Christmas Buns
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Dissolve the sugar and yeast powder in warm water, pour it into the flour and stir with chopsticks until there is no dry powder, knead it to form a dough, seal it and leave it in a place with a heat source to ferment for about 90 minutes. The fermented dough has honeycombs like the picture.
2.
The separated noodles should be moisturized. The surface of the noodles will become dry, which will affect the production. According to the size of the dough in my own pot, I steam three at a time in a 26 cm pot. Note that there is a gap between them.
3.
Take an appropriate part of the red dough and make a Santa hat. Dyeing with red yeast rice vinasse is a natural color and is safe to eat. It is purchased online. Knead it a few more times and the color is even. Wrap it with plastic wrap to prevent the dough from drying out.
4.
To make Santa’s head, first take the white dough and make it into the shape of a water drop. The smaller side is the top of the head, where the hat is to be placed.
5.
To make a hat, take the red dough, roll it out thin, and then shape it into an umbrella shape. Put the edges in front of the face to look better.
6.
When putting on the hat, put some water on it to make it firmer. Rub the white side of the side of the hat with your hands, and lightly press it with some water. The ball on the top of the hat is also moistened with a large surface. Otherwise, this part will separate when it is steamed, so be sure to pay attention to the bigger lumps, so that the hat will look good.
7.
To make Santa’s beard, roll out one of the faces not to be too thick, as thick beards will not look good. Make it into an arc shape so that it's easier to paste, and cut into small noodles.
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The Santa Claus head made is almost the same. After the beard is pasted, pull each one to make it look three-dimensional after twisting it.
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When the production is about to end, move the Santa's head to the steamer, and finish the small parts such as eyebrows, eyes and nose, so that the movement will not be deformed. The eyebrows can be colored according to your own preferences. For Santa’s eyes, I dip them with chocolate powder, which is not very clear.
10.
There must be a lot of space in the steamer. Avoid mutual adhesion and deformation. Poke the hat with a fruit fork and it feels like the hat is made of fabric.
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