Mini Butter Sugar Buns

Ingredients

260g bread flour
55g caster sugar
4g instant dry yeast
30g unsalted butter
120ml fresh milk
1 egg, a pinch of salt

Topping:
1 egg for egg wash
butter cubes (cut from big piece of salted butter)
coarse sugar to sprinkle

Steps
1. Place all ingredients except butter in a mixing bowl and mix at speed 1 for about 1 minute.
2. When a rough dough is formed, adjust speed to 3 for 6 minutes. Stop intermittently to scrape down sides and turn dough around. 
3. After 6 minutes, add in butter and salt and mix at speed 1 for 1 minute. Adjust to speed 3 and knead for 8 minutes. Check for window pane. 

4. Shape into a smooth round dough. Cover and rest for 15 min.

5. Place dough on flat surface. Flatten and squeeze out air bubbles with palm. Divide into 16 portions and shape into balls. Do this by pulling down the sides of the dough, tucking it below and pinch to close the seams. Then roll on counter top to make it round. Place in lined baking tin.

6. Proof for 1 hour (with a cup of hot water in closed, SWITCHED OFF oven) till about 2 times in size. (I on the oven for a few minutes, then off it. Put dough inside while the oven is warm)

7. Take the baking tin out of the oven and pre-heat the oven to 170 deg C.

8. Egg wash the dough with beaten egg. Using a pair of scissors, make slits on top and insert butter. Lastly sprinkle generously with coarse sugar.

9. Put in the oven for 20 min at 170 degree. Take out and cool the buns. Ready to serve.