Coffee, Chocolate & Cinnamon

Using back the straight dough recipe, I have been making lots of bread cos it is finished as soon as it is baked. So practically been baking them every other day that I am having so much fun making them. Sharing them with my neighbour who equally loves them.

I tried making my own version of Cinnamon & Choc Chips buns, Chocolate Chips Hot Cross Buns and also the much requested Coffee Bun (po-lo bun style) by my neighbour.

Hubby loves the Cinnamon & Choc Chips most, I love the Chocolate Chips Hot Cross Buns and the Coffee Buns, loved by my neighbour.

So here it is, the basic bread recipe with 3 different versions of toppings u can consider for your bread for a more interesting breakfast, else than the usual hotdog, ham and cheese.

Basic Bread Recipe x 2 (you can refer here)

Cinnamon & Chocolate Chips Buns

35g bread dough for bun

1 Tbsp of Cinnamon Powder

1Tbsp of Butter

1tsp of Sugar

Chocolate Chips

Mix them well together and spread over the bread dough after you roll them out

Sprinkle chocolate chips to the amount you prefer
Roll up tightly like a swiss roll. Cut evenly and put them in a baking tray

Chocolate Chips Hot Cross Buns
35g bread dough for bun
1Tbsp Melted Chocolate
2Tbsp Plain Flour
Chocolate Chips
Roll bread out and sprinkle chocolate chips on top. Roll up like swiss roll.
Cut equally and roll into buns of 35g each
Pipe Melted Chocolate + Plain Flour in a 'Cross' shape over each buns after buns doubled in size

Coffee Buns (i modified from the Po-Lo Bun crust here)
無鹽奶油60g,細砂糖40g,高筋麵粉120g,雞蛋1/2個,
(外皮用高筋麵粉會較酥,用低筋麵粉會較軟)
**unsalted butter 60g, sugar 40g, bread flour 120g, egg 1/2**

步驟:
1.無鹽奶油放置室溫軟化,高筋麵粉過篩,雞蛋打散取一半
Leave butter to soften in room temp, sift flour and beaten egg into half portion
2.無鹽奶油+細砂糖用打蛋器攪打成毛絨絨泛白程度
Whip butter & sugar til pale
3.再將雞蛋分2次加入攪拌均勻
Add egg slowly and mix well
**i added 1tsp coffee granula melted in 1tsp hot water for coffee flavour**
4.將過篩的粉類加入攪拌均勻成團狀
Add flour and mix well to form dough
5.包上保鮮膜.放入冰箱冷藏1個小時
Referigerate dough for 1 hour
6.冷藏到麵包開始整形之前取出,平均分成8等份搓圓
Divide into 8 portion and wrap over shaped bread buns

Hope you will have fun baking them. The aroma of chocolate, coffee and cinnamon when they are in the oven, it is so therapatic. It goes really well, just in time if you start making them in the morning for a cup of tea or coffee for tea break. lovessss...