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Coffee Bun with sweet coffee cream from Korean bakery

Easy Coffee Bun Recipe Using Dinner Rolls: Korean Bakery Style

Author: Blonde Kimchi
330kcal
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Prep 5 minutes
Cook 10 minutes
Total 15 minutes
Make a delicious Korean bakery-style coffee bun at home with simple dinner rolls. This easy recipe gives soft, sweet, buttery buns in minutes!
Servings 3 servings
Course Breakfast, lunch, Snack
Cuisine Asian, Korean

Ingredients

  • 3 dinner rolls
Frilling (for 3 rolls)
  • 24 g unsalted butter
  • 3 pinches salt
  • 1 tsp instant coffee
  • 1 tbsp hot water
Coffee Cream Topping
  • 40 g unsalted butter (room temperature)
  • 25 g sugar
  • 1/2 egg
  • 1 drop vanilla extract (optional)
  • 40 g cake flour

Equipment

Method

  1. Mix the instant coffee and hot water in a small bowl and set aside.
    Coffee Bun with sweet coffee cream from Korean bakery
  2. In a chopper, combine room-temperature butter and sugar. Blend until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla extract, and mix again.
    Coffee Bun with sweet coffee cream from Korean bakery
  3. Transfer the mixture to a bowl, sift in the cake flour, and gently fold with a silicone spatula until combined.
    Coffee Bun with sweet coffee cream from Korean bakery
  4. Place the coffee cream into a piping bag.
    Coffee Bun with sweet coffee cream from Korean bakery
  5. Hollow out each dinner roll slightly. Add about 8 g of unsalted butter and a pinch of salt inside. Place the top back on.
    Coffee Bun with sweet coffee cream from Korean bakery
  6. Pipe the coffee batter over the top of each roll.
    Coffee Bun with sweet coffee cream from Korean bakery
  7. Bake in a preheated oven or air fryer at 180°C (355°F) for 8–10 minutes, until the top is crispy and golden.
    Coffee Bun with sweet coffee cream from Korean bakery
Coffee Bun 커피번
  1. The easiest recipe for coffee buns using dinner rolls.
    Coffee Bun with sweet coffee cream from Korean bakery
  2. Sweet coffee buttercream and butter make the best harmony!
    Coffee Bun with sweet coffee cream from Korean bakery

Nutrition

Calories330kcal

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