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Great recipe for 'Melon Pan' (Buns covered with Cookie Crust). If you have been to Japan, You might have seen these sweet buns. They are called 'Melon Pan' (melon bread) and they are quite popular in many Asian countries.

‘Melon Pan’ (Buns covered with Cookie Crust) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. ‘Melon Pan’ (Buns covered with Cookie Crust) is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook ‘melon pan’ (buns covered with cookie crust) using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make ‘Melon Pan’ (Buns covered with Cookie Crust):

1. Get <Bread Dough>
2. Make ready 1/2 cup Warm Milk *125ml
3. Make ready 1-2 teaspoons Yeast
4. Make ready 1 & 3/4 cups Bread Flour *plus extra for kneading
5. Take 2-3 tablespoons Caster Sugar
6. Make ready 1 pinch Salt
7. Get 1/2 Egg *lightly whisked
8. Take 20 g Butter *melted
9. Make ready <Cookie Crust>
10. Get 60 g Butter
11. Take 1/4 cup Caster Sugar
12. Make ready 1/2 Egg *lightly whisked
13. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
14. Take 1 cup Self Raising Flour
15. Make ready 1-2 teaspoons Milk *optional, only if you need to soften the dough
16. Take White Sugar OR Caster Sugar for coating

Their appearance resembles a melon, such as a rock melon (cantaloupe). Place your buns on a baking sheet covered with baking paper with the part of the closure facing down. Remove from the oven and let them cool completely before serving. The melon pan or melonpan (メロンパン), also called meron pan, is a round sweet bun covered with a thin layer of crisp biscuit.

Instructions to make ‘Melon Pan’ (Buns covered with Cookie Crust):

1. Using a saucepan over low heat or a heat-proof bowl in the microwave, warm the Milk slightly, add Yeast and Sugar, stir and set aside for 5 minutes.
2. Place Bread Flour and Salt in a large bowl, and mix to combine. Make a well in the centre and pour in the yeast mixture, Egg (save 1/2 for the Cookie Crust) and melted Butter. Mix well to form a soft dough.
3. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for 2 to 3 minutes, gradually adding extra flour if required, until smooth and elastic. Place the dough in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
4. Mix softened Butter and Sugar until smooth, add the remaining Egg and Vanilla, and mix well. Add Flour and mix to combine. If you need more moisture, add small amount of Milk and knead gently and divide into 8 portions.
5. Divide the bread dough into 8 portions as well, and make them into round balls.
6. Roll one portion of cookie dough and roll out, using a rolling pin, to about 15cm round. Place one ball of bread dough in centre and cover the bread dough with the cookie dough. Repeat to make 8 buns.
7. Preheat oven to 180C. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
8. Places some sugar on a small plate, coat the top side of each bun with the sugar, and make a pattern using the back of a knife, then place the bun on the prepared tray. Repeat with the rest of the buns.
9. Bake for 15 minutes or until top is golden.

It is easily recognizable thanks to its cross-shaped pattern on its upper surface that are reminiscent of the appearance of cantaloupe melon. Melon pan, melon bread, or melon bun is a popular Japanese bread (also popular in Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc) that's basically buns covered in a crunchy cookie crust. Melon Pan is a Japanese sweet bread with a thin cookie crust on top. It is one of the most popular Kashi Pan (sweet bread) in Japan, loved by the young and the old. Originally Melon Pan was football-shaped rather than round.

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