Roti Boy / Mexican Coffee Buns
Roti Boy / Mexican Coffee Buns

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, roti boy / mexican coffee buns. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Roti Boy / Mexican Coffee Buns is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Roti Boy / Mexican Coffee Buns is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Mexican Coffee Bun is a bun stuffed with butter and has a very crispy coffee pastry topping. It is made popular by this Malaysian bakery called Rotiboy and now this bun is commonly known as "Rotiboy" in Malaysia and throughout Asia. This coffee bun is also a very popular snack in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and even Korea.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have roti boy / mexican coffee buns using 24 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Roti Boy / Mexican Coffee Buns:
  1. Make ready A. Coffee Topping
  2. Get 200 g softened butter
  3. Get 160 g icing sugar
  4. Take 3 lightly beaten eggs
  5. Prepare 2 tbsp coffee essence - highly recommended
  6. Make ready (Or use 1tbsp hot water + 2 tbsp coffee)
  7. Prepare 1/4 tsp - 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon
  8. Prepare 200 g flour
  9. Make ready B. Filling #1 (salty & buttery)
  10. Make ready 17 small cubes of salted butter (10g each)
  11. Get C. Filling #2 (sweet & salty)
  12. Take 200 g Salted butter
  13. Make ready 30 g soft dark brown sugar
  14. Prepare Pinch salt
  15. Get D. For the Bun
  16. Make ready 270 ml water
  17. Make ready 8 g active dry yeast (2 1/4 tsp)
  18. Make ready 1 lightly beaten egg
  19. Take 75 g castor sugar (3tbsp)
  20. Prepare 500 g bread flour
  21. Prepare 20 g milk powder (2 1/2 tbsp)
  22. Make ready 1 tsp salt
  23. Get 5 g bread improver (1 tsp)
  24. Make ready 60 g softened butter

Many people might think that this bun is originally from Mexico because of its name. If you have ever traveled between the customs of Johor Bahru and Singapore, then you've probably smelled the fragrance of fresh bread and seen the long queue chasing after this particular aroma. Like how bees are attracted to pollen and nectar. It was when the Rotiboy bun hit Kuala Lumpur with a storm and "seduced the masses".

Instructions to make Roti Boy / Mexican Coffee Buns:
  1. A. Coffee Topping - cream butter and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. Then add beaten eggs. Mix again. Next, add coffee essence & ground cinnamon. Stir to combine. Then, Sift in flour and mix until well-combined. You’ll have a paste. Transfer this mixture to a pastry piping bag with round tip attached to it. Into the fridge until ready to use.
  2. B. Filling #1 - cube salted butter and keep in the fridge before using.
  3. C. Filling #2 - cream butter, sugar & pinch of salt. Keep in the fridge before using. Scoop generous amount of this mixture onto flatten dough (if using) & seal neatly.
  4. D. For the Bun - In a bowl, mix yeast, egg, water and sugar. Leave to proof for 5-10mins. Next, Place flour, milk powder and salt in a bowl of a stand mixer with attached dough hook. Add proofed yeast mixture. Mix until well combined using low speed. Then, add butter and mix for another 5 minutes until dough is soft and pliable.
  5. Remove dough from mixing bowl and keep kneading by hand for another 10mins until dough is stretchy and not breaking when stretched. (Refer to my previous Roti Boy recipe's note on how to check if dough is ready). cover dough & let it rest for 30mins or double in size.
  6. Divide dough into equal portions. I like mine small for kids lunch box, so my balls weigh around 45g each. Lightly Roll each portion into a ball. Do not press or knead dough so much at this point. Then cover and set aside for 10 minutes.
  7. After 10mins, Next, flatten each dough and place a cube of hard butter into the center of the dough. Gather the edges and pinch to seal. Lightly roll buns into balls and place on a greased baking tray. Proof buns for at least 45 minutes. Cover with greased cling film.
  8. 10mins before baking, preheat oven to 160-170°C.
  9. Next, pipe the topping in a spiral pattern onto the buns. Bake at 160-170°C for 15 minutes or until the buns are lightly brown. Note: different oven has different temperature so adjust oven accordingly when baking. Serve warm.

Recently I have been craving for Malaysian food and thought of the Rotiboy bun (recipe based on Mexican bun). Also a copycat of Pappa Roti. These are delicious and so different- Not really Mexican, they are from Malaysia. It is like a thin coffee butter cookie spread over the bun. When you bite into these the outside is crisp while the inside is soft and buttery.

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