# Mom's homemade pineapple buns (菠萝包)

This recipe details how to make simple pineapple buns without filling, featuring a sweet, cookie-like topping.

- Total time: 140 min
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 345 g bread flour
- 80 g whole milk
- 100 g heavy cream
- 1 egg
- 30 g sugar
- 20 g butter
- 5 g vegetable oil
- 3 g instant yeast
- 6 g salt
- 50 g butter
- 200 g cake flour
- 3 g baking soda
- 3 g baking powder
- 50 g vegetable oil
- 120 g sugar
- 1 egg

## Instructions

1. Activate yeast by mixing it with warm water and sugar and let it sit.
2. In a stand mixer, combine milk, heavy cream, egg, sugar, salt, butter, bread flour, and activated yeast.
3. Knead on low for 20 minutes, gradually adding vegetable oil.
4. Transfer the dough to a greased bowl to proof for an hour and a half.
5. Once double in size, divide it into small buns and rest for 20 minutes.
6. For the cookie-like topping, whip butter.
7. Mix in vegetable oil, cake flour, egg, baking soda, and baking powder.
8. Add sugar and knead slightly before wrapping it in plastic wrap to chill for 30 minutes.
9. To assemble, flatten the topping into thin circles and lay it over each bun.
10. Brush with egg wash.
11. Score the signature pineapple pattern with a knife.
12. Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes.

## Equipment

- stand mixer
- greased bowl
- oven
- plastic wrap
- knife

## Tips

- My mom speeds up proofing by placing the dough in the oven with a bowl of hot water.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@divannacooks/video/7447290794496511275
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a3e4ff80-37f5-48c3-b591-39499cd76203
- Extracted: 2026-03-27

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