Skin
- All purpose flour 250g
- water 135g
- sugar 10g
- oil 5g
- yeast 3g
- knead everything until all smooth
- cover and ferment at 72F 30 min
- roll into a rectangular sheet, remove bubbles, then roll up
- divide into 8 parts
- use roll pin into round skin. roll from outside toward center so that center is thickest (will be the bottom of the bun)
- start wrapping right away. the time between now and steaming is critical. Depending on your wrapping speed and room temperature, it can be 5-30 min. You may need to try several times before reaching the best final fermentation time.
- put the buns on parchment paper. they grow about 2x bigger after steaming so keep enough space between them.
- steam from cold water. 15-20 min. if the fermentation is at the right level, you can steam long time without worrying about collapsing surface.
- once time is up, turn heat off, open the lid just a little bit, wait for a few minutes before taking the buns out.