Butterfly Steamed Buns

Butterfly Steamed Buns

Overview

Spring is here, flowers are fragrant and birds are singing everywhere. Should I start making my butterfly steamed buns too? Just do it! Isn’t this flower and butterfly so cute? It is sure to attract children’s attention!

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Purple sweet potato and pumpkin are steamed separately, mashed into puree, yeast and water are added to form a dough, and another white dough is mixed. Ferment at room temperature until the dough doubles in size.

    Butterfly Steamed Buns step 1
  2. Press out the air from the risen dough and roll it into 3 dough pieces and stack them together.

    Butterfly Steamed Buns step 2
  3. Roll up the dough sheet.

    Butterfly Steamed Buns step 3
  4. Cut into 2-3 cm segments with a knife.

    Butterfly Steamed Buns step 4
  5. Take 2 pieces facing each other, dip the middle with water and stick them together.

    Butterfly Steamed Buns step 5
  6. Use chopsticks to pinch it in the middle, and a butterfly will appear!

    Butterfly Steamed Buns step 6
  7. Put it in the pot to let it rise for 30 minutes, turn on the heat and steam for 15 minutes, then turn off the heat and simmer for 2 minutes and then uncover the pot.

    Butterfly Steamed Buns step 7