Custard Raisin Fan Rolls

Carlos take his breakfast at home every morning so each week I will baked something for him to have with his coffee. I think he is pretty bored with my regular banana bread and cinnamon rolls weeks after weeks so I decided to try out something new.

I remember eating some kind of custard snail like looking rolls from a bakery in New York many years ago. The bread was soft and it has some kind of custard and raisins inside. Inspired by that custard rolls I decided to try my hand in making it.

Dough

460 gram bread flour
2 tsp yeast
60 gram milk powder
70 gram sugar
½ tsp salt
1 egg
150 - 160 ml milk (you might need a bit more or less)
70 gram butter
100 gram water roux

Custard fillings

80 gram unsalted butter - soft
60 gram sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tbsp custard powder or cornstarch
100 gram milk powder
¼ tsp salt

1 ½ cups raisin
I egg white (beaten for egg wash)
Some sliced almonds (for garnish)

1. Fit the mixer with the dough hook attachment. Combined flour, milk powder, salt, yeast and sugar in the mixing bowl. Mix well. Add in the egg and water roux. Turn on the mixer and slowly add in the milk until the dough comes together and forms into a nice ball of dough. Continue to mix for 5 minutes and add in the butter. Continue to mix for another 5 minutes.
2. Cover the dough and let it rest in a warm place until double in size. In the meantime mix all the filling ingredients together (accept raisins) and set it aside.

3. Punch down the dough and roll it out to rectangle shape (about 17” x 12”). Spread on the custard filling and sprinkle on the raisins. Roll up the dough as tightly as possible. Flatten the log slightly with the palm and slice the log into 10 pieces (depend on the size you like).

4. Then using a scissors or a pizza cutter, make another 2 cuts into each piece. Twist each slit slightly to make it lay somewhat flatter. Place on a greased baking pan and cover and let it rise until almost double.
5. Brush it with some egg wash and sprinkle on some sliced almonds. Baked in a pre-heated 350 degree F oven until golden brown. Remove from oven and let them cool.

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