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Beehive Sweet Buns (Honeycomb Buns)
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Beehive Sweet Buns (Honeycomb Buns)

Beehive Sweet Buns are soft, slightly sweet yeast buns filled with cream cheese and arranged in a honeycomb pattern before baking. The dough includes milk, honey, and oil, giving it a tender crumb. A glaze and toasted sesame seeds top the buns. Served warm, these buns offer a rich, creamy center and a golden crust, ideal for breakfast or tea time.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Additional Time
2 hrs
Servings: 8 people
Course: Dessert, Bread
Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Ingredients

  • 2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp instant yeast
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup milk lukewarm
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • sesame seeds toasted
For honey syrup
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1/2 cup water

Instructions

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  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine milk, oil, honey, and yeast; mix well.
  2. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together and add to the wet ingredients. Mix with a spoon, then knead the dough for 5-8 minutes until it becomes elastic. You can add a little more flour if your dough seems too sticky. Cover the dough with a towel and let it rise for 1 hour or until it becomes double in volume.
  3. Turn the dough onto a wooden board dusted with a little amount of flour. Bring the dough together and knead a few times. Divide the dough into 20 balls.
  4. Flatten each ball and stuff with a teaspoonful of cream cheese. Pull up the sides of the ball and wrap around the filling, pinching it closed at top. Arrange the balls in a greased 9 or 10-inch oven proof skillet or round cake pan in honeycomb pattern. Cover and let them rise again for about 40 minutes.
  5. Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Brush the top of the buns with egg wash. Bake the buns for 25 minutes.
  6. To make the honey syrup, combine sugar, honey, and water and bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes or until the syrup starts to reduce a little bit. Set aside until needed.
  7. When the buns come out of the oven, pour the syrup over the hot buns, and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds on top immediately. Cover the buns with a piece of foil and wait for 10 minutes. Serve warm or at a room temperature.