PINK PITAYA MELONPAN

Time: 60 minutes
A little time consuming to make, but well worth the time and effort.  So cute and soooo tasty!
BREAD DOUGH - Ingredients
Makes 12

300g of bread flour
120g plain flour
215ml milk
10g instant dry yeast
60g sugar
½ tsp salt
1 egg
50g butter
3 tsp Just Blends pitaya powder

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 METHOD
1 Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix until dough form. Add butter and beat until a smooth dough is formed
2
Cover dough and let proof for an hour
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COOKIE DOUGH - Ingredients
50g butter
70g sugar
1 egg
180g cake flour
½ tsp baking powder
4 tsp 
Just Blends pitaya powder
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 METHOD
1 Beat butter with sugar until light and creamy
2
Add in egg and beat until well combined
3
Stir in the rest of the flour ingredients and mix until dough is formed
4
Roll into a cylinder shape and wrap with cling wrap and refrigerate till needed 
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    Turtle Melonpan step 1

     ASSEMBLY
    1 Weigh 12 x 40g of the bread dough. The remaining bread dough will be used for the body parts
    2
    Let them proof for 15mins
    3
    Meanwhile, remove the cookie dough from the fridge. Put on a floured surface
    4
    Divide into 12 pieces that are about 30g each
    5
    Roll them into a bowl and between two sheets of clingwrap flatten into circles that are 9cm in diameter
    6
    Place each disk between lightly floured clingwrap and return to the fridge
    7
    Grab the 12 x 40g bread doughs and roll into balls. This will be used for the body
    8
    With the reserved bread dough, make the body by making
     
    12 x 10g balls for the head 
    44 x 3g balls for the legs and
    12 x 2g balls for the tail
    9
    Assemble the head, legs, and tail on a greaseproof paper like the picture above
    10
    Grab the cookie doughs out of the fridge. Wrap the cookie dough around the body bread dough. If the cookie dough is too sticky, rub some cake flour on it
    11
    Place the body on top of the body parts making sure that they stick to the body. We used raisins to make the eyes
    12
    Let them proof for another 15mins
    13
    Bake for 10mins at 180 degrees Celsius

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