Chocolate and Pistachio Whiligig Buns
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Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
Serves: 20
Ingredients
For the dough
- 5 -5 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄3 cup superfine sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 3 packets fast rise yeast or 3 packets bread machine yeast or 3 packets other instant yeast
- 7 1⁄2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 2⁄3 cups milk
- 2 large eggs
- vegetable oil, for bowl
For the filling and the glaze
- 8 1⁄2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup superfine sugar, plus
- 1 tablespoon superfine sugar
- 3⁄8 cup shelled pistachios
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 large egg, beaten
Directions
- To prepare the dough, heat oven to 450 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine 5 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast.
- In a small saucepan, combine 7 1/2 tablespoons butter and the milk, and place over low heat until lukewarm.
- In a medium bowl, beat eggs lightly, and then whisk in milk mixture.
- Stir the liquid ingredients into dry ingredients.
- Using a mixer with a dough hook, or by hand, knead dough until smooth and springy, adding more flour if necessary.
- Form into a ball, and place in an oiled bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 30 minutes.
- Punch down dough.
- Line a 13-by-10-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out one-third of the dough, and place in pan.
- Roll out remaining dough to a rectangle about 20 by 10 inches.
- To make filling, mix together the butter and sugar to make a paste.
- Spread paste evenly over large rectangle of dough.
- Chop pistachios until splintery, and sprinkle evenly over dough.
- Top with chocolate chips.
- Starting from longest side, carefully roll up dough so it looks like a long sausage.
- Cut dough into 20 slices, each 3/8 inch thick, and arrange with a cut side up on top of dough in pan.
- Brush buns with beaten egg, and let them sit in a warm place until puffed up and snugly filling pan, about 15 minutes.
- Bake until buns are risen and golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Remove from baking pan to cool on a rack.
- Serve warm.
- Makes 20 buns.
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