Pumpkin PoppySeeds Buns

Today another edition of Blogging Marathon starts and as usual i'll be running for both two weeks, this time i choosed two beautiful themes to run for next two weeks, for the first week i'll cook up different colourful dishes for kids,yeah i choosed kid's delight as colourful palates and for the second week as eggless bakes, obviously you can see more colourful dishes for this week and eggless or vegan bakes for next week..Am very much thrilled and excited to be a part of this fabulous event again.


My last batch of pumpkin puree is almost finished yesterday after making out this incredible sweet buns with pumpkin puree and poppyseeds..These beautiful cute looking pumpkin buns tastes absolutely incredible even when served simply with a bowl of milk.This bun is really very simple to prepare, filling and definitely delicious to enjoy..Just dip this sweet buns in a cup of tea and enjoy it either for breakfast or for dinner, they will tastes absolutely divine, also you can serve them with nutella spread or with fruits jams and butter..This buns stays prefect for three to four days in room temperature and for month if they are freezed in  ziplock bags,once they get defrost, just heat in preheated oven or in microwave oven and enjoy as you desire...

4cups Bread flour /All purpose flour

1cup Pumpkin puree

2tbsp Poppyseeds

2tsp Active dry yeast

1cup Confectioners sugar or powdered sugar

1/2cup Butter (softened)

1/4cup Luke warm milk

1/2tsp Salt

Egg yolk+Water (to glaze)

Water as per need

Add the active dry yeast, sugar and salt to the luke warm milk and let this mixture sit for 5 minutes,until the yeast turns foamy.

Now add the softened butter, confectioner's sugar,pumpkin puree,beatened egg,bread flour,poppy seeds and the foamy yeast mixture  and knead as a soft  and smooth dough, arrange this dough in a greased bowl and keep this bowl in a warm place for an hour with lid closed until the dough doubled their volume..

After an hour, make 10-12 medium sized balls, knead well until the dough turn soft, shape them as buns.

Arrange them over a baking sheet lined over a baking tray..let them sit again for an hour or until they doubled their volume.

Preheat the oven to 350F..meanwhile brush the buns with egg yolk mixed with water and bake them in middle rack of the oven for 25-30minutes until the crust turns golden brown..

Enjoy warm!!