Mozzarella buns are literally the best type of bread that exists in the world, anything with bread and cheese has to be amazing. You can also make it into garlic bread, because who doesn’t love garlic bread. It’s baked to golden brown perfection. These are the best appetizer to pair with literally anything. If you’re scared or intimidated by the fresh yeast don’t worry you don’t need to worry about anything. Making bread has to be something you enjoy, never rush it and it’s also an amazing activity to do with your friends.

We’ve been trying to perfect this recipe for a while now, a lot of you has been asking for easy bread recipes and also delicious, you can literally make it in a moment and enjoy it on the same day. If you don’t eat the bread the same day you can keep it for up to 3 days, always cover with a towel or any kitchen plastic cover you can find. I recommend warming the bread a little specially since it has mozzarella cheese inside so you can enjoy the best cheese pulls ever. I personally only like cheese when it’s melted but that’s Maybe just my personal taste. our dad always says to never eat bread when its hot but i highly disagree, i love eating a big amount of bread right after leaving the oven station.

You also don’t need the Totoro stamp on this recipe, I know sounds crazy but you really don’t need it. It will make it cuter. It will turn out so cute you’re gonna love it but you’re gonna love it anyways even without that, just from the delicious taste, so many yumines coming form a singe piece of bread.

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This recipe needs really basic ingredients and you don’t need a lot of fancy material to make, besides from the Totoro Stamp that you can literally buy on Aliexpress for less than $20. I love making bread because it always turns out amazing while using the perfect recipe. We used to not like at all making any bread thing because we could never perfect the recipe. It would always turn out dry or raw in the middle, not yummy at all.

After a lot of digging and changes we achieved to make the perfect soft squishy bun. Follow all the steps and don’t miss anything on how to make it. You will find pictures of each step and explanations to everything.

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INGREDIENTS YOU NEED:

• Bread flour
• Water
• Butter
• Milk powder
• Yeast
• Mozzarella cheese
• Salt
• Egg for egg-wash

MATERIALS YOU NEED:

• Scale or measuring cups
• Bowl
• Stand mixer if you have one
• Parchment paper
• Baking pan

TIMES;

• It takes about 20 minutes to knead if you have the help of a stand mixer, if you don’t have one it may take a little longer, about 25 minutes.
• The first rise, after kneading the dough is gonna take about 1h and 30 minutes. You want to make sure its grown in size about double size, this part should be done on a warm place, it could be right besides of a fireplace, on a place you know there’s gonna be sun..
• After the dough rises you are gonna separate into 8 balls shaped and cover again needing to rest 30 minutes again in a warm place if posible.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT HAVE ANY WARM PLACE IN YOUR HOUSE, it’s okay. You are gonna need a little longer time , you should make the dough and leave it in the fridge so the next day it has doubled in size. We do this in so many occasions and it literally turns out perfect.

BAKES:

• You’re gonna bake at 220 C (428 F) for about 15 minutes, it may take a little less or a little longer. Don stress over times. This recipe is gonna give you about 8 buns, if you make them smaller you’re gonna have more and if you make them bigger you’re gonna have less, its really important that if you change the size you also need to change the times of baking. Bigger needs more time, smaller means less time.
• Totoro mozzarella stuffed bun

If you don’t like mozzarella cheese just don’t add it but you can also make so many variations when it comes to cheese, you can use the one you like the most, you could fill the buns with meat stuff and bake, whatever you are thinking of, it’s probably possible.

To make the bread buns shiny we are gonna beat an egg and paint the whole bun with it. If you can’t eat egg you can also make it pretty with so many options:

• Cornstarch with boiling water
• Milk
• Water with salt
• Olive oil or butter

After baking we aways paint our breads with a little bit of butter, you can also choose to paint it with olive oil or you can choose not to paint it at all. It will always look good, just not as shiny.

