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Eggless Honeycomb Buns Recipe : Khaliat al Nahal (known by many as Khaliat Nahal) simply means Bee’s Hive. The name is due to the bread’s resemblance to a honeycomb and for the sweet honey-flavored glaze it use after the bread is out from oven. Also the traditional Honeycomb buns/Beehive Bread usually filled with cheese and a sugar syrup. But here i simply used the tutti fruti and sweet coconut filling. So filling is your choice and you can make savory stuffing for this bread too.
I have divided the dough into equal grams each and i have used 8 inch cake pan. I got 5 more buns which I baked in a separate pan. Also make sure to divide the dough in to 19 equal parts to arrange the buns in the pan as shown in pictures.
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Ingredients
Bread Flour or Unbleached AP Flour/Maida – 2.5 Cups
Active Dry Yeast – 2 tsp
Butter – 40 grams (3 Tbsp approx)
Sugar – 1 Tbsp
Salt – 3/4 tsp
Warm Whole Milk – 1 Cup
Sesame Seeds – To top over buns
Water – You may need 2 Tbsp or more for kneading the dough to soft pliable
Milk – For brushing on the top
Melted Butter or Melted Butter + Honey (optional) for brushing on top over baked buns
Filling
Sweetened Coconut Flakes – 1/2 Cup (I use store bought, you can use homemade make sure you dry fry till the moisture goes out)
Tutti Frutti/Raisins – 3/4 Cup
Sugar – 2-3 Tbsp
Cardamom Powder – 1 Tbsp
I skipped the glaze part mentioned below because my kids won’t take if the buns are sticky. So i just brushed the baked buns with melted butter.
Honey Glaze (Optional)
Honey – 3 Tbsp
Warm Water – 3 Tbsp
Melted Butter – 1 Tbsp
Vanilla Extract – 1tsp
Just mix all together and pour over baked breads, if using so then skip brushing it with butter or butter+honey combo.
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Eggless Honeycomb Buns Recipe
- Add 1/4 cup water and 1/4 cup whole milk in a mug, warm it and add the sugar, salt and yeast.
- Let it sit in warm temp for 5-8 minutes at least.
- Meanwhile melt the butter and keep the other ingredients ready.
- Add the frothy yeast mixture in to the flour by this time it looks crumbly.
- For step wise dough kneading process you can refer here.
- Add the remaining 3/4th cup milk and if needed sprinkle water and make soft and smooth dough.
- Kneading by hand may take 8-10 minutes.
- The secret behind soft buns lies in adding more moisture/water to the dough at the same time it should not be sticky anytime.
- Grease the bowl with oil and allow to raise the dough may take 60 minutes or more for the first raise.
- Meanwhile prepare the filling and keep aside.
- Just mix the tutti frutti/raisins, sugar, cardamom powder and coconut flakes in a bowl.
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- After first raise (Pic 1) punch down the dough, weigh it and divide in to equal parts (you need 19 pieces at least).
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- Now flat each piece and stuff the sweet filling, then make it round, refer here for step wise picture.
- Arrange the stuffed buns in the round 8″ cake pan (Pic 2).
- Allow them to raise for another 40 minutes (after 20 minutes start brushing it with milk, 2 times at least before baking) and sprinkle some sesame seeds over each bun(Pic 3).
- One more secret for soft buns is brushing the buns with milk, so never skip it.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and bake the buns for 18 – 20 minutes or till they turns golden brown on top (pic 4).
- When they are out from oven immediately brush it with melted butter or melted butter + honey or pour the prepared honey glaze.
- Let them cool for a while before removing it from pan.
Tried with creamcheeeeeseee filling.. dumpling weighed around 40gm each before fillings.. awesome taste.. thank u.. 🙂
I got only 7 portions. Did you take small pieces?
Bandana yes very small pieces may weigh under 20 grams each before filling i guess!
so so soft and nicely done.. Superb presentation
It looks fabulous and perfectly baked
It looks fabulous and perfectly baked