Garlic Cheese Buns (Print Version)
# Ingredients:
→ For the Base
01 -
Sweet Hawaiian Rolls (16 count), left out for 2 hours to dry
→ For Cream Cheese Filling
02 -
Soft cream cheese (8 oz/226g)
03 -
Condensed milk, sweetened (2-3 tbsp)
04 -
Tiny bit of salt
→ For Garlic Butter Custard
05 -
Butter, melted (½ cup/113g)
06 -
1 egg
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Milk (¼ cup)
08 -
Condensed milk, sweetened (2 tbsp)
09 -
Garlic, finely chopped (2-3 tbsp)
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Salt (½ tsp)
11 -
Chopped fresh parsley (2 tbsp)
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Paprika (½ tsp)
→ For Topping
13 -
Parmesan cheese, grated (2 tbsp)
# Instructions:
01 -
Heat your oven to 350°F. Put parchment on a baking sheet. Cut the rolls into 8 parts, going 75% down but keeping them connected at the bottom.
02 -
Stir cream cheese with condensed milk and salt until smooth. Put this mix in a piping bag and squeeze into the roll cuts.
03 -
Mix the melted butter, egg, milk, condensed milk, garlic, salt, parsley, and paprika together in a bowl.
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Give each stuffed roll a quick 1-2 second dunk in the garlic butter mix. Arrange on your baking sheet and brush on leftover garlic mixture. Scatter parmesan on top.
05 -
Pop in the oven for about 15 minutes until they turn golden. They're best eaten warm.
# Notes:
01 -
You can use brioche slider buns instead of Hawaiian rolls
02 -
They taste much better when they're warm
03 -
The drying step lets the rolls soak up more flavor