract. The mixture will be fairly crumbly at this point, but you should be able to form it into a ball with your hands. Roll the ball into a disc shape and slice the disc into 8 uniform slices. Using your hands, pat each of these slices into a thin, flat disc, roughly 4 inches in diameter.
  4. Preheat oven to 350.
  5. Once the dough has risen, punch it down and cut it into 8 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and place on a parchment lined or lightly greased baking sheet. Gently cover each ball with a flattened streusel disc. Using a sharp knife, cut a decorative design into the streusel. Traditionally, shell shapes are sliced, but you can any pattern you like.
  6. Bake for 25 minutes, rotating the baking sheet roughly halfway through the baking time.
  7. Enjoy warm, with a hot cup of coffee or hot chocolate.
Notes
Adapted from Food.com.
http://www.food.com/recipe/conchas-mexican-sweet-topped-buns-119586
Recipe by Port and Fin at https://portandfin.com/sweet-concha-buns/