Baked Sesame Seed Buns

Name: Baked Sesame Seed Buns (Shao ping)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1-½ cup boiling water; 5 cups flour; 1-½ teaspoon salt; ⅔ cup cold water; 1 cup flour oil mixture: 1 cup flour, ⅔ cup oil; 1 cup flour oil mixture: 1 cup flour, ⅔ cup oil; 3 tablespoons sesame seeds; 1 cup flour oil mixture: 1 cup flour, ⅔ cup oil

Shao ping

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

5 cups flour
1-½ cup boiling water
⅔ cup

Asia
Taiwan
Bread
Vegan

Method

To make flour oil mixture: Heat ⅔ cup of oil in a frying pan and add 1 cup of flour. Stir fry over low heat for about 5 minutes. Put the mixture in a bowl and place in a 300°F oven for 30 minutes until the mixture turns golden brown and smells good. Then let the mixture cool. (If you don’t have an oven, you can stir-fry the mixture over low heat for 10 minutes until it i