Chinese New Year Jujube Flower Buns are made as follows:
Main ingredient: 500 grams of medium gluten flour, 10 jujubes.
Accessories: 270 grams of warm water, 3 grams of granulated sugar, 6 grams of yeast.
1, ready to use the ingredients, respectively, weighed the weight of a good standby, dates clean and dry water. Pour the yeast and sugar into the flour and mix well with chopsticks.
2. Pour warm water into the flour, and while pouring the water, use chopsticks to stir the flour into a floury state. Knead the flakes together with your hands until the dough is smooth.
3. Divide the kneaded dough into 2 equal portions and roll out one portion to a thickness of 1mm. Use a round mold, or the side of a bowl, to carve out round pieces of dough.
4. Roll the dough sheets in groups of three, up and down to the center to form rolls. Use chopsticks to press down on the ends of the sheets, then squeeze them toward the center.
5: Press the chopsticks down on both ends of the dough to make a flower shape. Place the chopsticks in the center of the dough and squeeze to extrude the flower. Press the dates into the middle of the dough, organize the dough around the edges, and pinch firmly to form a lace.
6: Put the shaped dough into a steamer basket and let it ferment in a sealed container until the dough doubles in size. Cold water on the pot covered with a lid, high heat to steam and then turn to medium heat, the whole process of steaming for 20 minutes, simmer for 32 minutes out of the pot. Steamed date bread, placed on a cooling rack to cool, soft and delicious.