Christmas Snowman-Shaped Steamed Buns Series (Part 1)

Method

1. 01

   Step 1

   Place all-purpose flour, yeast, sugar, corn oil, and water in a bowl to form a basic white dough.

   

2. 02

   Step 2

   Take an appropriate amount of white dough and add red yeast rice powder, black cocoa powder, spinach powder, and pumpkin powder respectively to knead and create colored doughs. Suggested weights for colored dough in snowman decorations: Red 10 , Black 10 , Green 10 , Yellow 2 , White dough 20 .

   

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   Step 3

   Cover the dough with plastic wrap to prevent moisture loss, and then start shaping it.

   

4. 04

   Step 4

   Divide the remaining white dough into 3 equal portions, with each portion weighing approximately 60 grams.

   

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   Step 5

   Divide the dough into portions according to the following ratio: 8 grams for the snowman's head, 15 grams for the body, and 37 grams for the other portion.

   

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   Step 6

   Prepare the red bean paste filling; the filling weight is 3 grams for small fillings and 7 grams for large fillings.

   

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   Step 7

   Wrap the filling, knead the dough and assemble it into the body of the snowman. It's best to place it on parchment paper, the kind used for steaming buns.

   

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   Step 8

   Take out the reserved white dough and green dough to make the snowman hat.

   

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   Step 9

   Roll out the green dough into a thin sheet, cut the white dough into long strips and place them on top, then continue to roll it out flat with a rolling pin.

   

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    Step 10

    Divide the hat into strips as shown in the picture, and place the thin strips on the wide strip to make the brim.

    

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    Step 11

    Roll it up to form a barrel shape. Note: The one in the picture is a bit too big. I reduced it when decorating later. Be sure to measure the circumference of the snowman's head.

    

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    Step 12

    The top is gathered into a hat shape.

    

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    Step 13

    To make a snowman scarf, take white dough and red dough and knead them into pink. Roll the three colored doughs into long strips, mix them together, and flatten them with a rolling pin.

    

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    Step 14

    Divided into long strips

    

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    Step 15

    After flattening, use scissors to cut tassels on both sides of the scarf.

    

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    Step 16

    The scarf was cut in two to decorate the snowman.

    

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    Step 17

    The other side is also decorated

    

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    Step 18

    Take out the black dough and roll it into small balls to decorate for eyes and a mouth. If you find this troublesome, you can skip this step and draw the expressions with an edible black food coloring pen after steaming. You can also omit making the snowman's arms.

    

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    Step 19

    Take a sesame seed-sized piece of black dough, roll it into a strip between two fingers in your palm, and cut it to the required length with a bamboo skewer to make the snowman's mouth.

    

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    Step 20

    Take a piece of yellow dough, roll it into a small oval shape, divide it in the middle, and use it as the snowman's nose.

    

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    Step 21

    Decorate with a snowman nose

    

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    Step 22

    To make the snowman's arms, take spaghetti or thick noodles and wrap them in black cocoa powder dough.

    

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    Step 23

    Insert the snowman's body to decorate for arms, and cut out the snowman's little hands with scissors. If you want to be perfect, mix the leftover dough from making the scarf with white dough to make a light pink dough, and use it to decorate the snowman's blush.

    

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    Step 24

    After shaping, the dough has proofed completely. If it proofed too quickly and is about to over-proof, steam it over boiling water 12 minutes. If it hasn't proofed enough, steam it over high heat with cold water for 15 minutes. After steaming, turn off the heat and wait 3 minutes before opening the lid.

    

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    Step 25

    The adorable little Christmas snowman is now complete.

    

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    Step 26

    Christmas is coming soon, try making it now!

    

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    Step 27

    This is the Christmas snowman plate that inspired me.

    

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    Step 28

    Remember to show off your finished product!