Breads (Yeast) - Buns/Rolls
Blueberry Bread Buns (Soft and Fluffy)
February 23, 2023
| Recipe by Bake with Paws
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After sharing the Blueberry Soft Sourdough Bread, I got a lot of requests for an instant yeast version. It took a few attempts to get it right and here is the recipe for Blueberry Soft and Fluffy Bread or Buns. The taste and texture is similar to the sourdough version that I shared previously.
I added vanilla paste as blueberry has very little flavour and aroma.
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How To Make Blueberry Bread Buns (Soft and Fluffy)
Yields: 16 buns or 1 loaf
INGREDIENTS:
Old Dough:
165g bread flour (I used Japan High Gluten Flour)
50g frozen blueberry
40g milk
35g water
1/4 tsp (1g) instant dry yeast
1/4 tsp sugar
Main Dough:
165g bread flour (I used Japan High Gluten Flour)
All the old dough
20g sugar (Please add more if you prefer sweeter)
1/4 round tsp (1.5g) instant dry yeast
1 tsp (5g) salt
1 tsp vanilla extract or paste
45g cold egg, whisked (from 1 egg)
65g milk, cold (reserve 10g and add all if too dry. I used 55g)
50g butter, room temperature
50g dry blueberry (rinse with hot water and let them dry on a kitchen paper towel)
Egg Wash:
1 egg + 1 Tbsp water
Utensils:
8” square pan
METHOD:
- Old Dough
- Leave the frozen blueberry on the counter to defrost. Around 30 minutes.
- Mix with Stand Mixer - Add blueberry, milk, water, yeast and bread flour in a bowl of stand mixer. Slightly combine the mixture by hand with the paddle attachment before turning on the machine so that the flour will not splash out. Turn on the machine and mix with paddle attachment until become a soft dough. Roll into a ball and place in a greased bowl. Cover with cling film and let it proof 1 hour in room temperature (28C – 30C). After 1 hour, place into the refrigerator for at least 12 hours or up to 16 hours. Take out the old dough from refrigerator to return to room temperature 30 minutes before using. You can also use directly from the fridge if you forget to take out earlier.
- Hand Mix - Combine blueberry, water, milk, yeast and sugar a mixing bowl. Then add in bread flour and mix with hand until become a soft dough. Roll into a ball and place in a greased bowl. Cover with cling film and let it proof 1 hour in room temperature (28C - 30C). After 1 hour, place into the refrigerator overnight for at least 12 hours or up to 16 hours. The next morning, take out the old dough from refrigerator to return to room temperature 30 minutes before using. You can also use directly from the fridge if you forget to take out earlier.
- If you don't plan to bake the next day, after 1 hour fermentation, shape it into a ball and wrap it in cling wrap or place it in a ziplock bag. Store it in the freezer for 1-2 months. Take it out 30 minutes before using to defrost.
- Main Dough:
- Put all ingredients (except butter and dry blueberry) into a bowl of stand mixer. Using the paddle attachment, mix for around 2 minutes or until all incorporated. Change to hook attachment and knead for another 3 minutes or until the dough comes together. Add in butter and continue knead for 12 - 15 minutes or until reach window pane stage. During the whole kneading process, I stopped few times to scrape down the dough from the hook to be sure it is evenly kneaded and also to prevent the motor from overheating.
- Fold in dry blueberry. Round up the dough and put back in the same bowl. Cover with lid and let the dough rise in a warm place for 45 to 60 minutes or until double in size.
- Shaping and Final Proofing:
- Punch down the dough to release the air. Transfer the dough to a clean floured or oiled surface then divide into 16 equal portions (around 42-43g per portion)
- Preshape the dough into rough ball. Rest for 15 minutes.
- Form each portion into a ball as the the diagram below.
- Place all the dough in the prepared loaf pans. 4 X 4
- Let the dough rise for about 45 minutes or double the size. Lightly press the the dough with your finger. If the indentation slowly bounces back and leave a small indentation, it is ready.
- To bake:
- Preheat oven at 180C - 190C (top & bottom heat) or 160C - 170C (fan-forced) for 15 minutes before baking.
- Brush with egg wash.
- Bake in a preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown. If it is browning too quickly, cover the top loosely with aluminium foil.
- Remove bread from oven then remove the bread from the pan. Let it cool on rack completely before slicing.
Old Dough
Main Dough
GENERAL NOTES:
GLUTEN DEVELOPMENT & WINDOWPANE TEST
Gluten forms when flour comes in contact with water. Hydration of the flour causes the sticky and stretchy protein to form, giving structure to the bread. This makes your bread trap air and rise.
Gluten in dough can be developed by autolyse, resting, kneading or folding.
The windowpane test is used to determine whether the dough has been sufficiently kneaded. By gently pulling the dough (or you may pinch off some dough) and trying to stretch it into a thin membrane. If you are able to stretch the dough paper thin and translucent without tearing, then the gluten is fully developed. However, if you can stretch it without tearing but the membrane is not transparent, then the gluten is not yet fully developed.
However, from my experience not all the recipe can achieve a thin and translucent window pane stage easily. For example low hydration and low fat dough. For such recipes, a reasonable window pane is good enough and it can be left to rest. Gluten will continue to develop while resting. Exercising restraint to not over-knead the dough prevents the gluten from being overworked and broken. Some of you may have experienced the dough breaking during the second proofing. It is because the dough is over kneaded.
The total kneading time for me is usually 15 minutes at low speeds except brioche dough with high fat percentage or dough using liquid fat which usually takes a little longer (maybe 18-20 mins).
