Growing up in India, we got to enjoy a fair share of pillow soft sweet buns and this this pull apart sweet rolls tastes just like the ones from the bakery.
When I was getting ready to bake this Sweet bun, my thoughts kept going back, to my days of growing up in Chennai. This sweet bun is my mother’s favorite and she would ask me to pick them up every time I am going to Adyar Bakery.
She would enjoy this mildly sweet, soft, and fluffy bun embedded with tutti-frutti with her evening coffee.
I also love this sweet roll as it is mildly sweet and works perfect as an evening snack. When thinking of baking something for the boys on a lazy afternoon, this was the first bun that came to my mind.
It also fitted in perfect with my theme for this week, which is pull-apart bun.
I have already made two savory buns/breads for this week; the pull-apart garlic bread and the pull-apart potato stuffed pinwheel rolls. This pull-apart sweet bun is my third and final bake for the week.
I have used bread flour for this sweet rolls recipe. Bread flour is flour that has slightly high protein content than all purpose flour. This high protein content works great with yeast breads and rolls as they help in yielding very soft and fluffy breads.
Tip - If you do not have bread flour, you could absolutely use all purpose flour in the recipe.
Ingredients to make Pull Apart Sweet Buns
- Bread flour – 2 cups (can be substituted with all purpose flour)
- Instant yeast – 1 ¼ tsp
- Flax meal – 1 tbsp + 3 tbsp of water
- Warm milk – ½ cup
- Butter – 2 tbsp (softened)
- Sugar – ¼ cup
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Milk powder – 2 tbsp
- Tutti frutti / Candied fruit – 3 tbsp
- Butter + milk (melted) – 2 tsp + 2 tbsp (for brushing the buns)
- Sugar – 2 tbsp (for sprinkling on the buns)
Procedure –
- Add 1 tbsp of flax meal in 3 tbsp of warm water and let it sit for 5 minutes.
- I made the dough in my food processor. Combine the flour, yeast, sugar, milk powder, and salt in the food processor bowl.
- Add the flax meal mixture and butter and mix once.
- Slowly add the warm milk until the dough comes together. I needed a little less than ½ cup of milk, so do not add all the milk at once.
- Knead the dough for few minutes until it is soft and elastic and then place it in a greased bowl, covered to rise. Let the dough rise until doubled in volume. Mine took about 1 ½ hours.
- Once the dough has doubled in volume, knead it once on a lightly floured surface and add the tutti frutti to it. Knead it to evenly distribute the candied fruit in the dough.
- Now divide the dough into 8 equal parts and roll it into a smooth ball.
- Place it in a greased baking tray about ½ inch apart. Let it rise for the second time. Mine took about an hour to rise.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Brush the rolls with the butter and milk mixture. Sprinkle the sugar on the surface evenly.
- Bake for about 20 – 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from and oven.
- Let the Pull Apart Sweet Buns cool down a bit in the pan before removing them.
If you made this recipe and liked it, give a star rating on the recipe card or let me know in the comments below. You could also share it with me on Instagram using #MyCookingJourney and tagging me @sandhya.ramakrishnan. You could follow me and my recipes on Facebook |Instagram | Pinterest | twitter
Pull-Apart Sweet Buns | Bakery Style Sweet Buns
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 2 cups Bread flour Can be substituted with all-purpose flour
- 1 ¼ tsp Instant yeast
- 1 tbsp. Flax meal Plus 3 tbsp of water
- ½ cup Warm milk
- 2 tbsp. Butter Softened
- ¼ cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp. Milk powder
- 3 tbsp. Tutti frutti / Candied fruit
- 2 tbsp. Butter + milk Melted Plus 2 tbsp (for brushing the buns)
- 2 tbsp. Sugar For sprinkling on the buns
Instructions
- Add 1 tbsp of flax meal in 3 tbsp of warm water and let it sit for 5 minutes.
- I made the dough in my food processor. Combine the flour, yeast, sugar, milk powder, and salt in the food processor bowl.
- Add the flax meal mixture and butter and mix once.
- Slowly add the warm milk until the dough comes together. I needed a little less than ½ cup of milk, so do not add all the milk at once.
- Knead the dough for few minutes until it is soft and elastic and then place it in a greased bowl, covered to rise. Let the dough rise until doubled in volume. Mine took about 1 ½ hour.
- Once the dough has doubled in volume, knead it once on a lightly floured surface and add the tutti frutti to it. Knead it to evenly distribute the candied fruit in the dough.
- Now divide the dough into 8 equal parts and roll it into a smooth ball.
- Place it in a greased baking tray about ½ inch apart. Let it rise for the second time. Mine took about an hour to rise.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Brush the rolls with the butter and milk mixture. Sprinkle the sugar on the surface evenly.
- Bake for about 20 – 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from and oven.
- Let the Pull-Apart Sweet Buns cool down a bit in the pan before removing them.
Kalindi says
Is there a substitute for flax meal?
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
If you use egg, go ahead and use. You can also use yogurt or even skip it altogether and add a little more liquid. The egg or flax meal helps in the softer texture of the bun.