RECIPE in grams and cups:

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 + 3/4 Cups ( 450 grams ) of bread flour
• 1 + 1/8 cups ( 270 grams ) of water
• 2.12 oz ( 60 grams ) of butter
• 1 tbsp ( 8 grams ) milk powder
• 1 tbsp ( 15 grams ) fresh yeast
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Mozzarella cheese
• 1 small egg for egg wash

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. this is how you make Totoro mozzarella stuffed bread, firstly In a bowl or your stand mixer you’re gonna add bread flour, water, butter, milk powder, fresh yeast and salt.

2. Knead for 20 minutes if you have a stand mixer or a little longer if you’re doing it by yourself, it may take you about 25 minutes. If you grab a little piece of dough pinching from the sides stretch it a little until you see a really thin layer without breaking.

3. After kneading, make sure to cover with a damping towel or food plastic wrap. Skin to skin, that means the plastic or towel should be touching the dough so it doesn’t dry, when using a towel i like to wet it a little so the dough stays fresh, sometimes it sticks to the dough but that’s better than having to throw away the top layer of your dough. Allow resting for 1h and 30 minutes, time may change depending on the temperature, I would say to just make sure the dough has doubled in size.

4. Time has passed and you should have a way bigger in size dough.

5. Cut the dough into as many pieces as you want, in our case we did 4 because we were using half of the dough for another recipe.

6. You can use a rolling pan or you can stretch the dough with your hands, add mozzarella cheese in te middle and close the gap with your fingers. Form into a pretty ball with the help of your hands, making sure the cheese cannot scape from any possible gaps.

7. Paint the bread using an egg, or whatever you chose from the options on top of the recipe. (Cornstarch..) allow the dough to rest for 30 more minutes. I like to paint the bread on this step so i don’t have to cover it again with a towel, since it’s wet it wont dry.

8. Bake at 220 C ( 428 F ) for about 15 minutes.

9. Using a stamp or not, the one we used can be easily found on aliexpress, search Totoro heat stamp and there’s a couple of sticks, when you scroll down you will see designs, you buy it, tell the seller which design you want and they send it to you in less than a month.

This is how the stamp works:

We have a fireplace so it’s probably easier for us, you just need a flame like from your stove. You leave it there for maybe 10 minutes, we tried it first on some extra breads we had to see how much time it takes and if it’s ready. Press on the bread for 5 seconds and make sure the shape is there, since this is a really soft bread it will squish the bread but don’t worry the shape will be back the Same.

Youre done just eat it now. Look how soft and squishy, and the cheese pull aaa. Now you have Totoro mozzarella stuffed bun!

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Totoro mozzarella filled bread

perfect recipe for all bread lovers (and Totoro lovers too)

Prep Time25 minutes mins

Active Time15 minutes mins

Yield: 8

Materials

dough

• 3 + ¾ Cups bread flour ( 450 grams )
• 1 + ⅛ Cups water ( 270 grams )
• 2.12 Oz butter ( 60 grams )
• 1 Tbsp milk powder ( 8 grams )
• 1 Tbsp fresh yeast ( 15 grams )
• ½ Tsp salt

extra

• mozzarella cheese
• 1 Small egg for eggwash

Instructions

• 1. Add all the ingredients to a bowl ( minus the mozzarella cheese and egg )
• knead for about 20- 25 minutes
• allow the dough to rise for 1.30 h covering it with a damp towel or food plastic wrap
• now cut the dough into 8 pieces, or as many as you want, we recommend from 6 to 8 pieces.
• stretch the dough and put mozzarella cheese inside
• close the dough making sure there’s no gaps so the cheese cannot scape, form into a ball with the help of your hands.
• paint with egg and allow to rest again in a warm place for about 30 minutes
• bake at 428 F / 220 C for about 15 minutes, may take loner or less. Keep an eye on your oven to make sure they don’t burn but we don’t want them raw either.
• using a Totoro stamp, make sure its hot (the Totoro thing not the wood) and stamp the figure into the brad.
• paint with butter and eat yum yum.

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RECETA EN ESPAÑOL: como hacer Totoro mozzarella stuffed bun

Muchísima gente nos ha pedido esta receta en español así que a partir de ahora las van a encontrar aquí a bajo del todo!

