Santa Christmas Steamed Bao Buns | 圣诞老人 ' 包子刈包

If you follow my recipes, you will know that I love to make Chinese Steamed Buns! This year I wanted to do something special for Christmas. Was cracking my head on what to make, then I thought about making Santa Steamed Bao Buns. I usually try to make things as simple as possible so I was thinking how can I make Santa’s face with not much tools and moulds. Finally after 5 attempts I was quite happy with how it turned out. Do try it! It’s so much fun and easy to make!

Basic ingredients to make this! – You only need a few ingredients and I bet you already have them in your pantry. Just put everything in the mixer. It’s that easy! It’s so much fun doing with family and kids.

Perfect for cold weather during Christmas! – Also, if your weather is cold, it’s just perfect to celebrate Christmas with warm steamed buns!

💗 Important notes:
1. If you knead with hand, please see video in the link https://youtu.be/NIERMXJtuYU
如果用手搓，请看食谱链接：https://youtu.be/NIERMXJtuYU
2. The speed no. 1 for my mixer is quite fast, if your speed is very slow, mix for 8-10 mins.
我的搅拌机最低速度还是很快，如果你的速度很慢，搅拌8-10分钟。

💗 Ingredients
210 grams Hong Kong flour, Bao Flour, AP or Plain Flour 香港水仙面粉,包粉，中筋面粉 210克
25 grams Wheat starch 澄粉 25克
45 gramsicing sugar 糖粉 45克
1/2 teaspoon baking powder 泡打粉 1/2茶匙
3/4 teaspoon instant yeast 酵母粉 3/4茶匙
115 ml room temperature water (if you use AP/plain flour, 135 ml)室温水 115毫升 (如果使用中筋面粉135毫升）
20grams lard or 20 ml vegetable oil 板油 20克 或 菜油 20毫升

💗 Shaping tools:
8 mm diameter straw
5 mm diameter straw
4 cm diameter cookie cutter
6 cm diameter cookie cutter or a glass
wavy crinkle cutter
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