Pani Popo Samoan Sweet Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Arrange rolls in a 9x13-inch baking dish, cover the dish with plastic wrap, and let rise until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
• Combine 14 ounces water, coconut milk, and sugar in a saucepan. Whisk remaining water and cornstarch together in a small bowl. Bring coconut milk mixture to a boil, whisk in cornstarch mixture, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens, about 3 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove plastic wrap from rolls.
• Bake rolls in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Pour coconut sauce over rolls until at least half of each roll is covered in sauce. Return rolls to oven; continue baking until rolls are golden brown, 5 to 10 minutes more. Cool in the baking dish, 3 to 5 minutes, before serving warm.

Steps:

• Mix 2 1/2 cups of flour and yeast.
• In a saucepan heat and stir milk;.
• sugar, shortening, margarine, or butter; and salt til warm and.
• shortening almost melts.
• Add to flour mixture.
• Beat with an electric.
• mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly.
• Using a spoon, stir in as much remaining flour as you can to make a moderately.
• stiff dough that is smooth and easy to pull - 6-8 minutes.
• Shape in a ball and put in a.
• greased bowl.
• Turn it on both sides to grease the whole ball of dough.
• Cover and let rise in the oven on the top rack and below it in a pan put some hot water. (The steam from the hot water will help it to rise) about 45 minutes.
• Punch dough down.
• Roll 18 balls and cover for 10 minutes while you make the following milk mixture.
• Mix 2 cans of coconut milk with 1 cup of sugar. (Add more sugar if.
• you like it sweeter.).
• In 2 13x9x2 pans, pour in half of the milk.
• mixture in each pan, put in 9 bread rolls on top (or you can make the.
• rolls smaller to make more rolls).
• Bake at 375 degrees in the oven.
• for 20 minutes or until bread tests done.

Steps:

• Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish. Line the 18 rolls (3 across and 6 down), and set aside to let rise according to package directions.
• In a saucepan, add the coconut milk, fill the can with water and add to saucepan, add the sugar. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of cold water until all the clumps are gone, set aside. Bring the coconut sauce to a boil add the cornstarch mixture. Simmer for about 3 minutes (sauce will thicken a little), then remove sauce from heat.
• Bake rolls. After 10 minutes take rolls out of oven and pour the coconut sauce over the rolls till 1/2 to 3/4 of each bun is covered in sauce. Place the rolls back in the oven and continue baking the rolls with the sauce until the tops of the rolls are golden brown.
• Remove pan and allow a few minutes to cool. Serve warm.
• Left over sauce can be used to smother rolls when served individually or just make a second pan of Pani Popo.

Steps:

• Coat a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray. Coat your hands with cooking spray or shortening, and roll the dough balls in your hands so that they have a light coating. Place in the prepared dish. Set aside in a warm place to rise until doubled, up to 2 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together the coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk and sugar. Pour this mixture over the top of the rolls as evenly as you can.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Let cool for a few minutes before separating and serving.