Fluffy Pandesal
This recipe was adapted from EmmyMade and Savor Easy.
Servings 18 pandesal
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm milk
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 3¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon ube extract I use the Butterfly brand.
- 1 block Velveeta cheese, cut into 9 cubes (you might have leftover cheese and that's okay!)
- vegetable oil for coating the bowls
Instructions
- Mix warm milk (heated to about 110 degrees Fahrenheit), active dry yeast & 1 teaspoon of sugar. Let sit a few minutes until it looks foamy and forms bubbles.
- In a large bowl, combine the milk mixture, melted butter & 1 large egg. Add in remaining sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt.
- Whisk in flour until it forms a shaggy dough.
- Cover bowl in plastic wrap and let it rest for 20 minutes, so that the dough has time to absorb the flour.
- Divide dough in half.
- Starting with one half, knead for 7 minutes until nice, smooth & elastic. Form into a ball.
- Oil medium large bowl and place dough ball there, cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel.
- For the second half, add 1 tablespoon of ube extract. Kneading into the dough with gloved hands (optional to use gloves, but your hands might be a bit purple from the extract!). Use a little bit of extra flour since the dough is a little wet. Then, form into a ball.
- Oil another medium large bowl and place dough ball there, cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a kitchen towel.
- Let both halves of dough rest and rise until they double in size, about 1 hour.
- Divide and shape the dough into rolls (9 balls from one half), tucking the ends down and then rubbing them to seal. Roll them on the countertop to make smooth spheres.
- Dip each ball of dough into bowl of bread crumbs.
- For the ube cheese pandesal, take each piece of dough, stretch and place piece of Velveeta cheese inside. Pinch to seal, twist together, roll and dip in bowl of bread crumbs.
- Place all balls onto a 12 x 18 inch baking sheet. Cover the sheet with plastic wrap or kitchen towel and let them have a second rise which takes 30-45 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit while the dough is rising.
- After the dough's second rise, place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 18-20 minutes.