Guatemalan Sweet Buns

Name: Guatemalan Sweet Buns
Yield: Makes 8 large buns
Cuisine: Guatemala
Ingredients: 1 egg; 8 drops of vanilla extract; 3 tablespoons corn oil; 120 ml/4 fl oz warm water; 450 g/1 lb unbleached white bread flour; 15 g/½ oz fresh yeast; ½ teaspoon ground aniseed; 120 ml/4 fl oz coconut milk; large pinch of salt; 60 g/2 oz white sugar

Pan buns

Preparation info

Makes
8
large buns

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Making Bread at Home

By Tom Jaine

Published 2005

About

Ingredients

15 g/½ oz fresh yeast
120 ml/4

Americas
Guatemala
Bread
Vegetarian
Central America

Method

Cream the yeast in the warm water. Mix the flour, salt, sugar and ground aniseed in a bowl, and make a well in the centre. Add the yeast liquid and mix in a little of the flour with your fingers to make a sponge. Leave for 20 minutes, add the coconut, vanilla extract and egg to the bubbling sponge. Mix to a dough. Add the corn oil and knead it into a dough while still in