I'm a furious baker.

[Darky]

I made melonpan (melonbread) last night. :oops:

(Note: Melonpan has no melon in it. XD)

I'm not too happy with how the bread came out, bit too doughy, but otherwise it's quite yummy.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l116/english_years/meronpan003.jpg

Melonpan is a Japanese snack that is sold very cheaply in a lot of shops (usually about 100 yen) and my fiance and I always buy it from Japan Centre in London, it's goooorgeous.

It's basically a soft bread dough that is then 'wrapped' in cookie dough and baked. So the bread cancels out the sweetness of the cookie and makes a great combination.

There are always variations of it, I plan to put chocolate chips in it next time.

[yola]

That's interesting . . . I've never heard of that before. So is it soft inside and crunchy outside? I must look out for that. Not much of a big Japanese community in Reading (we've only just got our first Japanese restaurant :roll: ), so might have to look further afield :D

[Darky]

Generally, yes! Mine came out a bit too dense. XD But generally it's really fluffy inside with hard cookie outside.

[Mags]

Darky, that looks and sounds good! :D

Perhaps you would like to add your recipe to our Recipe section as I'm sure many of us would like to try it... ;)

http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=12497&page=6

.......just add it to the thread with the others..;)

[angieh]

Yes please do that Darky - must say they did look yummy! A bit like doughnuts?

[dandysmom]

I'd like to see the recipe also; I'm a fan of things Japanese, especially food.....

[Darky]

I'll post it up there later! C: (Bothering my fiance at the moment.)