Bolo bao

A sweet chinese pineapple bun (bolo bao) with the most addictive crunchy sugar top.

A bolo bao is quite possibly the quintessential pastry found in Hong Kong-style bakeries.

Hong Kong style pineapple buns with a soft and fluffy bun and a buttery and crisp 'pineapple' crust.

Also called pineapple buns, this recipe for bolo bao makes a delectable version of the Hong Kong pastry, with a crispy cookie topping and fluffy interior.

Here's how you can have a taste of a Chinese bakery in less than an hour.

A sweet chinese pineapple bun (bolo bao) with the most addictive crunchy sugar top.

A sweet chinese pineapple bun (bolo bao) with the most addictive crunchy sugar top.

Soft and fluffy milk bread filled with strawberry cream cheese and topped with a crunchy cookie top. Please read through the main post for all the tips to succeed. A scale is recommended for this recipe.

Pineapple Buns 菠蘿包 (Bolo Bao) are one of my favorite pastries in Chinese bakeries. The inside is a soft and fluffy milk bread topped with a sweet crackle topping. They taste even better with a thick slice of cold butter 😋 The true hong kong way to have it! Hope you enjoy this video, comment down below you've tried this recipe. Happy Baking! 💕 Click to see full recipe & video

This is the best Chinese Pineapple Bun (菠蘿包/Bolo Bao) recipe I've made to date. Pineapple buns are a popular hong kong pastry that consists of a fluffy soft bun with a crunchy buttery cookie crust on top - get the full recipe on our blog

Learn how to make Asian bakery style pineapple buns in your own kitchen. These buns are light, soft, and airy, with an extra crispy, buttery, and sugary crust that cracks perfectly into a pineapple pattern. Detailed step-by-step pictures and video are included to walk you through each detail.

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Happy Chinese New Year!! I hope the Year of the Sheep finds you in good sprits and ready to eat! Yesterday my family met up for an early celebratory Chinese New Year dim sum lunch. For the first ti…

Pineapple bun (bolo bao) is an irresistible Hong Kong treat that will keep you coming back for more. It is sweet, buttery, and soft but crisp - a perfect pastry for breakfast, brunch, or afternoon tea. Funnily enough, despite its name, this pineapple bun does not contain any pineapple. I know, so why call it pineapple buns anyway? Well, you are about to find out with this recipe!

rachel | bay area foodie 🍽✨ on Instagram: "Pineapple buns or bolo bao are a pastry I grew up eating since I was a young kid 🍍🍞. I’d always look forward to opening up those pastel pink boxes and discovering what goodies lay inside. Earlier this week, I decided to make a trip to SF’s Chinatown to find the VERY BEST 🏆 pineapple bun so here’s my opinion/ranking of each bun I got! (Btw, yes I know I need to visit @pineapplekingbakery in part 2 😅) #sffoodie #sffood #bayareafoodie #sfeats…

Giving new meaning to crispy cream. If there is one benchmark against which to judge any Chinatown bakery, bolo bao is it. Its moist, fluffy interior is the result of adding a cooked flour and water paste called tangzhong to an enriched bread dough. Tangzhong allows the dough to absorb far more water, yielding supermoist buns that bake up extra-light and fluffy. Most bakery-style versions come with a hard, custardy topping with a crosshatched pattern that resembles the outside of a…

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ᴋᴀʏ • ᴇᴀꜱʏ ʀᴇᴄɪᴘᴇꜱ 🥢 on Instagram: "Bolo Bao Hack 🍞 | Recipe ⬇️ Bolo Bao translates to Pineapple Bun, a popular Chinese bakery classic. Doesn’t contain any pineapple, it’s just a visual resemblance 😅. This hack is basically a toast instead of a bun. You get this warm toast with a golden topping that’s crackly, flakey, buttery and sweet! 🤤 INGREDIENTS 🍞 2 slices white bread 🍞 40g salted butter (can use unsalted, just make sure to add some salt) 🍞 40g flour 🍞 2 Tablespoon sugar (adjust…

If you have never had this delicious bun but don't think you can make it yourself, next time you're at a Chinese Dim Sum restaurant or Chinatown Bakery please please please try one! Sadly I'm not sure if you can get these in Cincinnati...maybe at CAM or Uncle Yip's? This is Chris' favorite bakery bun and everytime we go to New York he walks to the bakery to buy himself one for breakfast. He's gotten to the point where the owners recognize him when we went to a restaurant (let's be honest…

Recipe: Fried Chicken Bolo Bao with Tofu-Marinated Fried Chicken, Sesame Slaw, Tasty Sauce from Chef Laurence Louie of Rubato in Quincy, MA