Gianduja Filled Mouse Buns

If you are trying to impress your loved ones or your colleagues you came to the right place!

With these extremely cute and detailed mouse buns everyone will think that you are a professional baker ready to conquer the tastebuds of the whole world!

Let's impress everyone together!

You will need:

Ingredients

For the dough :

Dry ingredients:

300gr bread flour

60gr sugar

3gr salt

4gr instant yeast

Wet ingredients:

110ml warm milk (almost boiled and cooled for a fluffier result)

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract/paste

120gr Room Temperature Tangzhong

Add later:

45gr butter room temperature

Egg Wash:

1 egg yolk

15gr milk (or water)

15gr agave syrup (optional)

Method

Combine the dry ingredients

Add the wet ingredients and knead on your stand mixer for 2 mins.

Add the butter and continue mixing for 10 minutes on medium-high speed

Transfer dough to an oiled bowl, cover and let proof until double (1-2h)

Transfer to an oiled surface and divide it to 65gr pieces.

Keep just 20gr of dough aside (which you'll use to create the tails)

Shape like logs but keep the one side a little thicker (resembling the butt of the mouse ) and add their tails

Transfer to a parchment paper lined baking pan.

Let proof for 30mins

Meanwhile preheat your oven at 200°C and

Prepare the Filling:

240gr hazelnuts

15gr pure vanilla extract

25gr cocoa powder

70gr honey/maple syrup/icing sugar

1/4 tsp salt

120ml milk

70 gr couverture melted

In a blender, grind the hazelnuts very finely (approx. 5 mins)

Add in the rest of the ingredients and mix for 2 more minutes.

(If you don't use all of it, you can keep it at room temperature for a week. If storing in the fridge, you will need to remelt since it will solidify)

After the buns have proofed with scissors create the ears: cut 2 incisions on the head of each mouse and give them a circular shape resembling mice ears

Egg wash the buns and bake for 20-25 minutes

After they are baked wash with water-diluted honey.

Make a hole carefully at the bottom of each mouse bun and add in the Gianduja filling.

Add eyes to the mouse buns (I used chocolate which I cut in small circular pieces)

Enjoy (or decorate your house with them )

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