Homemade white flour steamed buns

2024-10-14 09:22:47 Midnight snack

Water 260g	Yeast 5g
Plain flour 500g	sugar 20g

How to make homemade white flour steamed buns Illustration of home-made white flour steamed buns 1

Step 1

Prepare ingredients and tools: 260 grams of water, 5 grams of yeast, 500 grams of plain flour, 20 grams of sugar (if you like original white steamed buns, you can add no sugar) Wok, steamer Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 2

Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 2

Step 2

Pour 5 grams of yeast and 260 grams of warm water into the bowl, mix well, and let stand for about 5 minutes; Illustration of home-made white flour steamed buns 3

Illustration of home-made white flour steamed buns 3

Step 3

Pour 500 grams of flour into the bowl, pour in the yeast water from step 1, and stir while pouring, until it becomes flocculent (if you like sweet steamed buns, you can add 20 grams of sugar in this step); Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 4

Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 4

Step 4

Knead repeatedly to form a smooth dough, then cover with plastic wrap and ferment at room temperature for about 30 minutes (fermentation time is related to temperature, if the indoor temperature is low, the fermentation time will be longer); Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 5

Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 5

Step 5

Ferment until it is 2-3 times its original size, and it will have a faint unique aroma after fermentation. If there is an obvious honeycomb shape after tearing it apart, it means the fermentation is complete; Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 6

Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 6

Step 6

Take out the dough, squeeze to deflate, and sprinkle flour all around; Illustration of home-made white flour steamed buns 7

Step 7

Knead the dough thoroughly again and knead the flour into the dough until no big holes are visible in it; Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 8

Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 8

Step 8

Knead into a smooth and elastic dough; (the key to soft steamed buns is to knead the dough into place) Illustration of home-made white flour steamed buns 9

Illustration of home-made white flour steamed buns 9

Step 9

Then cut into evenly sized pieces; Illustration of home-made white flour steamed buns 10

Step 10

Press in the edges of the dough one by one, and repeat this technique several times; Illustration of home-made white flour steamed buns 11

Step 11

Then knead the dough until the surface is smooth and shape it into a round shape so that the steamed buns will look good; Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 12

Illustration of how to make homemade white flour steamed buns 12

Step 12

Put the completed steamed bun embryo into the steamer, cover it and let it rest for about 10-15 minutes; Illustration of home-made white flour steamed buns 13

Illustration of home-made white flour steamed buns 13

Step 13

Let the steamed buns rise until they are slightly bigger, put them in a pot, add water to the bottom mark, steam over high heat, then adjust to medium to low heat and steam for about 8-10 minutes, turn off the heat and simmer for about 2-3 minutes and it's done! Illustration of home-made white flour steamed buns 14