From my experience, I found that high hydration dough with high percentage of fat will be easy to stretch and achieve a paper thin windowpane stage.
KNEADING TIME
For kneading, please regard the timing provided as an indication only. It is only meant as a guide. Timing may differ depending on the brand of flour and electric mixer used. The protein content may vary from one brand of flour to another.
FLOUR
The right flour plays a very important role in bread making. To achieve fluffy, soft and light bread, I used Japan High Gluten Flour in most of my bread baking. The protein content is around 12 - 13%.
HYDRATION
The liquid measurement given is also a guide. It is advisable to always reserve some liquid and not add it all in one go. This would give you the opportunity to adjust if necessary. If dough is too dry, add the reserve liquid one tablespoon at a time until the right consistency. This is because each flour absorbs water and hydrates differently.
PROOFING
Please note that the proofing timing may also vary depending on your climate and environment. The humidity and temperature at your place will influence how dough rises.
If you are unable to judge by just looking at the dough, you can do the finger poke test:
- First Proofing:
- Lightly flour or oil your finger or knuckle, gently poke in the centre of the dough then remove your finger. If it bounces back immediately without any indentation then it needs more time.
- If the indentation stays and it doesn’t bounce back or if the dough collapses, then the it is over proved.
- If it bounces back just a little, then the dough is ready to be punched down and shaping.
- Second Proofing:
- Lightly press the side of the proved dough with your finger. If it bounces back immediately without any indentation, it means the dough is under proved and needs more time before baking.
- If the indentation stays and it doesn’t bounce back, it means it has been over proved.
- If the indentation slowly bounces back and leave a small indentation, it is ready to bake.
- There will be a final burst of rising once the bread is placed to bake in the oven and it is called oven spring.
WRINKLE TOP OR SHRINKING
If your bread collapses or gets wrinkled on top after removing from oven, it could be because your dough over proved during the second proofing. Please proof until it rises 80 - 90% in size or is slightly below the rim of the pan.
BAKING TEMPERATURE & TIME
Do also note that the baking temperature and timing provided are what works for my oven and should also be regarded as a guide only. Every oven behaves a little differently, so please adjust accordingly for your oven.
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Hi Bwp. How u? Another great posting from you. Am going to try this recipe. Can I use fresh blueberries instead of frozen. Thanks for kind response. Regards chloe
ReplyDeleteHi there, Sorry for late response. Yes, you can. Thank you for your interest in this recipe and I hope you will like it.
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Hi Yeanley,
ReplyDeleteOnce again thank you for sharing your recipes. I have enjoyed many of your recipes and learned a great deal. God bless your kind heart! He surely will!
I was thinking of trying out this recipe and was wondering if I could freeze the dough and bake as and when I want to. Found some articles that says it can be done with yeasted or sourdough dough after the first rise. I like to break down the process so it's easier for me. Will try and let you know the outcome. Have a great day!
From, your fan, Petra
Hi Petra, You are most welcome:) Btw, thank you for following my posts and tried some of my recipes. Glad to hear that you learned some from my blog.
DeleteI think freezing the dough maybe be possible. Please let me know if you try ya. It is very interesting to know this.
Cheers and happy baking :)
Hi for the main dough not necessary to put in water or milk?
ReplyDeleteHi, thank you for your interest in this recipe. Yes, need milk in the main dough. Sorry, I accidentally deleted when I edited the post. I just added in.
DeleteThank you for highlighting the error.
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Hi, the instructions aren’t clear regarding the old dough. It only says to combine water, yeast and sugar. Am I supposed to combine the flour and milk with it as well? I have never used the old dough method, I’m excited about trying it. :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Anne, Thank you for your interest in this recipe. Sorry for the confusion. I just edited and please see the revised instruction.
DeletePlease let me know if you have any questions.
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Hi miss. Can I use cranberry? How about the water/milk in old dough? How many to add in? Or until how is the dough? Is this recipe suitable for Cranberry cream cheese bread? I like to try it 😊
ReplyDeleteHi, thank you for your interest in this recipe. Sorry, I never tried cranberry with this recipe so I won't be able to advise. I may give you the wrong information if I just simply give you without experimenting.
DeleteI do not know about cranberry cream cheese bread. This will be different recipe.
Thank you for your answer🙏 maybe next you may try to make cranberry cream cheese bread, I'd love to wait for that 😊 it's a cranberry bread with cream cheese inside. Another question, can this recipe used for softloaf/shokupan?
DeleteHi, you are most welcome. I will try to make if I have time. For Shokupan recipe, please search in this blog. Just type Shokupan in search box on the above.
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Hi, can i use fresh blueberry instead of frozen? Please advice. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHi, thank you for your interest in this recipe. Yes, you can use fresh blueberry.
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hi can i bake this with bread loaf 450g? If yes what is the baking time and temperature? Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHi, this recipe is for 450g loaf pan too.
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Hi BWP, this recipe looks so good! What do you suggest I substitute the egg with to make it vegan? I will use oat milk instead of regular milk
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Hi, thank you. You can replace egg with water or oat milk. But, please do not use the same amount. Use less first. May 10g - 20g less. Add more if feel your dough is too dry.
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Hi BWP, love your recipes!! I've made a few of them and they have always been successful!
ReplyDeleteJust wondering, if I want to make this vegan what should I substitute the egg with?I noticed that some of the other recipes using the old dough method doesn't have egg. Milk is easy to substitute but not the egg haha.
Thank you!!
Hi, thank you for trying and your kind feedback. You can replace egg with water. But, please use less amount maybe 10 - 20g less first. If dough too dry then add more.
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