Easy Coffee Bun Recipe Using Dinner Rolls: Korean Bakery Style
Make a delicious Korean bakery-style coffee bun at home with simple dinner rolls. This easy recipe gives soft, sweet, buttery buns in minutes!
Equipment
- 1 oven or air fryer
- 1 chopper
- 1 Mixing bowl
- 1 Spatula
- 1 piping bag
Ingredients
- 3 dinner rolls
Frilling (for 3 rolls)
- 24 g unsalted butter
- 3 pinches salt
Coffee Cream Topping
- 40 g unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 25 g sugar
- 1/2 egg
- 1 drop vanilla extract (optional)
- 40 g cake flour
Instructions
- Mix the instant coffee and hot water in a small bowl and set aside.
- In a chopper, combine room-temperature butter and sugar. Blend until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla extract, and mix again.
- Transfer the mixture to a bowl, sift in the cake flour, and gently fold with a silicone spatula until combined.
- Place the coffee cream into a piping bag.
- Hollow out each dinner roll slightly. Add about 8 g of unsalted butter and a pinch of salt inside. Place the top back on.
- Pipe the coffee batter over the top of each roll.
- 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 커피번
- The easiest recipe for coffee buns using dinner rolls.
- Sweet coffee buttercream and butter make the best harmony!
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