Korean Cream Cheese Garlic Buns
Soft, pillowy buns filled with sweet cream cheese and brushed with aromatic garlic butter
These Korean cream cheese garlic buns feature fluffy, pillowy bread filled with a sweet-tangy cream cheese center and finished with savory garlic butter sauce.
Equipment
Ingredients
Dough
bread flour
300 g
milk
180 ml
active dry yeast
7 g
granulated sugar
30 g
butter
30 g
egg
1 piece
salt
5 g
Cream Cheese Filling
cream cheese
200 g
granulated sugar
40 g
Garlic Butter Sauce
butter
80 g
garlic
4 piece
parsley
15 g
milk
60 ml
Instructions
Prepare the dough
Mix warm milk with yeast and sugar, then combine with flour, egg, butter and salt.
Knead the dough
Knead the dough until smooth and elastic.
First rise
Cover and let the dough rise until doubled in size.
Prepare cream cheese filling
Mix cream cheese with sugar until smooth.
Shape the buns
Divide dough into 6 equal pieces, flatten each, add cream cheese filling, and shape into buns.
Second rise
Place buns on baking sheet and let rise for 30-40 minutes.
Prepare garlic butter sauce
Melt butter, add minced garlic, parsley and milk. Cook until fragrant.
Bake the buns
Bake at 180°C for 15-18 minutes until golden brown.
Apply garlic butter
Brush warm buns with garlic butter sauce immediately after baking.
Original recipe
Storage
Best eaten fresh. Store in airtight container. Reheat to restore texture.
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