Cute Turtle Melon Pan 可爱小龟日式菠萝包【Plain & Matcha/ Green Tea】

This is an easy straight-dough method bread recipe, baked without an oven. Shaping them into cute bread was my favourite part of bread-making. 2014 was my first attempt at making Turtle Pineapple Buns/ Hong Kong Polo Buns, this time I tried again with my boy's favourite Japanese Melon Pan with 2 flavours - original and Matcha. Aren't they cute! 

Baked these cute turtle bread in the air-fryer:

Made original, melon and strawberry flavours Melon Pan for my parents and sis.
Photo updated: 28 April 2022

Made these plain melon pan for our breakfast.
Photo updated: November 2024

Ingredients:

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Bread Dough Recipe

Melon Pan Toppings:

80g Cake Flour

1/4 tsp Baking Powder

25g Salted Butter

35g Icing Sugar

25g Egg

Some Castor Sugar 

Homemade Cute Turtles Melon Pan,
some braided cinnamon sugar rolls and plain bread/ mini loaf.

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Method:

1. Prepare bread dough following the steps in the recipe (tap the link below the "ingredients" to get the recipe).

2. Transfer the dough to a greased bowl, cover with cling wrap and let it proof double in size. About an hour.

3. Prepare the melon pan topping: Cream butter and icing sugar, gradually add the egg. Sift in flour and baking powder, and mix to form a dough. Optional: Mix in some Matcha powder for Matcha Melon Pan. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Divide the dough, roll it into balls and roll flat. Keep chilled for later.

4. Deflate and divide the bread dough. Cover and let it rest for 10 minutes. Shape round and wrap with melon topping. Coat with castor sugar, shape into turtle, if desired. Proof double in size. 

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5. Bake 130'C 15 mins, by batch. Increase the baking temperature if using an oven.

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