Melonpan. A melonpan (メロンパン, meronpan) (also known as melon pan, melon bun or melon bread) is a type of sweet bun from Japan, that is also popular in Taiwan and China. They are made from an enriched dough covered in a thin layer of crisp cookie dough. Their appearance resembles a melon, such as a rock melon ().

The Japanese word for bread is "pan (パン)", which came from the Portuguese word for bread. Now why is it called " melon "? Melonpan are Japanese sweet buns covered with a thin layer of cookie dough. You can cook Melonpan using 15 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Melonpan

You need of [Bread dough].
Prepare 250 g of bread flour.
Prepare 2 g of dried yeast.
You need 1/2 of beaten egg.
It's 60 mL of water.
Prepare 75 g of milk.
It's 25 g of sugar.
It's 4 g of salt.
It's 25 g of butter.
You need of [Cookie dough].
It's 200 g of all-purpose flour.
Prepare 60 g of sugar.
It's 1/2 of beaten egg.
Prepare 100 g of butter.
Prepare 1 tbsp of grated lemon peel.

They take many steps to make but freshly-baked Melonpan are scrumptious! The melon pan or melonpan (メロンパン), also called meron pan, is a round sweet bun covered with a thin layer of crisp biscuit. It is easily recognizable thanks to its cross-shaped pattern on its upper surface that are reminiscent of the appearance of cantaloupe melon. Melon-Pan Melon-pan is another popular traditional Japanese snack bread.

Melonpan step by step

[Preparation of bread dough] In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add sugar, bread flour, and salt..
Turn onto a table; knead until smooth and elastic..
Add some butter and knead for more a few minutes. Place the dough in a bowl, cover, and rise in a warm place until doubled..
[Preparation of cookie dough] In a bowl, put softened butter and stir until the texture becomes creamy. Add some sugar and mix it. Then add beaten egg and grated lemon. And mix it well..
Add all-purpose flour and mix it until it gathers together. Turn onto a table and knead its texture becomes smooth. Then wrap with a wrapping film and put it in a fridge for about 30 minutes..
Punch the bread dough down and divide the bread dough into eight parts. Cover divided dough with a wrapping film; leave them for 10 minutes..
Divide the cookie dough into eight parts. Round divided bread dough into a sphere..
Roll out the cookie dough to make a flat circle. Then take one divided bread dough and cover with the cookie dough..
Put lines to make mesh pattern like a melon..
Cover the shaped dough with a wrapping film. And leave it at room temperature for about 60 minutes..
Pre-heat an oven at 190 ºC (374 °F) and bake for about 16 minutes..

A typical melon-pan is made of a bread dough covered with a thin layer of a cookie dough. The name comes from the melon like appearance, such as a cantaloupe. Melon Pan is a Japanese sweet bread with a crisp cookie crust. It was originally made to resemble the shape of a melon. Newer recipes nowadays do incorporate melon, but here I am using pandan as the flavoring and the color.