Ingredients

  • All-purpose flour 100g
  • Milk 50g
  • White sugar 5g
  • Yeast powder 2g
  • Monascus powder 2g
  • Black beans 4 pcs

Steps

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

1. Prepare the ingredients and weigh them!

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

2. Add milk to the bread bucket, then add sugar.

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

3. Add all-purpose flour and yeast powder! Put the bucket into the machine and start the bread machine to enter the dough mixing stage.

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

4. Divide the mixed dough into two pieces, one big and one small! 5

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

5. Add the red yeast powder to the small piece of dough and continue to put it in the bread machine to start the dough mixing process.

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

6. Take out the mixed dough from the bread machine and roll it into a round shape. Put the two pieces of dough into the Midea steam oven for fermentation. (Take out the water box of the steamer, fill it with pure water, then put the water box into the machine and push it back to its original position.bit)

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

7. Select the constant temperature fermentation function, the automatic time is 40°, 40 minutes! (Constant temperature fermentation function and spray fermentation can ensure the humidity of the dough! It’s great! It’s really a good helper for baking in winter!

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

8. The dough structure after proofing is in a honeycomb state. Exhaust the dough and knead it into a round shape.

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

9. Divide the white dough into 3 parts, use two parts to make the face and beard, and use long strips to make the brim and small balls on the tip of the hat!

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

10. Start making Santa Claus’ head. Take a piece of white dough and knead it into an oval shape that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Set it aside for later use!

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

11. To start making the Santa Claus hat, take a piece of red dough and roll it into a thin oval shape, and cut off the excess with a knife. As pictured!

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

12. Put Santa hat on the white dough! Fold the tip of the hat up, as shown in the picture!

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

13. Place the rolled strip between the hat and forehead to make the brim, and cut off the excess dough with a knife.

Different pasta~Santa Claus steamed buns

14. Place the prepared white ball on the top of the hat, take a little red dough to make a small ball to decorate Santa's nose, and use two black beans to make eyes! As shown in the picture

Different pasta~Santa Claus steamed buns

15. Take another piece of dough and knead it into a round shape. Roll it into an oval shape and fold it in half. Do not fold it too neatly, as shown in the picture

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

16. Cut the beard with a knife, as shown in the picture!

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

17. Place the finished beard under the face and tidy up the beard. Santa Claus is ready!

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

18. Place the finished Santa Claus on the baking sheet and put it into the middle layer of the steam oven. (I made two for this amount, one big and one small. You can also make one! You can make it according to your own needs. Decide if you like! )

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

19. Start the fresh and pure steaming function of the Midea steam oven to steam at 100° for 15 minutes! After the steaming oven is finished, let it simmer for 5 minutes before opening the door! (I use Midea X6-348E micro-steaming and baking all-in-one electric steamer)

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

20. After steaming, it comes out of the pot~beautiful!

Different pasta~Santa Claus Steamed Buns

21. Warm up Christmas in advance!

Tips

  1. 1. You can also use this ingredient to make a Santa Claus, the size may vary! The quantity can be increased or decreased according to demand! 2. The finished Santa Claus can be steamed directly in the steamer oven without the need for a second time. 3. You can also use a steamer, but it must be steamed in cold water