Ingredients

Red dough:

High-gluten flour 150g

Milk 100g

White sugar 15g

Salt 1.5g

Yeast 1.5g

Monascus powder 1.5g

Butter 12g

White dough:

High-gluten flour 100g

Milk 68g

White sugar 10g

Salt 1g

Yeast 1g

Butter 8g

Green dough:

High-gluten flour 125g

Eggs 17g

Water 60g

Sugar 15g

Salt 1.5g

Matcha powder 4g

Milk powder 5g

Yeast 1.5g

Butter 12g

Plastic shaping needs:

Appropriate amount of raisins or dried cranberries

Pattern:

Dark black cocoa powder or baking pigment pen

How to make watermelon bread

Knead the dough of three colors separately until the dough comes out, and ferment it until it is basically 2.5 times in size. How to make watermelon bread Step 1

Take out the air and divide it into pieces. Divide each dough into 8 equal portions.

Take a piece of red dough and add an appropriate amount of dried cranberries to make watermelon bread. Step 3

Knead it into a round shape. How to make watermelon bread Step 4

Take a piece of white dough and roll it out. How to make watermelon bread Step 5

Wrap the red dough in it like a bun. How to make watermelon bread Step 6

Pinch the edge tightly and make it round. How to make watermelon bread Step 7

Take another piece of green dough and roll it out. How to make watermelon bread Step 8

Wrap the white dough in it. How to make watermelon bread Step 9

Pinch the edge tightly, make a round shape, place the edge side down on the baking sheet for secondary fermentation. How to make watermelon bread Step 10

After fermentation has doubled, put it into the preheated oven at 180 degrees, lower layer, for about 20-25 minutes. Cover with tin foil in the middle to prevent the color from getting too dark.

After baking, take it out and let it cool. Mix dark black cocoa powder with water and use a fine-tipped brush to draw a watermelon pattern (you can also draw it with a baking pigment pen, I haven't tried it, you can try it).