Celebrating Thanksgiving Day, Part 2 of 2 – Vegan Pumpkin Buns with Custard Filling

Today, we will use the same bread dough for the breadsticks to make some delicious and cute pumpkin-shaped Vegan Buns filled with Vegan Custard. They are the perfect treat for this holiday season.

Now let’s prepare our vegan custard filling. We use 50 grams of steamed pumpkin without skin. Mash the pumpkin until it becomes a smooth, velvety, and lump-free puree. Set it aside. In a mixing bowl, add 20 grams of instant soymilk powder and 40 grams of caster sugar. Mix well. Next, add 40 grams of unsalted vegan butter. Then add the pureed pumpkin we’ve just mashed and keep mixing. Add three milliliters of coconut cream and keep mixing until well incorporated.

We have made this dough by following the recipe in part one of this show, and this is after proofing. Dust some dry flour on the kneading board to prevent the dough from sticking. Divide the dough into two equal parts and we will color them separately. We will make the orange dough first. Put 55 grams of pureed pumpkin in the middle of the dough and keep kneading.

This is the Vegan Custard Filling we made earlier. Divide it into eight portions. Take one portion, shape it into a ball and place it in the middle of the wrapper. Then pack the wrapper by slightly pressing down the custard ball and pinching the two ends together. Then pleat around the bun, and finally twist and pinch the top to seal it. Shape it into a ball and set it aside with the seam side at the bottom.

For each bun, we will use a 100-centimeter cotton thread to wrap around it. Start by placing the middle of the thread on top of the dough, hold and gently turn the dough over, cross the thread at the center and gently pull to tighten. Now we brush the buns with the Vegan Glaze that we made in part one of this show. Brush the buns twice, before and after baking.

Now we will place the buns in the oven that has been pre-heated to 180°C and bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until golden brown. As we said earlier, we brush the Vegan Glaze a second time to make them shinier. Put them back in the oven for another five minutes or until the Vegan Glaze dries out. Wow…. they look shiny golden-brown and delicious!