Esta receta en concreto es super sencilla de hacer, no necesitas muchos ingredientes y todos son muy fáciles de conseguir, dentro de lo que cabe y con la economía de ahora son baratos, no lo son pero por lo menos no cuestan tanto como un salmon. Aunque no hablemos mucho que al final..

El stamp de Totoro lo hemos comprado en aliexpress, cuesta menos de 20 euros y tienes cientos de opciones para escoger. Simplemente busca stamp de Totoro o algo así y ya te saldrá.

Antes no nos solía gustar para nada hacer pan, nunca nos salía bien a veces quedaba crudo, otras veces demasiado echo..pero con practica y con la recta perfecta siempre puedes conseguirlo. Hemos hecho muchísimos cambios a la recta para perfeccionarla, muchos intentos fallidos también, pero ha valido la pena.

INGREDIENTES QUE NECESITAREMOS:

• Harina de fuerza
• Agua
• Mantequilla
• Leche en polvo
• Levadura fresca
• Queso mozarella
• Sal
• Huevo para pintar

MATERIALES QUE VAMOS A NECESITAR:

• Una balanza o tazas medidoras
• Una maquina para amasar o no, no es necesario pero si recomendado
• Bol
• Papel de horno
• Bandeja de horno

TIEMPOS:

• Amasado: 20 minutos
• Primera fermentación : 1.30 h
• Segunda fermentación: 25 minutos
• Cocinado: 12 minutos

RECETA en gramos y tazas

INGREDIENTES:

• 3 + 3/4 tazas (450 gramos) de harina de fuerza
• 1 + 1/8 tazas (270 gramos) de agua
• 2.12 oz (60 gramos) de mantequilla
• 1 cucharada ( 8 gramos) de leche en polvo
• 1 cucharada (15 gramos) de levadura fresca
• 1/2 cucharadita de sal
• Queso mozzarella
• 1 huevo pequeño para pintar

INSTRUCCIONES:

1. En un bol o en el mismo bol de la maquina para amasar vas a poner la harina agua, mantequilla, leche e polvo, levadura fresca y sal
2. Amasa por 20 minutos si es que tienes na amasadora o por 25 minutos si vas a tener que hacerlo a mano. Vas a saber que esta listo cuando agarres un poco de masa y la estires por los lados con cuidado, tendría que hacer una capa muy fina sin romperse.
3. Después de amasar pon la masa en un bol previamente engrasado y cúbrelo con film o un trapo de cocina, a mi me gusta mas ponerle el film porque si no la masa se seca un poco por arriba y hace costra. Si es que utilizas una toalla de cocina te recomiendo humedecerla un poco para que así no se seque, mientras este mojada no se va a secar pero se puede enganchar la masa en el trapo.
4. Déjalo reposar por 1h y media en un lugar que sepas que le da el calor para que pueda subir mucho mas rápido. Si es que no tienes ningún sitio que le de el calor va a tardar un poco, bastante mas.
5. Después de este tiempo tendrás que ver que la masa a doblado el tamaño.
6. Corta la masa en tantas piezas como quieras, nosotros hicimos 4 piezas pequeñas estábamos usando la otra mitad de la masa para otra receta, pero tú podrías hacer tanto 6 como 8 piezas dependiendo del tamaño o las unidades que quieras.
7. Con un rodillo o con tus manos, estira un poco la masa y añade mozzarella en el centro, cierra y bolea para que te quede una redonda. Pon los panecitos en una bandeja para hornear.
8. Pinta el pan utilizando el huevo y deja reposar por unos 30 minutos. Vas a ver como ha crecido en tamaño.
9. Hornea a 220 C o 428F durante 15 minutos.
10. Ahora es cuando utilizamos el stamp de Totoro, lo calentamos en el fuego y luego lo sellamos, súper sencillo pero ve con mucho cuidado no te quemes porque va a coger una temperatura super elevada.
11. Espero que les guste esta receta y si necesitan ver fotos de todos los pasos pueden ir mas arriba y lo va a ver todo!!!