Purple Sweet Potato Hot Cross Buns 紫薯面包

This is like normal potato buns, I just changed potato to purple sweet potato, just love sweet purple buns. They are so soft and good!

I find the white topping turned a bit hard after cooled down..you may omit it..

Purple Sweet Potato Hot Cross Buns 紫薯面包 

For the bread

75g mashed purple sweet potato

250g High protein flour or bread flour

30g caster sugar

25g sweetened condensed full cream milk

1tsp instant yeast

120g milk

1/4tsp fine salt

25 unsalted butter 

For topping

40g high protein flour

55g milk

10g caster sugar 

Method

1. Mix all bread ingredients in a mixing bowl except butter, mix till smooth.
2. Add in butter, knead till elastic and shining dough. Set aside to rise for 1hr.
3. Equally divide into 9 portions, roll into round ball, baking on baking tray (9"x9"). Set aside to rise about 30mins.
4. Mix topping ingredients till smooth paste, fill in a piping bag, draw lines on top of the bread.
5. Bake at pre-heated oven 180C for 20mins.

Recipe by Sonia a.k.a Nasi Lemak Lover