Red Bean Paste Filling

I like bean paste in anything. I was planning to make red bean paste long time ago, but I still don’t have time to do it. I think the red bean paste I brought in the supermarket is too sweet. But after I made it yesterday, I decided I will stick on the can red bean paste from supermarket. It is because it takes too much time to finish it, and lots of work…

Red bean paste:
Red bean: 1 cup (soaked in water over night)
Water: 2 cups
Butter: 30g
Brown sugar

-- Put all the red beans and water into a pot. Bring the red beans and water to boil, lower to medium heat, cook until the red beans are soft. Around 2 to 3 hours (Check constantly, if water is not enough, add more.)

-- Take the beans out of the pot, cool down a little bit. Separate the red beans and the red bean water. Put the beans into a food processor to make into paste. Add as less water as you can. (More water, takes longer time to cook in the next step).

-- Pour the mixture into a pot. Medium to high heat to bring it to boil. Lower the heat to cook until the water in the mixture almost gone. Stir constantly, otherwise the mixture will stick on the bottom of the pot. When the paste almost done, add the butter and enough brown sugar as much as you like.

-- Cool down to room temperature before use.

Bread dough:
Water: 55g
Egg: 1
Sugar: 39g
Salt: ¼ tsp
Dry milk powder: 1Tb
Bread Flour: 250g
Cake Flour: 50g
Yeats: 1 tsp
Butter: 30g

-- Mix all the ingredients together. Knead into smooth and elastic dough. Put it into a slightly greased bowl to rise into double volume. First rise: about 60-90 minutes.

-- Take out and cut into 6 pieces. Relax for 10 minutes.

-- Stuff in the red bean paste. Make sure to close up the gap. Otherwise the paste will come out. Put the dough onto the baking pan with parchment paper.

-- Second rise: about 40-60 minutes.

-- Preheat 350F bake for 15 minutes.

Note: I put some shredded coconut into the paste, more flavourful~